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Iraq vs Yemen
How Iraq and Yemen compare on 37 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Iraq was higher: 72.3 years against 69.3 years
- GDP per person · In 2018, Iraq was higher: $4,749 against $1,079
- Population · In 2023, Iraq was higher: 45.1 million people against 39.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2014, Yemen was higher: 3.97% of GDP against 2.95% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Iraq was higher: 5.18 tonnes against 0.26 tonnes
Life expectancy →IraqYemenUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld
Change since 1990, years · UN
Every measure
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| Measure | Iraq | Yemen | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 72.3 | 69.3 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 2.2 | 3.8 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 19 | 32.3 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.89 | 4.01 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 4.1 | 6 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 45.1 million | 39.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.15 | 3.03 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 3.25 | 4.59 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 69.9 | 37 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 20.4 | 18.2 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 3.4 | 2.5 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $4,005 | $1,0792018 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | -0.4 | -1.52024 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 0.3 | 20.2 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 4 | 4.2 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2021 | 84.1 | 37.11994 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2016 | 86.92007 | 78.7 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.37 | 0.13 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.52 | 0.19 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 819 | 3,124 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 2.45 | 3.972014 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $6.4B | $12.3B2014 | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $139 | $582014 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 5.5 | 14.32014 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 459,000 | 40,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.54 | 0.24 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 4.4 | 0.58 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 55 million | 1 million2022 | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 1989 | 20 million | 51 million1986 | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 24 | 26.3 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 143.3 | 108 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 151.4 | 175.8 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 5.18 | 0.26 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 81.5 | 17.52019 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 86.3 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 1.6 | 1 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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