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

From the statistical data supplied by both DMA and IKMAA, we have structured a
matrix of percentage impact by sector in each of the eighteen sub-nationals. The
rows of the matrix indicate the sub-nationals, while the columns represent the
impacted sectors and activities. The row-sum is identified the total impact of all
sectors in each sub-national (governorate). Table (4) displays the total sectoral
impact of the explosive ordnance by governorate. This has been derived from the
original statistical data, in percentage, together with the governorates have been
ranked by the size of the actual impact.

Table 4: Sub-National Percentage Impact of Explosive Ordnance and Their
Ranking in Iraq

Percentage of total
No. Governorate Impact by Rank
Governorate
1 Anbar 7.84 3
2 Babylon 18.08 2
3 Basrah 55.54 1
4 Diyala 4.86 4
5 Karkuk 1.00 12
6 Missan 1.67 6
7 Muthanna 1.52 7
8 Ninewa 2.13 5
9 Qadissiya 1.20 11
10 Salah al-Din 0.28 14
11 Thi-Qar 1.20 10
12 Wassit 1.85 8
13 Kerbala 0.08 17
14 Najaf 0.05 18
15 Erbil 0.61 13
16 Dohuk 0.28 15
17 Slemani 1.63 9
18 Halabja 0.18 16
Total 100.00

As can be seen from the above table (4), sub-national (governorates) located where
war activities have taken place in Iraq in 1980-1988 (First Gulf War), 1991 (Second
Gulf War), and 2003 war, i.e. Basra, Babylon, Missan, Muthanna, and Wassit, as
well as those governorates that have suffered from the terrorist activities (ISIS) in
2014-2016, i.e. Anbar, Ninewa, Diyala, and Babylon, were the most affected sub-
national, by the implanted explosive ordnance in Iraq.

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