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Industrial facilities in Iraq

40 industrial facilities in Iraq, across 4 sectors, mapped and ranked from open data by type, capacity and CO₂ emissions.

29,681facilities
4sectors
37with CO₂ estimate
14.8M tCO₂e/yr total

Industry mix (Iraq)

Cement Plant: 21 facilities21Cement Pla…Refinery: 14 facilities14RefinerySteel Plant: 4 facilities4Steel PlantPetrochemical: 1 facilities1Petrochemi…

Facility counts by sector, Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0).

The state of Iraq's industrial emissions

Across the 37 Iraq industrial facilities with an estimated CO₂ figure (Climate TRACE), total emissions are about 14.8 Mt CO₂e/yr. The single largest emitter, Tainal Cement Plant (cement), accounts for about 13% of that. The biggest sectoral share comes from cement. Among facilities with a known operator, the top three — Iraq National Oil Co, Southern Cement State Co, Mass Group Holding Ltd — account for roughly 53%. Most of these facilities sit in a arid Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂e/yr)

Tainal Cement Plant: 2 Mt CO2e/yr2Tainal Cem…INOC Basrah Refinery: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1INOC Basra…INOC Daurah Nassiriya Refinery: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1INOC Daura…Sinjar Cement Plant: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Sinjar Cem…Al Khinaq Cement Plant: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Al Khinaq …Kirkuk Cement Plant: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Kirkuk Cem…Chaqzhi Saroo Cement Plant: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Chaqzhi Sa…Sulaymaniyah Cement Plant: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Sulaymaniy…Bazian Cement Plant: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Bazian Cem…Southern Cement Karbala Plant 2: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1Southern C…

Emissions by sector (Mt CO₂e/yr)

cement: 10 Mt CO2e/yr10cementoil-and-gas-refining: 4 Mt CO2e/yr4oil-and-ga…iron-and-steel: 1 Mt CO2e/yr1iron-and-s…petrochemical-steam-cracking: 0 Mt CO2e/yr0petrochemi…

Estimated CO₂e (modelled): Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0); climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Biggest emitters in Iraq

#FacilityTypet CO₂e/yr
1Tainal Cement PlantCement Plant2,002,287
2INOC Basrah RefineryRefinery1,061,446
3INOC Daurah Nassiriya RefineryRefinery813,401
4Sinjar Cement PlantCement Plant771,751
5Al Khinaq Cement PlantCement Plant726,085
6Kirkuk Cement PlantCement Plant690,240
7Chaqzhi Saroo Cement PlantCement Plant666,083
8Sulaymaniyah Cement PlantCement Plant649,426
9Bazian Cement PlantCement Plant645,404
10Southern Cement Karbala Plant 2Cement Plant622,063
11INOC Karbala Oil RefineryRefinery604,525
12Southern Cement Maz'al an Nasir Plant 1Cement Plant598,666
13Badush Cement PlantCement Plant570,094
14Kubaisa Cement PlantCement Plant532,661
15Qaim Cement PlantCement Plant461,451
16Van Steel Kurdistan plantSteel Plant454,440
17Al Douh Cement Al Salman PlantCement Plant432,780
18Southern Cement Samawah PlantCement Plant342,605
19INOC Baiji RefineryRefinery330,322
20KAR Erbil RefineryRefinery259,539

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Cement Plant (21)Refinery (14)Steel Plant (4)

Cite this

Inzonex IndustryAtlas (2026). Industrial CO2 emissions — Iraq. Derived from Climate TRACE v6 and Köppen-Geiger/WorldClim (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/industryatlas/iraq/

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Frequently asked questions

How many industrial facilities are in Iraq?
40 across 4 sectors are tracked in Iraq in this open dataset.
What is the biggest CO₂ emitter in Iraq?
Tainal Cement Plant (Cement Plant) — about 2,002,287 tonnes CO₂e/year.
Which sectors are represented in Iraq?
The largest sectors in this dataset are Cement Plant (21), Refinery (14), Steel Plant (4).
Where does the data come from?
Climate TRACE v6 — asset-level capacity and CO₂e emissions (CC BY 4.0).