How Much Money Is Being Spent on Iraq?

The Iraq war is a huge undertaking involving expensive personnel training, payment, and transport as well as equipment transport, maintenance and development. In addition, there are enormous administrative costs.

Recent Estimate

The most recent cost estimate of the Iraq war to date is around 600 billion dollars.

Monthly Spending

The U.S. spent 12 billion dollars a month on the war in Iraq in 2008.

Difference from Projection

The original projected budget for the Iraq War was 50 to 60 billion dollars.

Total Cost

The Congressional Budget office estimates that in total, the Iraq war will cost the U.S. 1.9 trillion dollars--that's $1,900,000,000,000. This includes payment on debt and medical care for veterans.

Iraq War in 2009

The projected cost of the Iraq war in 2009 was 139.4 billion dollars.

Resources

• New York Times Iraq War Cost