Quality of life comparison
If you lived in India instead of Iraq, you would:
Health
be 87.2% less likely to be obese
In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In India, that number is 3.9% of people as of 2016.
live 6.0 years less
In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In India, that number is 67 years (65 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 68.5% less likely to be unemployed
In Iraq, 15.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2022. In India, that number is 4.8% as of 2022.
make 22.8% less money
Iraq has a GDP per capita of $9,200 as of 2022, while in India, the GDP per capita is $7,100 as of 2022.
pay a 2.4 times higher top tax rate
Iraq has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In India, the top tax rate is 35.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 48.5% more likely to be literate
In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In India, it is 74.4% as of 2018.
be 35.5% more likely to die during childbirth
In Iraq, approximately 76.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In India, 103.0 women do as of 2020.
be 54.5% 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 India, on the other hand, 30.3 children do as of 2022.
have 31.6% fewer children
In Iraq, there are approximately 23.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In India, there are 16.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 41.2% less on healthcare
Iraq spends 5.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In India, that number is 3.0% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 120.7 times more coastline
Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In India, that number is 7,000 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
India: At a glance
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