International Rankings of Iraq 2022, 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	37	16	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	30	6.254 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	43	60 %	2020
Internet users - total	35	24.134 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	48	7	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	47	2.700 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	81	93	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	42	37.475 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	41	76.820 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	43	68.710 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	65	4.2 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	50	231.994 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	100	32.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	32	22.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	143	50.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	74	40.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	80	20.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	114	3.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	7	51 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	148	45.8 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	83	25.7 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	15	3.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	78	0.7 %	2017
Labor force	54	8.900 million US Dollars	2010
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	66	21.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	72	18.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	73	59.8 %	2008
Population below poverty line	71	23	2014
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	45	372.270 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	96	9300 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	50	35.7 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	6	63.3	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	35	22	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	34	25.6	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	41	35.339 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	25	108.140 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	52	46.493 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	16	14.180 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	36	28.369 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	6	58.502 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	11	97.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	117	2.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	85	63.174 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	41	18.014 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	29	7.303 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	42	10.711 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	12	3.729 trillion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	3	3.976 million bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	5	145.019 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	24	863300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	6	4.162 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	84	8284 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	28	255100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	37	398000 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	28	190.06 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	66	17.44 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	10	57.73 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	143	18.1	2018
Land use - arable land	99	8.4	2018
Land use - forest	158	1.9	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	9.2	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	94	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	70	89.860 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	15	35.270 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	36	2.050 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	42	1.230 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	42	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	59	71.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	56	437367 sq km	0
Area - total	58	438317 sq km	0
Area - water	114	95060 sq km	0
Coastline	144	58 km	0
Elevation - highest point	187	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	102	312 meters	0
Irrigated land	17	35250 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	53	3809 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	143	18.1	2018
Land use - arable land	99	8.4	2018
Land use - forest	158	1.9	2018
Land use - other	18	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	74	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	104	9.2	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	34	19.83	8157
Age structure - 25-54 years	149	35.59	4856
Age structure - 55-64 years	169	4.23	9137
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	138	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	127	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	154	0.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	43	24.7 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	72	3.9 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	64	52.8 %	2018
Current health expenditure	66	4.5 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	171	3.9 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	127	5.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	29	17.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	41	71 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	41	65.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	87	2.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	92	0.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	61	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	37	4.7 % of GDP	2016
Hospital bed density	57	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	73	17.83 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	84	21.34 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	78	19.62 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	123	75.15 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	114	71.3 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	117	73.18 years	0
Literacy - female	71	79.9 %	2017
Literacy - male	46	91.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	62	85.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	71	79 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	130	21.6 years	2020
Median age - male	124	20.8 years	0
Median age - total	120	21.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	103	0.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	19	30.4 %	2016
Physicians density	106	0.97 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	34	40.463 million	2022
Population growth rate	35	2 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	112	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	114	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	14	N/A years	2022
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2022
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	24	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	32	0.65 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	16	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	92	1.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	49	35.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	68	18.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	39	3.25 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	42	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	59	71.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	6	63.3	2017
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	35	22	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	34	25.6	0
Transportation
Airports	52	102	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	9	34	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	36	7	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	9	20	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	29	72	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	28	7	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	45	13	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	67	30	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	61	6	2021
Heliports	11	16	2021
Merchant marine - total	93	68	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	80	16.200 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	81	2.075 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	72	34	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - standard gauge	33	2272	2014
Railways - total	66	2272 km	2014
Roadways - paved	40	59623 km	2012
Roadways - total	63	59623 km	2012
Waterways	24	5279 km	2012

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.