Jeffrey Ake

Key: (killed-freed-unknown)

Coalition

Australia (0-2-0)
Bulgaria (2-0-0)
Canada (1-6-1)
Czech Republic (0-3-0)
Denmark (1-0-0)
Italy (4-6-0)
Japan (2-3-0)
Macedonia (3-2-0)
Philippines (0-2-0)
Poland (0-2-0)
Romania (0-3-0)
South Korea (1-0-0)
Ukraine (0-5-0)
United Kingdom (5-6-0)
United States (11-6-5)

- Non-coalition
- Algeria (2-0-0)
- Austria (1-0-0)
- Bangladesh (0-1-0)
- Brazil (1-0-0)
- China (0-15-0)
- Cyprus (0-1-0)
- Egypt (3-12-1)
- France (0-4-0)
- Germany (0-4-1)
- India (0-3-0)
- Indonesia (0-4-0)
- Iran (0-7-0)
- Ireland (1-1-0)
- Israel (0-1-0)
- Jordan (0-2-0)
- Kenya (0-3-2)
- Lebanon (0-3-0)
- Morocco (2-0-0)
- Nepal (12-1-0)
- Palestinian
  - Territories (0-0-1)
- Pakistan (2-13-0)
- Russia (4-5-0)
- Somalia (0-1-0)
- South Africa (0-0-4)
- Sri Lanka (0-1-0)
- Sudan (6-9-0)
- Sweden (0-1-0)
- Switzerland (0-2-0)
- Syria (0-1-0)
- Turkey (3-6-0)
- United Arab
  - Emirates (0-1-0)

Beginning in April 2004, members of the Iraqi insurgency began taking foreign civilian hostages in Iraq. Since then, they have kidnapped more than 200 foreigners and thousands of Iraqis; among them, dozens of foreign hostages have been killed. Nepal (with 12) and the United States (with 11) rank the highest of hostages killed in Iraq. China ranks the highest (with 15) of hostages freed in Iraq followed by Pakistan (with 13) and Egypt (with 10).

There are many motives behind these kidnappings. They include:

influencing foreign governments with troops in Iraq
influencing foreign companies with workers in Iraq
ransom money
discouraging travel to Iraq

In 2004, executions of captives were often filmed, and many were beheaded. However, the number of the recorded killings decreased significantly. Many hostages remain missing with no clue as to their whereabouts. The United States Department of State Hostage Working Group was organized by the U.S. Embassy, Baghdad, in the summer of 2004 to monitor foreign hostages in Iraq.

The following is a list of known civilian foreign hostages in Iraq.