International Rankings of Iraq 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Iraq, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Iraq, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	97	12.00	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	35	4.559 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	136	49.36 %	2018
Internet users - total	39	18.364 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	139	7.52	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	47	2.859 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	140	97.96	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	43	37.225 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	42	76.820 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	44	68.710 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	69	4.20 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	31	4.344 billion US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	62	73.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	111	48	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	137	45	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	99	77	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	146	25	2020
Exports	59	61.400 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	51	231.994 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	104	32.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	37	22.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	146	50.40 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	77	40.90 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	82	20.60 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	120	3.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	9	51.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	152	45.80 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	110	30 %	2012
Gross national saving	116	13	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	83	25.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	15	3.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	67	39.470 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	79	0.70 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	87	0.10 %	2019
Labor force	55	8.900 million US Dollars	2010
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	70	22 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	75	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	76	60 %	2008
Population below poverty line	74	23 %	2014
Public debt	65	59.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	48	427.736 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	134	2.10 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	136	10881 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	41	48.880 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	52	35.70 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	34	16.00 %	2012
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	38	117.900 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	4	3.092 million	2015
Crude oil - production	5	4.613 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	6	148.800 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	58	38.460 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	10	91	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	60	9	2017
Electricity - imports	21	11.970 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	35	27.090 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	40	75.450 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	74	2.633 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	56	1.359 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	61	1.274 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	11	3.820 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	27	826000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	86	8284 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	29	255100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	38	398000 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	29	190 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	67	17 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	10	58 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	148	18	2018
Land use - arable land	103	8	2018
Land use - forest	167	2	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	111	9	2018
Total renewable water resources	72	89.860 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	16	35.270 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	38	2.050 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	43	1.230 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.91	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	72	71	2021
Geography
Area - land	58	437367 sq km	N/A
Area - total	60	438317 sq km	N/A
Area - water	111	950 sq km	N/A
Coastline	157	58 km	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	104	312 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	19	35250 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	54	3809 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	148	18	2018
Land use - arable land	103	8	2018
Land use - forest	167	2	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	111	9	2018
Total renewable water resources	71	89.860 billion	2017
Population Density	116	90.66 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	13	4 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	36	19.83	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	159	35.59	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	179	4.23	N/A
Birth rate	44	25.21 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	69	52.80 %	2018
Current Health Expenditure	69	4 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	187	3.92 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	113	5.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	35	17.10 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	42	69.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	42	64.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	10	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	85	5 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	85	2 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	60	1 % of population	N/A
Hospital bed density	56	1.30 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	77	18.24 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	88	21.84 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	82	20.08 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	130	75 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	122	71 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	127	73 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	72	79.00	2017
Median age - female	135	22 years	2020
Median age - male	126	21 years	N/A
Median age - total	126	21 years	N/A
Net migration rate	100	0.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	22	30.40 %	2016
Physicians density	115	0.71 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	35	39.650 million	2021
Population growth rate	36	2.06 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	28	97 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	90	10 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	83	5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	79	3 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	31	0.80 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	39	3.32 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	7	63	2017
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	41	22	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	42	26	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	44	2.91	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	72	71	2021
Transportation
Airports	52	102	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	10	34	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	9	20	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	30	72	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	28	7	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	45	13	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	67	30	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	61	6	2013
Heliports	13	16	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	82	16.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	83	2.075 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	74	34.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	58	2272 km	2014
Roadways - paved	39	59623 km	N/A
Roadways - total	64	59623 km	2012
Waterways	22	5279 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Iraq on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.