If you lived in Tennessee instead of Iraq, you would:

Economy

make 4.8 times more money

Iraq has a GDP per capita of $12,600 as of 2023, while in Tennessee, the GDP per capita is $60,177 as of 2024.

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be 78.1% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 15.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Tennessee, that number is 3.4% as of 2025.

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Basic Needs

be 78.8% more likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 49.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Tennessee, about 87.6% do as of 2023.

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The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Census Bureau (American Community Survey), Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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