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Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Legacy

🇮🇶Iraq

Rank #80
Score: 65
About Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Adil Abdul-Mahdi (b. 1942) served as Prime Minister from October 2018 until May 2020. An economist and seasoned politician who also served as Vice-President and Oil Minister, his premiership faced mass protests and economic challenge; he is known as a consensus technocrat with long-standing service in Iraqi politics.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Iraq HDI ~0.6955/10
Source: UNDP — Iraq country data (2023)
GDP per capita
Iraq GDP per capita — context5/10
Source: World Bank — Iraq country data (2023)
Gini coefficient
Gini proxy (older surveys) ~29.53/10
Source: TheGlobalEconomy — Iraq Gini index (2012)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (country context)3/5
Source: World Bank / ILO (2023)
Freedom index
Freedom House — limited freedoms during protest and security crises2/10
Source: Freedom House — Iraq country profile (2019)
Corruption index
Corruption perceptions during Abdul-Mahdi era and after (CPI context)2/5
Source: Transparency International — CPI country data (2023)

Derived Criminal Score
No final convictions widely reported in international record for Abdul-Mahdi20/20
Source: Public record / press (no conviction) (2025)