9th highest air pollution (PM2.5)48.8 µg/m³ · #9 of 213 · 2024
15th highest unemployment15.5% · #15 of 186 · 2025
20th lowest rainfall214 mm · #20 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg
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COUNTRYDUEL ASIA
Surprising facts about Iraq
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Iraq’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Iraq among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Iraq sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Iraq across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Iraq
vs Iran 
vs Jordan 
vs Kuwait 
vs Saudi Arabia 
vs Syria 
vs Türkiye