Iraq: 58 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 1,032 m above Iraq’s

Iraq: 3,611 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 59% of Uzbekistan, versus 22% of Iraq

Iraq: 21.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

Iraq has 27% more people than Uzbekistan

Iraq: 47 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Iraq is 28% more densely populated than Uzbekistan

Iraq: 108 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Uzbekistan is 6.6 years older than in Iraq

Iraq: 20.3 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Women in Uzbekistan have 0.3 more children on average than in Iraq

Iraq: 3.22 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

6.1% of people in Uzbekistan are 65 or older, versus 3.4% in Iraq

Iraq: 3.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Iraq hosts 50,803 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Iraq: 6.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Iraq: 0.2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 0 (2026)

Iraq has 3 official languages, Uzbekistan 2

Iraq: 3 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

Iraq’s economy is 73% larger than Uzbekistan’s

Iraq: $254 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

Iraq produces 5% more per person than Uzbekistan

Iraq: Int$14,267 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Iraq (Gini 2.9 points higher)

Iraq: 29.8 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.5% in Iraq

Iraq: 0.5% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment is 15% in Iraq, versus 4.6% in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 15.5% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Uzbekistan and Iraq are practically level

Iraq: 2.4% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Uzbekistan’s central government collects 11% of GDP in tax, Iraq’s 1.3%

Iraq: 1.3% (2019) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Iraq’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Uzbekistan’s

Iraq: 38% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 29% (2025)

Iraq spends 73% more on health per person than Uzbekistan

Iraq: $333 (2023) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

A baby in Iraq is 57% more likely to die before turning one than in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 20.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 2.7 times as many doctors per person as Iraq

Iraq: 1 per 1,000 (2022) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Uzbekistan has 4.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Iraq

Iraq: 1.1 per 1,000 (2018) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 53% higher than in Iraq

Iraq: 5.1 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

37% of adults in Iraq are obese, versus 31% in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 36.8% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

20% of adults in Iraq smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 20.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

People in Uzbekistan rate their lives 1.07 points higher than in Iraq

Iraq: 5.21 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Adults in Uzbekistan drink 3.4 times as much alcohol as in Iraq

Iraq: 0.6 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Uzbekistan has 2.2 times as much meat per person as Iraq

Iraq: 21.1 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Uzbekistan has 927 kcal more food per person per day than Iraq

Iraq: 2,371 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 515 more hours a year than in Iraq

Iraq: 1,583 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 5.1 years longer than in Iraq

Iraq: 6.8 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Iraq: no data · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

Uzbekistan has 2 more World Heritage sites than Iraq (8 against 6)

Iraq: 6 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Iraq 1

Iraq: 1 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

90% of people in Uzbekistan are online, versus 81% in Iraq

Iraq: 81% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Home internet in Uzbekistan is 3.5 times as fast as in Iraq

Iraq: 62 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Iraq and Uzbekistan are practically level

Iraq: 100% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 100% (2024)

70% of people in Iraq live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 70% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Uzbekistan has 110 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Iraq 100

Iraq: 100 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 2 times as long as Iraq’s

Iraq: 2,370 km (2014) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Airlines from Uzbekistan fly 64% more passengers per resident than those from Iraq

Iraq: 0.08 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Forest covers 8.8% of Uzbekistan, but only 1.6% of Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

The average person in Iraq emits 33% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 5.1 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

19% of Uzbekistan’s electricity is renewable, versus 1.6% in Iraq

Iraq: 1.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

The air in Iraq carries 63% more fine dust than in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 48.8 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Iraq: no data · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Roads in Iraq are 2.4 times as deadly as in Uzbekistan

Iraq: 31.5 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Iraq is on average 9.5 °C warmer than Uzbekistan

Iraq: 23.9°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uzbekistan gets 4% more rain than Iraq

Iraq: 214 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)