19 countries have eliminated zeros from their local currencies at least once, while 10 countries have resorted to such a step twice since 1960. The Iraqi Central Bank refused to comment on Al Jazeera Net's inquiries about the implementation of the project at the present time or at a later time.

The government’s financial advisor, Dr. Mazhar Muhammad Salih, said, “The phenomenon of many zeros in the monetary unit or the addition of zeros usually comes due to the exposure of economies to wild waves of inflation"