Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Tuvalu instead of Iraq, you would:
Health
see 98.3% more spent on your healthcare
Iraq spends $843 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Tuvalu spends $1,671 as of 2023.
have 31.7% more doctors per person
Iraq has 10.2 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Tuvalu has 13.5 as of 2020.
live 5.2 years less
In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 72 years (70 years for men, 74 years for women) as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 67 years (64 years for men, 71 years for women) as of 2024.
be 64.0% more likely to be obese
In Iraq, 39.7% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Tuvalu, that number is 65.1% of people as of 2024.
have 11.9% less access to essential health services
Iraq scores 59 out of 100 on the universal health coverage index as of 2021. Tuvalu scores 52 as of 2021.
Economy
make 11.7% more money
Iraq has a GDP per capita of $5,410 as of 2025, while in Tuvalu, the GDP per capita is $6,041 as of 2025.
Life
be 19.0% more likely to be literate
In Iraq, the literacy rate is 84.1% as of 2021. In Tuvalu, it is 100.0% as of 2022.
be 17.9% less likely to die during infancy
In Iraq, approximately 20.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Tuvalu, on the other hand, 16.5 children do as of 2024.
be 2.6 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Iraq, approximately 66.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Tuvalu, 170.0 women do as of 2023.
have 14.1% fewer children
In Iraq, there are approximately 25.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Tuvalu, there are 22.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.
Expenditures
spend 4.9 times more on healthcare
Iraq spends 5.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Tuvalu, that number is 27.1% of GDP as of 2023.
Geography
see 58.6% less coastline
Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Tuvalu, that number is 24 km.
Safety
be 16.7% less likely to die in a road accident
In Iraq, road accidents kill 21.5 people per 100,000 as of 2021. In Tuvalu, they kill 17.9 per 100,000 as of 2021.
Infrastructure
find 74.4% less home broadband
Iraq has 17.6 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Tuvalu has 4.5 as of 2022.
Sources: World Bank (2020–2025), United Nations SDG Indicators (2021), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this
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