Gender in Iraq 209 indicators covering gender for Iraq. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Child population (UN estimates and projections) 17,091 2030 up 5.4% 26th Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth 0.3028 % change on previous year 2030 down 73.7% 59th Population 34,846 2030 up 34.5% 35th Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 34,846 2030 up 34.5% 35th Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year 2030 down 5.5% 26th Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 566,580 2025 down 1.0% 25th Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 596,188 2025 down 1.1% 24th Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 558,252 2025 down 3.4% 26th Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 587,298 2025 down 3.5% 26th Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 550,204 2025 down 4.5% 26th Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 578,858 2025 down 4.5% 26th Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 545,044 2025 down 4.0% 26th Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 573,388 2025 down 4.0% 26th Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 540,845 2025 down 0.8% 27th Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 568,912 2025 down 0.8% 26th Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 536,074 2025 up 3.9% 27th Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 563,776 2025 up 3.8% 26th Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 58.47 2027 up 0.6% 15th Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.555 2025 up 2.8% 140th Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.34 2025 up 24.1% 152nd Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.56 2025 up 4.1% 129th Women's Political Participation Index 0.771 2025 down 2.3% 133rd Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.555 2025 up 2.8% 140th Key features of women's political empowerment 0.555 2025 up 2.8% 140th Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -5.61 % change on previous year 2025 — 166th Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.555 2025 up 2.8% 140th Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 — 20th Prevalence of obesity, female 47.6% 2024 up 12.3% 21st Prevalence of obesity, male 31.2% 2024 up 11.1% 31st Life expectancy at age 60, female 19.37 years 2024 up 5.4% 151st Life expectancy at age 60, male 24.03 years 2024 up 48.7% 15th Share of women who are obese 47.6% 2024 up 12.3% 24th Share of women who are overweight or obese 77.7% 2024 up 6.7% 16th Share of overweight men vs. women 67.8% 2024 up 5.7% 42nd Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 81.7% 2024 up 5.4% 137th Share of women who are married or in a union 18.4% 2018 down 2.7% 27th Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th Population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 2.9% 85th Population, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year 2024 down 40.2% 47th Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 32.6% 127th Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 171st Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 56.13 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 5.1% 170th Women, Business and the Law Index 48.12 index (0–100) 2023 up 45.3% 176th Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 144th Women have the same rights to remarry as men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 122nd Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 — 1st Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0004 units per person 2025 down 10.8% 48th Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 — 1st Population, per square kilometre 103.83 units per square kilometre 2023 up 27.8% 79th Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 7.3% 141st Labor force, female 1.66 million 2025 up 2.6% 93rd Labor force, female, per capita 0.0352 units per person 2025 down 18.0% 184th Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 0.9674 index 2025 up 1.0% 156th Page 1 of 4 Next →