International Rankings of Iraq 2023, 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.
For a definition of each entry, visit the Definitions page.

Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	38	16	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	32	6.254 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	69	49 %	2021
Internet users - total	42	21.560 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	52	7	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	41	3.049 million	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	72	86	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	44	37.649 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	22	4.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	31	30.1 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	48	85.546 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	57	51.534 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	69	4.2 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	22	24.563 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	62	73.020 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	54	78.261 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	52	231.994 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	108	32.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	37	22.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	148	50.4 % of GDP	2013
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	79	40.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	83	20.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	120	3.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	9	51 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	159	45.8 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	109	29.5 %	2012
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	84	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
Imports	62	50.707 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	160	1.14 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	51	6.04 %	2021
Labor force	54	11.184 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	70	21.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	77	18.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	80	59.8 %	2008
Population below poverty line	76	23 %	2014
Public debt	160	27.44 % of GDP	2018
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	51	390.165 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	135	2.78 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	128	9000 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	38	64.231 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	206	1.34 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	39	14.19 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	5	65.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	48	23.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	43	27.2	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	42	35.339 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	26	108.140 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	53	46.493 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	16	14.180 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	37	28.369 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	6	58.502 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	12	97.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	123	2.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	68	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	88	63.174 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	41	18.014 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	30	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	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	5	145.019 billion bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	25	863300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	6	4.162 million bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	88	8284 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	30	255100 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	39	398000 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	29	190.06 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	67	17.44 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	10	57.73 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	152	18.1	2018
Land use - arable land	105	8.4	2018
Land use - forest	169	1.9	2018
Land use - other	19	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	113	9.2	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	98	0 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	75	89.860 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	14	44.230 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	17	5.490 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	15	6.900 billion cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	66	71.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	59	437367 sq km	0
Area - total	62	438317 sq km	0
Area - water	120	95060 sq km	0
Coastline	169	58 km	0
Elevation - highest point	219	N/A meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	105	312 meters	0
Irrigated land	19	35250 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	55	3809 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	152	18.1	2018
Land use - arable land	105	8.4	2018
Land use - forest	169	1.9	2018
Land use - other	19	80	2018
Land use - permanent crops	80	0.5	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	113	9.2	2018
Military
Military expenditures	14	3.7 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	143	0.11 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0.04 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	159	0.16 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	45	24.22 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	76	3.9 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	65	52.8 %	2018
Current health expenditure	66	5.1 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	32	65.5 %	2023
Death rate	191	3.88 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	137	5.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	29	17.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	44	71 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	43	65.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	92	2.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	95	0.7 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	39	4.7 % of GDP	2016
Gross reproduction rate	38	1.55 %	2023
Hospital bed density	58	1.3 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	80	17.42 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	90	20.85 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	83	19.17 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	135	75.42 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	128	71.58 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	132	73.45 years	0
Literacy - female	76	79.9 %	2017
Literacy - male	45	91.2 %	0
Literacy - total population	62	85.6 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	72	76 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	139	21.6 years	2020
Median age - male	131	20.8 years	0
Median age - total	131	21.2 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	86	N/A	2023
Net migration rate	117	0.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	22	30.4 %	2016
Physicians density	109	0.97 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	36	41.266 million	2023
Population growth rate	40	1.94 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	119	0 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	121	0 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	33	0.8 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	96	1.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	52	35.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	72	18.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	44	3.17 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	45	2.91	2025
Urbanization - urban population	66	71.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	5	65.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	48	23.5	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	43	27.2	0
Transportation
Airports	52	102	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	69	301000	3280
Heliports	13	16	2021
Merchant marine - total	98	75	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	83	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	40	59623 km	2012
Roadways - total	71	59623 km	2012
Waterways	25	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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iraq 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iraq 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.