Iraq vs Yemen
Iraq vs Yemen: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 100% in Iraq and 86.3% in Yemen, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 13.7 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in Yemen.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Iraq | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 100 | 86.3 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 100 | 83.6 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 100 | 76 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 100 | 74.9 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 100 | 73.9 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 100 | 72.8 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 99.9 | 62 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 99.9 | 79.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 99.7 | 68.9 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 99.4 | 67.4 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 99.2 | 66.1 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 99 | 75.6 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 99.3 | 52.4 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 98 | 62 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 98.4 | 60.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 98.1 | 59.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 97.9 | 58.4 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 98.1 | 57.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 97.6 | 55.8 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 97.4 | 54.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 97.3 | 49.6 | 80 |
| 2003 | 97.2 | 52.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 97.1 | 51.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 96.9 | 50.4 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 96.8 | 49.2 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 48 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 46.8 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | – | 42.6 | – |
| 1996 | – | 44.4 | – |
| 1995 | – | 43.2 | – |
| 1994 | – | 42 | – |
| 1993 | – | 40.8 | – |
| 1992 | – | 44.1 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, 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
Iraq vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986