Ivory Coast’s coastline is 8.9 times as long as Iraq’s

Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)

Iraq’s highest peak towers 1,859 m above Ivory Coast’s

Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 22% of Iraq

Iraq: 21.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

Iraq has 44% more people than Ivory Coast

Iraq: 47 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)

Iraq is 5% more densely populated than Ivory Coast

Iraq: 108 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Iraq is 2.2 years older than in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 20.3 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)

Women in Ivory Coast have 1.0 more children on average than in Iraq

Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)

3.4% of people in Iraq are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 3.4% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)

Iraq hosts 3 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Iraq has produced 0.2 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none

Iraq: 0.2 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

Iraq: 3 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

Iraq’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Ivory Coast’s

Iraq: $254 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)

Iraq produces 74% more per person than Ivory Coast

Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Iraq (Gini 5.5 points higher)

Iraq: 29.8 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Iraq

Iraq: 0.5% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 15.5% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)

Iraq spends 2.4% of its GDP on the military, Ivory Coast 0.8%

Iraq: 2.4% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Ivory Coast’s central government collects 13% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Iraq: 1.3% (2019) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Iraq’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Ivory Coast’s

Iraq: 38% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)

Iraq spends 3.8 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast

Iraq: $333 (2023) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)

A baby in Ivory Coast is 2.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Iraq

Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Iraq has 6.2 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast

Iraq: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)

Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018) · Ivory Coast: no data

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 3.2 times that in Iraq

Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Iraq are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 36.8% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

20% of adults in Iraq smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 20.1% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)

People in Iraq rate their lives 0.06 points higher than in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 5.21 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)

Adults in Ivory Coast drink 6.8 times as much alcohol as in Iraq

Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)

Iraq has 75% more meat per person than Ivory Coast

Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)

Ivory Coast has 567 kcal more food per person per day than Iraq

Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ivory Coast put in 520 more hours a year than in Iraq

Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)

Adults in Iraq went to school 1.9 years longer than in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 6.8 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)

Iraq has 1 more World Heritage site than Ivory Coast (6 against 5)

Iraq: 6 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Ivory Coast has won 5 Olympic medals, Iraq 1

Iraq: 1 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

81% of people in Iraq are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 81% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Home internet in Ivory Coast is 38% faster than in Iraq

Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Iraq have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)

70% of people in Iraq live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 70% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Iraq: 100 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Iraq’s railway network is 3.7 times as long as Ivory Coast’s

Iraq: 2,370 km (2014) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)

Airlines from Iraq fly 3.6 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast

Iraq: 0.08 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)

Forest covers 12% of Ivory Coast, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

The average person in Iraq emits 11 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 5.1 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)

29% of Ivory Coast’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)

The air in Iraq carries 2.4 times as much fine dust as in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)

Roads in Iraq are 2% deadlier than in Ivory Coast

Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Ivory Coast is on average 2.9 °C warmer than Iraq

Iraq: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ivory Coast gets 5.7 times as much rain as Iraq

Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)