⚡ Payments in Iraq

Online payment services allow businesses to securely accept and process transactions by supporting a variety of payment methods such as credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and Buy Now, Pay Later options.

Iraq is a Western Asian country with a population of over 45 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 2.3% of websites from Iraq.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top payment services on websites in Iraq in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal with an impressive share of 36.4%, followed by Visa with 36.4% and Stripe with 27.3%.

PayPal 36.4%
Visa 36.4%
Stripe 27.3%
Mastercard 27.3%
Shop Pay 18.2%
Alipay 9.1%
Discover 9.1%
Razorpay 9.1%
Payoneer 9.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in Iraq than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Visa ^(-2)
4. Mastercard ^(-1)
6. Alipay ^(-39)
7. Discover ^(-9)
8. Razorpay ^(-18)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of 9 payment services used on sites from Iraq, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal San Jose, California, United States An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details. $$$	36.4%
2	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	36.4%
3	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	27.3%
4	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	27.3%
5	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app. Free$$$	18.2%
6	Alipay Hangzhou, China A Chinese mobile payment app and digital wallet from used to make cashless payments.	9.1%
7	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	9.1%
8	Razorpay Bengaluru, India A full-stack payment solution that allows businesses to collect payments, automate payouts and take control of their cash flow. $$$	9.1%
-	Payoneer New York, United States A global payment platform that enables businesses and professionals to send, receive and manage cross-border payments, hold multi-currency balances, and use physical or virtual Mastercard-branded cards.	9.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 475 websites from Iraq.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.