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Hadeel M. Al Shukri, Abdelaziz Dammak, Hashim Al-Ali: Measurement of the
Explosive Ordnance Impact on the Iraqi Economy

Table 3: Sectoral Percentage Impact of the Explosive Ordnance in
Iraq and their Ranking

Percentage of
Number Impacted Sector Total Impact by Rank
National Sector
1 Airstrip 0.31 12
2 Bridge 1.71 8
3 Dam canal 0.52 11
4 Education Facility 0.04 14
5 Factory 0.08 13
6 Housing Area 1.01 10
7 Market 0.03 16
8 Medical facility 0.00 17
9 Powerline 1.36 9
10 Power station 0.03 15
11 Railroad 3.80 7
12 Oil Field 4.18 6
13 Cultural site 0.00 18
Other
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Infrastructure 8.52 4
15 Water 23.18 2
16 Agricultural 29.39 1
17 Non-Agriculture 6.40 5
18 Roads 19.45 3
Total 100.00

More than 85 percent of the total impact is born by five sectors of the economy,
namely, Agriculture, Water, Road, Other Infrastructure, and non-Agriculture
activities. Figure (1) demonstrates this sectoral impact. This, by and large, is quite
significantly impacting the nation, socially and economically. Particularly, so when
the agriculture and water sector have been hit hard and by over 50 percentage points
of the total national impact in the country. These two sectors, by and large, are
leading sectors, after the oil sector, in the Iraqi economy, and the principal
contributing sectors to national food security, living standard, employment, income-
generating, and main contributors to poverty reduction in Iraq. Besides, these highly
impacted sectors are the main source of material inputs for the national productive
activity chains, as well as for sustainable growth of the economy and stability of the
Iraqi Balance of Payments (BoPs).

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