Iraq
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Identity
Formal name: Republic of Iraq.
CIA 2026
Curated stat
Southern Iraq's Ahwar is one of the world's largest inland delta systems in a hot, arid environment.
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Iraq vs Jordan
115 shared metrics.
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Jordan
Quick notes before you compare the numbers.
Identity
Formal name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
CIA 2026
Analysis
Iraq leads in 65 of 115 shared metrics, while Jordan leads in 50.
Iraq's Water Withdrawal is 43.7x that of Jordan (42.42 B m³ vs 0.95 B m³).
Iraq's Irrigated Land is 39.3x that of Jordan (35.3K km² vs 875 km²).
Iraq's Domestic Patents is 24.4x that of Jordan (635 vs 25).
Iraq's Firms Asked for Bribes is 12.1x that of Jordan (50.47% of firms vs 3.9% of firms).
Iraq's Total CO2 Emissions is 8.9x that of Jordan (238.67 Mt CO2e vs 24.14 Mt CO2e).
Key Comparisons
Water WithdrawalIraq leads
Iraq
42.42 B m³
Jordan
0.95 B m³
Irrigated LandIraq leads
Iraq
35.3K km²
Jordan
875 km²
Domestic PatentsIraq leads
Iraq
635
Jordan
25
Firms Asked for BribesIraq leads
Iraq
50.47% of firms
Jordan
3.9% of firms
Total CO2 EmissionsIraq leads
Iraq
238.67 Mt CO2e
Jordan
24.14 Mt CO2e
Forest AreaIraq leads
Iraq
8.3K km²
Jordan
975 km²
All Metrics
Water Withdrawal
IraqIraq
42.42 B m³
Jordan
0.95 B m³
4366% higher
Irrigated Land
IraqIraq
35.3K km²
Jordan
875 km²
3929% higher
Domestic Patents
IraqIraq
635
Jordan
25
2440% higher
Firms Asked for Bribes
IraqIraq
50.47% of firms
Jordan
3.9% of firms
1209% higher
Total CO2 Emissions
IraqIraq
238.67 Mt CO2e
Jordan
24.14 Mt CO2e
889% higher
Forest Area
IraqIraq
8.3K km²
Jordan
975 km²
746% higher
Electricity Generation
IraqIraq
169.46 TWh
Jordan
22.57 TWh
651% higher
Firms Making Informal Payments
IraqIraq
50.96% of firms
Jordan
8.2% of firms
521% higher
GDP (Nominal)
IraqIraq
$279,641,257,615.39
Jordan
$53,352,289,577.46
424% higher
Suicide Rate
IraqIraq
3.0 per 100k
Jordan
0.60 per 100k
395% higher
Land Area
IraqIraq
434.1K km²
Jordan
88.8K km²
389% higher
Electric Generating Capacity
IraqIraq
31.34M kW
Jordan
6.89M kW
355% higher
Railway Length
IraqIraq
2.3K km
Jordan
509 km
346% higher
Armed Forces Personnel
IraqIraq
459.0K
Jordan
116.0K
296% higher
Airports
IraqIraq
69
Jordan
18
283% higher
Population
IraqIraq
42.92M
Jordan
11.31M
279% higher
Teen Birth Rate
IraqIraq
58.01 per 1k
Jordan
18.43 per 1k
215% higher
Firms Hit by Power Outages
IraqIraq
41.35% of firms
Jordan
14.23% of firms
191% higher
Scientific Publications
IraqIraq
13.4K
Jordan
5.2K
155% higher
CO2 Per Capita
IraqIraq
5.1 t/person/yr
Jordan
2.0 t/person/yr
152% higher
Broadband Access (%)
IraqIraq
17 per 100 people
Jordan
7.0 per 100 people
143% higher
Coastline Length
IraqIraq
58 km
Jordan
26 km
123% higher
Merchant Fleet Size
IraqIraq
74
Jordan
34
118% higher
Land Border Length
IraqIraq
3.8K km
Jordan
1.7K km
118% higher
Beer Consumption
IraqIraq
0.11 L/person/yr
Jordan
0.05 L/person/yr
113% higher
Political Corruption Index
IraqIraq
0.89
Jordan
0.42
111% higher
Official Languages Count
IraqIraq
2.0
Jordan
1.0
100% higher
Solar Electricity Share
JordanIraq
0.29%
Jordan
16.6%
98% lower
Capital Elevation
JordanIraq
34 m
Jordan
776 m
96% lower
Highest Elevation
IraqIraq
3.6K m
Jordan
1.9K m
95% higher
Renewable Energy (%)
JordanIraq
1.1%
Jordan
11.5%
90% lower
Agricultural Land (%)
IraqIraq
21.83%
Jordan
11.53%
89% higher
Energy Use (Per Capita)
IraqIraq
1.4K kg oil eq/person
Jordan
754.31 kg oil eq/person
87% higher
Insufficient Physical Activity
IraqIraq
52.02% of adults
Jordan
28.12% of adults
85% higher
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People
JordanIraq
0.02 per 1M people
Jordan
0.09 per 1M people
74% lower
Spirits Consumption
JordanIraq
0.04 L/person/yr
Jordan
0.15 L/person/yr
73% lower
Forest Coverage (%)
IraqIraq
1.9%
Jordan
1.1%
73% higher
Government Debt (% GDP)
JordanIraq
27.4% of GDP
Jordan
102.8% of GDP
73% lower
Protected Land (%)
JordanIraq
1.5%
Jordan
5.4%
72% lower
Milk Consumption per Person
JordanIraq
22.18 kg/person/yr
Jordan
77.68 kg/person/yr
71% lower
Child Mortality
IraqIraq
22.6 per 1k births
Jordan
13.2 per 1k births
71% higher
Foreign Patents
JordanIraq
98
Jordan
322
70% lower
Infant Mortality
IraqIraq
20.8 per 1k births
Jordan
12.2 per 1k births
70% higher
Women in Senior Management
JordanIraq
17.53% of managers
Jordan
52.31% of managers
66% lower
Doctors (per 1,000)
JordanIraq
1.0 per 1k
Jordan
2.9 per 1k
64% lower
Road Traffic Death Rate
IraqIraq
21.5 per 100k
Jordan
13.6 per 100k
58% higher
EV Chargers per 100,000 People
JordanIraq
0.06 per 100k people
Jordan
0.13 per 100k people
53% lower
ATMs per 100,000 Adults
JordanIraq
14.1 per 100k
Jordan
29.31 per 100k
52% lower
Military Spending
JordanIraq
2.4% of GDP
Jordan
4.8% of GDP
51% lower
Credit Card Ownership
IraqIraq
10.12% of adults
Jordan
6.8% of adults
50% higher
Women in Parliament (%)
IraqIraq
28.88%
Jordan
19.57%
48% higher
Smoking Rate
JordanIraq
19.2%
Jordan
35.6%
46% lower
Tourism Revenue
JordanIraq
$955,000,000
Jordan
$1,745,000,000
45% lower
Corruption Perceptions Index
JordanIraq
28 pts
Jordan
50 pts
44% lower
Minimum Paid Vacation Days
IraqIraq
20 days/yr
Jordan
14 days/yr
43% higher
Mobile Subscriptions (%)
IraqIraq
100 per 100 people
Jordan
70 per 100 people
43% higher
Imports (% GDP)
JordanIraq
33.2% of GDP
Jordan
57.07% of GDP
42% lower
Mobile Money Accounts
JordanIraq
11.87% of adults
Jordan
20.56% of adults
42% lower
Tobacco Use Prevalence
JordanIraq
20.1% of adults
Jordan
34.1% of adults
41% lower
Seafood Consumption per Person
JordanIraq
2.9 kg/person/yr
Jordan
4.8 kg/person/yr
39% lower
Health Spending (% GDP)
JordanIraq
4.3% of GDP
Jordan
6.8% of GDP
37% lower
GNI Per Capita
IraqIraq
$6,030
Jordan
$4,430
36% higher
Digital Payments Used
JordanIraq
24.98% of adults
Jordan
38.23% of adults
35% lower
Average Weekly Work Hours
JordanIraq
31.71 hrs/week
Jordan
48.13 hrs/week
34% lower
GDP Per Capita (PPP)
IraqIraq
$14,464.32
Jordan
$10,821.49
34% higher
Time Zones Count
JordanIraq
2.0 time zones
Jordan
3.0 time zones
33% lower
Safe Drinking Water (%)
JordanIraq
59.83%
Jordan
88.95%
33% lower
Air Pollution (PM2.5)
IraqIraq
38.18 µg/m³
Jordan
28.77 µg/m³
33% higher
Electoral Democracy Index
IraqIraq
0.37
Jordan
0.28
31% higher
Food Waste per Person
IraqIraq
204.97 kg/person/yr
Jordan
156.15 kg/person/yr
31% higher
Electricity Carbon Intensity
IraqIraq
683.1 gCO2/kWh
Jordan
529.79 gCO2/kWh
29% higher
Elderly Population (%)
JordanIraq
3.4%
Jordan
4.5%
25% lower
Urban Population (%)
JordanIraq
69.89%
Jordan
92.95%
25% lower
Informal Employment Share
IraqIraq
67.64% of employed people
Jordan
54.22% of employed people
25% higher
Dependency Ratio
IraqIraq
66.65% of working-age pop.
Jordan
54.3% of working-age pop.
23% higher
Hypertension Prevalence
IraqIraq
47.4% of adults
Jordan
38.5% of adults
23% higher
Electricity Use (Per Capita)
JordanIraq
1.4K kWh/person
Jordan
1.8K kWh/person
23% lower
Liberal Democracy Index
JordanIraq
0.22
Jordan
0.27
20% lower
Border Neighbors
IraqIraq
6.0
Jordan
5.0
20% higher
Population Density
JordanIraq
103.83 /km²
Jordan
128.83 /km²
19% lower
Youth Population (%)
IraqIraq
36.58%
Jordan
30.67%
19% higher
Youth Unemployment Rate
JordanIraq
32.01% of youth labor force
Jordan
38.88% of youth labor force
18% lower
Women's Political Empowerment
JordanIraq
0.56
Jordan
0.67
17% lower
Median Age
JordanIraq
20.3 years
Jordan
24.3 years
16% lower
Life Evaluation Score
IraqIraq
5.2 pts
Jordan
4.5 pts
16% higher
Unemployment Rate
JordanIraq
15.52%
Jordan
18%
14% lower
Health Spending Per Capita
JordanIraq
$254.62
Jordan
$295.14
14% lower
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
JordanIraq
6.0 sites
Jordan
7.0 sites
14% lower
Water Stress (%)
JordanIraq
120.52%
Jordan
139.28%
13% lower
Internet Users (%)
JordanIraq
82%
Jordan
93%
12% lower
Exports (% GDP)
JordanIraq
37.51% of GDP
Jordan
42.61% of GDP
12% lower
Adult Literacy Rate
JordanIraq
84.06%
Jordan
94.85%
11% lower
Death Rate
IraqIraq
3.9 per 1k
Jordan
3.5 per 1k
10% higher
Human Development Index
JordanIraq
0.69
Jordan
0.75
8% lower
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)
JordanIraq
1.3 per 1k
Jordan
1.4 per 1k
7% lower
Life Expectancy
JordanIraq
72.3 years
Jordan
77.8 years
7% lower
Fertility Rate
IraqIraq
3.0 children/woman
Jordan
2.8 children/woman
7% higher
Can Raise Emergency Money
IraqIraq
95.98% of adults
Jordan
89.61% of adults
7% higher
Firms with Female Top Manager
JordanIraq
1.6% of firms
Jordan
1.8% of firms
7% lower
Birth Rate
IraqIraq
23.26 per 1k
Jordan
21.9 per 1k
6% higher
Obesity Rate
IraqIraq
37.36%
Jordan
35.61%
5% higher
Alcohol Consumption
IraqIraq
0.24 L/adult/yr
Jordan
0.23 L/adult/yr
4% higher
Freedom of Expression Index
IraqIraq
0.57
Jordan
0.56
3% higher
Sanitation Access (%)
IraqIraq
98.5%
Jordan
96.41%
2% higher
Vehicles per 1,000 People
IraqIraq
153.77 per 1k people
Jordan
150.15 per 1k people
2% higher
Air Passengers
IraqIraq
3.76M
Jordan
3.73M
1% higher
Coal Electricity Share
IraqIraq
0%
Jordan
0%
ranked higher
Wind Electricity Share
JordanIraq
0%
Jordan
7.4%
ranked lower
Electricity Access (%)
IraqIraq
100%
Jordan
100%
equal
Inflation Rate
JordanIraq
-12.3%
Jordan
1.6%
ranked lower
GDP Growth Rate
JordanIraq
-1.55%
Jordan
2.5%
ranked lower
Lowest Elevation
IraqIraq
0 m
Jordan
-431 m
ranked higher
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
IraqIraq
-1.7% of GDP
Jordan
-5.6% of GDP
ranked higher
FDI Inflows (% GDP)
JordanIraq
-2.74% of GDP
Jordan
3.1% of GDP
ranked lower
McDonald's Outlets per Million People
JordanIraq
0 per 1M people
Jordan
1.5 per 1M people
ranked lower
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