Iraq vs Yemen
Iraq vs Yemen: Internet users
Internet users: 81.5% in Iraq in 2024 and 17.5% in Yemen in 2019, by ITU estimates. In 2019 the value was higher in Iraq, by 26.8 percentage points, or 2.53 times that in Yemen.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher since 2019, when it overtook Yemen.
- The world as a whole: 53.9% in 2019.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Iraq | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 81.5 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 81.8 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 78.7 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 65 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 53.7 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 44.3 | 17.5 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 33.9 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 26 | – | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 19.9 | 24.6 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 15.2 | 24.1 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 11.7 | 22.6 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 9.2 | 20 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 7.1 | 17.5 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 5 | 14.9 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 2.5 | 12.4 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 10 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 6.9 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.9 | 5 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1.2 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.9 | 1 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.9 | 0.9 | – |
| 2003 | 0.6 | 0.6 | – |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 0.5 | – |
| 2001 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1999 | – | 0.1 | – |
| 1998 | – | 0 | – |
| 1997 | – | 0 | – |
| 1996 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 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