Social Development in Iraq

146 indicators covering social development for Iraq.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 6 2018 up 100.0% 86th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 96,887 2025 down 59.1% 23rd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0021 units per person 2025 down 67.4% 35th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.2% 47th
Political Rights Score 16 2025 up 33.3% 124th
Freedom Score 31 2025 up 14.8% 141st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 23,366 2025 up 215.2% 37th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0005 units per person 2025 up 151.8% 66th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 106.6% 52nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -36.1 % change on previous year 2025 down 128.1% 128th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 16 2018 up 23.1% 87th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 38.41 % change on previous year 2025 up 408.6% 13th
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.515 2025 up 5.5% 116th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.424 2025 up 122.0% 131st
Political Corruption Index 0.892 2025 up 2.3% 10th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.892 2025 up 2.3% 10th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.0694 2024 down 6.1% 162nd
Number of armed conflicts 1 conflicts 2025 down 50.0% 19th
Number of state-based conflicts 1 conflicts 2025 unchanged 10th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.4427 units per square kilometre 2023 up 345.5% 27th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.029 units per square kilometre 2023 up 110.1% 65th
LGBT+ Rights Index 0.0719 2019 unchanged 123rd
Forcibly displaced people 1.34 million 2025 down 62.4% 27th
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 0 2016 131st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 1 number 2025 unchanged 90th
Age of electoral democracy 21 years 2025 up 90.9% 106th
Corruption Perceptions Index 26 2024 up 62.5% 139th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 1.03 million people 2024 down 71.3% 15th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.6107 2024 down 6.3% 177th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.4304 2024 down 5.8% 157th
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.1804 2024 down 7.5% 144th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0 2024 55th
Self-reported life satisfaction 5.21 2025 up 13.9% 96th
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 5.21 2025 up 13.9% 96th
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 17.3% 2024 up 3.2% 157th
Homicide rate 9.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2013 down 40.3% 37th
Homicides 3,339 homicides 2013 down 27.3% 18th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 9.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2013 down 40.3% 37th
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 9.46 homicides per 100,000 population 2013 down 40.3% 37th
States involved in interstate conflicts 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Citizen support for democracy -1.38 2020 down 670.4% 129th
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 0.0% 2025 90th
Homicides 5,478 deaths 2021 up 7.3% 19th
Homicide rate 12.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 20.2% 32nd
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 12.59 2021 down 20.2% 32nd
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 6.34 million 2030 up 29.5% 25th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 0.2677 2030 up 13.8% 169th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Freedom of Association Score 7 2025 up 40.0% 37th
Freedom of Expression Score 5 2025 up 66.7% 49th
Civil Rights Score 3 2025 unchanged 82nd
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 19.9% 2030 down 2.0% 67th
Number of current of tobacco users, estimate 6.38 million 2030 up 29.3% 27th
Alcohol, abstainers lifetime (%), age-standardized 88.6% 2020 up 0.3% 14th