Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Nepal instead of Iraq, you would:
Health
be 86.5% less likely to be obese
In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Nepal, that number is 4.1% of people as of 2016.
live 0.8 years less
In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In Nepal, that number is 72 years (72 years for men, 73 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 28.7% less likely to be unemployed
In Iraq, 15.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In Nepal, that number is 10.9% as of 2022.
make 56.5% less money
Iraq has a GDP per capita of $9,200 as of 2022, while in Nepal, the GDP per capita is $4,000 as of 2022.
Life
be 42.1% more likely to be literate
In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Nepal, it is 71.2% as of 2021.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Iraq, approximately 76.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Nepal, 174.0 women do as of 2020.
be 28.1% more likely to die during infancy
In Iraq, approximately 19.6 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Nepal, on the other hand, 25.1 children do as of 2022.
have 26.0% fewer children
In Iraq, there are approximately 23.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Nepal, there are 17.5 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
Basic Needs
be 10.1% less likely to have access to electricity
In Iraq, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2021. In Nepal, 90% of the population do as of 2021.
Expenditures
spend 10.6% less on education
Iraq spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Nepal spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Nepal: At a glance
How big is Nepal compared to Iraq? See an in-depth size comparison.