Algeria vs Iraq
Algeria vs Iraq: Suicide rate
Suicide rate in 2017: 4.1 per 100,000 people in Algeria and 4.1 per 100,000 people in Iraq, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Algeria, by 0 per 100,000 people, or 1.01 times that in Iraq.
deaths per 100,000 people · IHME
What the numbers say
- Algeria has been higher since 2016, when it overtook Iraq.
- In 2017, Algeria ranked 175 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 | Algeria | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 2016 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 10.1 |
| 2015 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 10.2 |
| 2014 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 10.3 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | 5 | 10.5 |
| 2012 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 10.7 |
| 2011 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 11.2 |
| 2009 | 4.6 | 6 | 11.4 |
| 2008 | 4.7 | 6.2 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 12 |
| 2005 | 5 | 7.5 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 7.9 | 12.6 |
| 2003 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 5.3 | 8.9 | 13 |
| 2001 | 5.3 | 8.8 | 13.4 |
| 2000 | 5.3 | 9.4 | 14.1 |
| 1999 | 5.3 | 9.1 | 14.5 |
| 1998 | 5.2 | 9.3 | 14.7 |
| 1997 | 5.2 | 9.8 | 15.1 |
| 1996 | 5.1 | 9.6 | 15.4 |
| 1995 | 5.1 | 9.5 | 15.9 |
| 1994 | 5.1 | 9.2 | 16.1 |
| 1993 | 4.9 | 9 | 16 |
| 1992 | 4.9 | 8.7 | 15.8 |
| 1991 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 15.5 |
| 1990 | 4.8 | 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
Algeria vs Iraq
Health
- Life expectancyAlgeria: 76.3 years in 2023Iraq: 72.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAlgeria: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Iraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAlgeria: 17.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Iraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAlgeria: 70.6% in 2022Iraq: 59.7% in 2022
- DepressionAlgeria: 3.66% in 2017Iraq: 3.89% in 2017
People
- PopulationAlgeria: 46.2 million people in 2023Iraq: 45.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthAlgeria: 1.44% a year in 2023Iraq: 2.15% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAlgeria: 2.77 births per woman in 2023Iraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAlgeria: 75.8% in 2025Iraq: 69.9% in 2025
- Median ageAlgeria: 28.2 years in 2023Iraq: 20.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAlgeria: 6.4% in 2023Iraq: 3.4% in 2023
- Net migration rateAlgeria: -0.6 per 1,000 people in 2023Iraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAlgeria: 8.83% of GDP in 2025Iraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAlgeria: $24.1B in 2025Iraq: $6.4B in 2025
- Military spending per personAlgeria: $540 in 2025Iraq: $139 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAlgeria: 24.6% of government spending in 2025Iraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAlgeria: 326,000 people in 2020Iraq: 459,000 people in 2020
- National powerAlgeria: 0.51% of world capability in 2022Iraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAlgeria: 2.81% of the labour force in 2020Iraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAlgeria: 108 million TIV in 2025Iraq: 55 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAlgeria: 12 million TIV in 1984Iraq: 20 million TIV in 1989