Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 43.4% less likely to be obese

In Iraq, 30.4% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Namibia, that number is 17.2% of people as of 2016.

live 6.7 years less

In Iraq, the average life expectancy is 73 years (71 years for men, 75 years for women) as of 2022. In Namibia, that number is 66 years (64 years for men, 69 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

be 24.3% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Iraq, 23.0% live below the poverty line as of 2014. In Namibia, however, that number is 17.4% as of 2015.

be 25.0% more likely to be unemployed

In Iraq, 15.5% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Namibia, that number is 19.4% as of 2023.

pay a 2.5 times higher top tax rate

Iraq has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Namibia, the top tax rate is 37.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 84.2% more likely to be literate

In Iraq, the literacy rate is 50.1% as of 2018. In Namibia, it is 92.3% as of 2021.

be 2.8 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Iraq, approximately 76.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Namibia, 215.0 women do as of 2020.

be 49.9% 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 Namibia, on the other hand, 29.4 children do as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 43.8% less likely to have access to electricity

In Iraq, approximately 100% of the population has electricity access as of 2022. In Namibia, 56% of the population do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 2.0 times more on education

Iraq spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Namibia spends 9.6% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 74.5% more on healthcare

Iraq spends 5.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Namibia, that number is 8.9% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 27.1 times more coastline

Iraq has a total of 58 km of coastline. In Namibia, that number is 1,572 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Finance, Inland Revenue Department.

Namibia: At a glance

Namibia is a sovereign country in Africa, with a total land area of approximately 823,290 sq km. South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla group launched a war of independence for the area that became Namibia, but it was not until 1988 that South Africa agreed to end its administration in accordance with a UN peace plan for the entire region. Namibia has been governed by SWAPO since the country won independence in 1990. Hifikepunye POHAMBA was elected president in November 2004 in a landslide victory replacing Sam NUJOMA who led the country during its first 14 years of self rule. POHAMBA was reelected in November 2009.
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