Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 45.4% less likely to be obese

In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 16.6% of people as of 2016.

live 0.8 years less

In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 72 years (68 years for men, 77 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 74.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 15.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Kyrgyzstan, that number is 4.0% as of 2023.

make 49.2% less money

Iraq has a GDP per capita of $12,600 as of 2023, while in Kyrgyzstan, the GDP per capita is $6,400 as of 2023.

be 44.8% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Kyrgyzstan, however, that number is 33.3% as of 2021.

Life

be 34.2% less likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 76.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Kyrgyzstan, 50.0 women do as of 2020.

be 98.8% more likely to be literate

In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Kyrgyzstan, it is 99.6% as of 2018.

be 30.8% 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 Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, 25.7 children do as of 2022.

have 21.1% fewer children

In Iraq, there are approximately 23.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Kyrgyzstan, there are 18.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Basic Needs

be 12.2% more likely to have internet access

In Iraq, approximately 49.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Kyrgyzstan, about 55.0% do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 31.9% more on education

Iraq spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Kyrgyzstan spends 6.2% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Kyrgyzstan: At a glance

Kyrgyzstan is a sovereign country in Central Asia, with a total land area of approximately 191,801 sq km. A Central Asian country of incredible natural beauty and proud nomadic traditions, most of Kyrgyzstan was formally annexed to Russia in 1876. The Kyrgyz staged a major revolt against the Tsarist Empire in 1916 in which almost one-sixth of the Kyrgyz population was killed. Kyrgyzstan became a Soviet republic in 1936 and achieved independence in 1991 when the USSR dissolved. Nationwide demonstrations in the spring of 2005 resulted in the ouster of President Askar AKAEV, who had run the country since 1990. Former prime minister Kurmanbek BAKIEV overwhelmingly won the presidential election in the summer of 2005. Over the next few years, he manipulated the parliament to accrue new powers for the presidency. In July 2009, after months of harassment against his opponents and media critics, BAKIEV won re-election in a presidential campaign that the international community deemed flawed. In April 2010, violent protests in Bishkek led to the collapse of the BAKIEV regime and his eventual fleeing to Minsk, Belarus. His successor, Roza OTUNBAEVA, served as transitional president until Almazbek ATAMBAEV was inaugurated in December 2011, marking the first peaceful transfer of presidential power in independent Kyrgyzstan's history. Continuing concerns include: the trajectory of democratization, endemic corruption, poor interethnic relations, and terrorism.
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