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Iraq vs Kuwait

113 shared metrics.

IraqLeads in 65

vs113 shared

KuwaitLeads in 48

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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.

UNESCO

Kuwait

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Identity

Formal name: State of Kuwait.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: the name derives from the capital city, which comes from the Arabic al-kuwayt, itself a diminutive of the Hindustani term kut, meaning a fortress-like house.

CIA 2026

Analysis

Iraq leads in 65 of 113 shared metrics, while Kuwait leads in 48.

Iraq's Highest Elevation is 1002.1x that of Kuwait (3.6K m vs 3.6 m).

Iraq's Firms Asked for Bribes is 549.9x that of Kuwait (50.47% of firms vs 0.09% of firms).

Iraq's Irrigated Land is 351.5x that of Kuwait (35.3K km² vs 100 km²).

Iraq's Forest Area is 131.0x that of Kuwait (8.3K km² vs 62.5 km²).

Iraq's Water Withdrawal is 54.1x that of Kuwait (42.42 B m³ vs 0.77 B m³).

Key Comparisons

Highest ElevationIraq leads

Iraq

3.6K m

Kuwait

3.6 m

Firms Asked for BribesIraq leads

Iraq

50.47% of firms

Kuwait

0.09% of firms

Irrigated LandIraq leads

Iraq

35.3K km²

Kuwait

100 km²

Forest AreaIraq leads

Iraq

8.3K km²

Kuwait

62.5 km²

Water WithdrawalIraq leads

Iraq

42.42 B m³

Kuwait

0.77 B m³

Teen Birth RateIraq leads

Iraq

58.01 per 1k

Kuwait

1.6 per 1k

All Metrics

Highest Elevation

Iraq

3.6K m

Kuwait

3.6 m

100206% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Iraq

50.47% of firms

Kuwait

0.09% of firms

54994% higher

Irrigated Land

Iraq

35.3K km²

Kuwait

100 km²

35150% higher

Forest Area

Iraq

8.3K km²

Kuwait

62.5 km²

13100% higher

Water Withdrawal

Iraq

42.42 B m³

Kuwait

0.77 B m³

5409% higher

Teen Birth Rate

Iraq

58.01 per 1k

Kuwait

1.6 per 1k

3581% higher

Land Area

Iraq

434.1K km²

Kuwait

17.8K km²

2336% higher

Armed Forces Personnel

Iraq

459.0K

Kuwait

25.0K

1736% higher

Broadband Access (%)

Iraq

17 per 100 people

Kuwait

1.0 per 100 people

1600% higher

Population

Iraq

42.92M

Kuwait

3.17M

1253% higher

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Iraq

41.35% of firms

Kuwait

3.5% of firms

1091% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Iraq

1.1%

Kuwait

0.10%

1000% higher

Scientific Publications

Iraq

13.4K

Kuwait

1.3K

905% higher

Airports

Iraq

Kuwait

7.0

886% higher

Women in Parliament (%)

Iraq

28.88%

Kuwait

3.1%

838% higher

Land Border Length

Iraq

3.8K km

Kuwait

475 km

702% higher

Renewable Energy (%)

Iraq

0.58%

Kuwait

0.08%

673% higher

Unemployment Rate

Iraq

15.52%

Kuwait

2.1%

624% higher

Forest Coverage (%)

Iraq

1.9%

Kuwait

0.35%

442% higher

Border Neighbors

Iraq

6.0

Kuwait

2.0

200% higher

Comparison of Iraq and Kuwait across 113 metrics
				Winner
Highest Elevation	3.6K m	3.6 m	100206% higher	Iraq
Firms Asked for Bribes	50.47% of firms	0.09% of firms	54994% higher	Iraq
Irrigated Land	35.3K km²	100 km²	35150% higher	Iraq
Forest Area	8.3K km²	62.5 km²	13100% higher	Iraq
Water Withdrawal	42.42 B m³	0.77 B m³	5409% higher	Iraq
Teen Birth Rate	58.01 per 1k	1.6 per 1k	3581% higher	Iraq
Land Area	434.1K km²	17.8K km²	2336% higher	Iraq
Armed Forces Personnel	459.0K	25.0K	1736% higher	Iraq
Broadband Access (%)	17 per 100 people	1.0 per 100 people	1600% higher	Iraq
Population	42.92M	3.17M	1253% higher	Iraq
Firms Hit by Power Outages	41.35% of firms	3.5% of firms	1091% higher	Iraq
Renewable Energy (%)	1.1%	0.10%	1000% higher	Iraq
Scientific Publications	13.4K	1.3K	905% higher	Iraq
Airports	69	7.0	886% higher	Iraq
Women in Parliament (%)	28.88%	3.1%	838% higher	Iraq
Land Border Length	3.8K km	475 km	702% higher	Iraq
Renewable Energy (%)	0.58%	0.08%	673% higher	Iraq
Unemployment Rate	15.52%	2.1%	624% higher	Iraq
Forest Coverage (%)	1.9%	0.35%	442% higher	Iraq
Border Neighbors	6.0	2.0	200% higher	Iraq
Government Debt (% GDP)	27.4% of GDP	9.9% of GDP	177% higher	Iraq
Infant Mortality	20.8 per 1k births	7.6 per 1k births	174% higher	Iraq
Electoral Democracy Index	0.37	0.14	167% higher	Iraq
Agricultural Land (%)	21.83%	8.4%	159% higher	Iraq
Political Corruption Index	0.89	0.35	158% higher	Iraq
Child Mortality	22.6 per 1k births	8.8 per 1k births	157% higher	Iraq
Dependency Ratio	66.65% of working-age pop.	27.1% of working-age pop.	146% higher	Iraq
Road Traffic Death Rate	21.5 per 100k	9.2 per 100k	134% higher	Iraq
Can Raise Emergency Money	95.98% of adults	44.32% of adults	117% higher	Iraq
Youth Unemployment Rate	32.01% of youth labor force	15.06% of youth labor force	113% higher	Iraq
Capital Elevation	34 m	16 m	113% higher	Iraq
Total CO2 Emissions	238.67 Mt CO2e	115.93 Mt CO2e	106% higher	Iraq
Youth Population (%)	36.58%	18.22%	101% higher	Iraq
Official Languages Count	2.0	1.0	100% higher	Iraq
Electricity Generation	169.46 TWh	87.66 TWh	93% higher	Iraq
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.4K kWh/person	16.6K kWh/person	92% lower	Kuwait
Protected Land (%)	1.5%	17.1%	91% lower	Kuwait
Coastline Length	58 km	499 km	88% lower	Kuwait
Milk Consumption per Person	22.18 kg/person/yr	157.66 kg/person/yr	86% lower	Kuwait
GNI Per Capita	$6,030	$40,770	85% lower	Kuwait
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.4K kg oil eq/person	9.1K kg oil eq/person	85% lower	Kuwait
Health Spending Per Capita	$254.62	$1,700.32	85% lower	Kuwait
Tourism Revenue	$955,000,000	$524,000,000	82% higher	Iraq
CO2 Per Capita	5.1 t/person/yr	26.25 t/person/yr	81% lower	Kuwait
Seafood Consumption per Person	2.9 kg/person/yr	13.69 kg/person/yr	79% lower	Kuwait
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	14.1 per 100k	67.48 per 100k	79% lower	Kuwait
GDP (Nominal)	$279,641,257,615.39	$160,227,273,053.33	75% higher	Iraq
Liberal Democracy Index	0.22	0.13	73% higher	Iraq
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$14,464.32	$52,443.6	72% lower	Kuwait
Vehicles per 1,000 People	153.77 per 1k people	499.97 per 1k people	69% lower	Kuwait
Death Rate	3.9 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	68% higher	Iraq
Digital Payments Used	24.98% of adults	74.83% of adults	67% lower	Kuwait
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	3.0 medals	67% lower	Kuwait
Population Density	103.83 /km²	272.36 /km²	62% lower	Kuwait
Air Passengers	3.76M	9.50M	60% lower	Kuwait
Merchant Fleet Size	74	176	58% lower	Kuwait
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.04% of GDP	0.10% of GDP	58% lower	Kuwait
Women's Political Empowerment	0.56	0.36	55% higher	Iraq
Doctors (per 1,000)	1.0 per 1k	2.3 per 1k	55% lower	Kuwait
Credit Card Ownership	10.12% of adults	22.28% of adults	55% lower	Kuwait
Electric Generating Capacity	31.34M kW	20.29M kW	54% higher	Iraq
Military Spending	2.4% of GDP	4.8% of GDP	51% lower	Kuwait
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.3 per 1k	2.4 per 1k	46% lower	Kuwait
Nurses & Midwives	2.6 per 1k	4.6 per 1k	43% lower	Kuwait
Median Age	20.3 years	34.5 years	41% lower	Kuwait
Firms with Female Top Manager	1.6% of firms	2.8% of firms	41% lower	Kuwait
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	100 per 100 people	168 per 100 people	40% lower	Kuwait
Safe Drinking Water (%)	59.83%	100%	40% lower	Kuwait
Corruption Perceptions Index	28 pts	46 pts	39% lower	Kuwait
Fertility Rate	3.0 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	38% higher	Iraq
Food Waste per Person	204.97 kg/person/yr	150.46 kg/person/yr	36% higher	Iraq
Exports (% GDP)	37.51% of GDP	57.73% of GDP	35% lower	Kuwait
Birth Rate	23.26 per 1k	17.36 per 1k	34% higher	Iraq
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.06 per 100k people	0.10 per 100k people	34% lower	Kuwait
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	20 days/yr	30 days/yr	33% lower	Kuwait
Urban Population (%)	69.89%	100%	30% lower	Kuwait
Suicide Rate	3.0 per 100k	2.3 per 100k	29% higher	Iraq
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	38.18 µg/m³	53.72 µg/m³	29% lower	Kuwait
Solar Electricity Share	0.29%	0.23%	26% higher	Iraq
Life Evaluation Score	5.2 pts	6.5 pts	20% lower	Kuwait
Human Development Index	0.69	0.85	18% lower	Kuwait
Obesity Rate	37.36%	45.36%	18% lower	Kuwait
Internet Users (%)	82%	100%	18% lower	Kuwait
Insufficient Physical Activity	52.02% of adults	63.27% of adults	18% lower	Kuwait
Hypertension Prevalence	47.4% of adults	41.3% of adults	15% higher	Iraq
Imports (% GDP)	33.2% of GDP	38.35% of GDP	13% lower	Kuwait
Adult Literacy Rate	84.06%	96.46%	13% lower	Kuwait
Life Expectancy	72.3 years	83.2 years	13% lower	Kuwait
Elderly Population (%)	3.4%	3.1%	10% higher	Iraq
Electricity Carbon Intensity	683.1 gCO2/kWh	635.31 gCO2/kWh	8% higher	Iraq
Freedom of Expression Index	0.57	0.53	7% higher	Iraq
Tobacco Use Prevalence	20.1% of adults	19.2% of adults	5% higher	Iraq
Smoking Rate	19.2%	19.9%	4% lower	Kuwait
Researchers	164.28 per 1M	159.39 per 1M	3% higher	Iraq
Sanitation Access (%)	98.5%	100%	1% lower	Kuwait
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.3% of GDP	4.3% of GDP	1% higher	Iraq
Beer Consumption	0.11 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Iraq
Spirits Consumption	0.04 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Iraq
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Iraq
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Iraq
Wind Electricity Share	0%	2.0%	ranked lower	Kuwait
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Iraq
Inflation Rate	-12.3%	2.9%	ranked lower	Kuwait
Alcohol Consumption	0.24 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Iraq
GDP Growth Rate	-1.55%	-2.56%	ranked higher	Iraq
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.02 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Iraq
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Iraq
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.7% of GDP	23.3% of GDP	ranked lower	Kuwait
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	-2.74% of GDP	0.38% of GDP	ranked lower	Kuwait
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	6.0 sites	0 sites	ranked higher	Iraq
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Iraq
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	14.81 per 1M people	ranked lower	Kuwait
Firms Making Informal Payments	50.96% of firms	0% of firms	ranked higher	Iraq

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Analysis

Iraq leads in 65 of 113 shared metrics, while Kuwait leads in 48.

Iraq's Highest Elevation is 1002.1x that of Kuwait (3.6K m vs 3.6 m).

Iraq's Firms Asked for Bribes is 549.9x that of Kuwait (50.47% of firms vs 0.09% of firms).

Iraq's Irrigated Land is 351.5x that of Kuwait (35.3K km² vs 100 km²).

Iraq's Forest Area is 131.0x that of Kuwait (8.3K km² vs 62.5 km²).

Iraq's Water Withdrawal is 54.1x that of Kuwait (42.42 B m³ vs 0.77 B m³).

Key Comparisons

Highest ElevationIraq leads

Iraq

3.6K m

Kuwait

3.6 m

Firms Asked for BribesIraq leads

Iraq

50.47% of firms

Kuwait

0.09% of firms

Irrigated LandIraq leads

Iraq

35.3K km²

Kuwait

100 km²

Forest AreaIraq leads

Iraq

8.3K km²

Kuwait

62.5 km²

Water WithdrawalIraq leads

Iraq

42.42 B m³

Kuwait

0.77 B m³

Teen Birth RateIraq leads

Iraq

58.01 per 1k

Kuwait

1.6 per 1k

Highest Elevation

3.6K m

3.6 m

Firms Asked for Bribes

50.47% of firms

0.09% of firms

Irrigated Land

35.3K km²

100 km²

Forest Area

8.3K km²

62.5 km²

Water Withdrawal

42.42 B m³

0.77 B m³

Teen Birth Rate

58.01 per 1k

1.6 per 1k

Land Area

434.1K km²

17.8K km²

Armed Forces Personnel

459.0K

25.0K

Broadband Access (%)

17 per 100 people

1.0 per 100 people

Population

42.92M

3.17M

Firms Hit by Power Outages

41.35% of firms

3.5% of firms

Renewable Energy (%)

1.1%

0.10%

Scientific Publications

13.4K

1.3K

Airports

7.0

Women in Parliament (%)

28.88%

3.1%

Land Border Length

3.8K km

475 km

Renewable Energy (%)

0.58%

0.08%

Unemployment Rate

15.52%

2.1%

Forest Coverage (%)

1.9%

0.35%

Border Neighbors

6.0

2.0

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Highest Elevation

Firms Asked for Bribes

Irrigated Land

Forest Area

Water Withdrawal

Teen Birth Rate

Land Area

Armed Forces Personnel

Broadband Access (%)

Population

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Renewable Energy (%)

Scientific Publications

Airports

Women in Parliament (%)

Land Border Length

Renewable Energy (%)

Unemployment Rate

Forest Coverage (%)

Border Neighbors

Government Debt (% GDP)

Infant Mortality

Electoral Democracy Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Political Corruption Index

Child Mortality

Dependency Ratio

Road Traffic Death Rate

Can Raise Emergency Money

Youth Unemployment Rate

Capital Elevation

Total CO2 Emissions

Youth Population (%)

Official Languages Count

Electricity Generation

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Protected Land (%)

Coastline Length

Milk Consumption per Person

GNI Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Health Spending Per Capita

Tourism Revenue

CO2 Per Capita

Seafood Consumption per Person

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

GDP (Nominal)

Liberal Democracy Index

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Death Rate

Digital Payments Used

All-Time Olympic Medals

Population Density

Air Passengers

Merchant Fleet Size

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Women's Political Empowerment

Doctors (per 1,000)

Credit Card Ownership

Electric Generating Capacity

Military Spending

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Nurses & Midwives

Median Age

Firms with Female Top Manager

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Corruption Perceptions Index

Fertility Rate

Food Waste per Person

Exports (% GDP)