Afghanistan vs Iraq
Afghanistan vs Iraq: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 9.2 per 100,000 people in Afghanistan and 4.1 per 100,000 people in Iraq, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 5.1 per 100,000 people, or 2.24 times that in Iraq.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2017, Afghanistan ranked 99 and Iraq ranked 176 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.
Every year
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
| Year | Afghanistan | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9.2 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 9.3 | 4.2 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 9.3 | 4.4 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 9.3 | 4.7 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 9.4 | 5 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 9.6 | 5.1 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 9.7 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9.9 | 5.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 10 | 6 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 10.2 | 6.2 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 10.4 | 6.7 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 10.5 | 7.1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 10.7 | 7.5 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 10.8 | 7.9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 10.9 | 8.4 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 11.1 | 8.9 | 13 |
| 2001 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 11 | 9.1 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 10.9 | 9.3 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 10.8 | 9.8 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 10.7 | 9.6 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 10.4 | 9 | 16 |
| 1992 | 10.3 | 8.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 15.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
- Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Iraq
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Iraq: 72.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Iraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAfghanistan: 30% in 2022Iraq: 59.7% in 2022
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Iraq: 3.89% in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Iraq: 45.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Iraq: 2.15% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Iraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Iraq: 69.9% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Iraq: 20.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Iraq: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Iraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Iraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Iraq: $6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Iraq: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Iraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Iraq: 459,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Iraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Iraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Iraq: 55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Iraq: 20 million TIV in 1989