IraqandJordan

23 August 1921 · 11 April 1921

Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.

Iraq

23 August 1921 — The Kingdom of Iraq is established under Faisal I

Dossier →Chronicle →

Jordan

11 April 1921 — Abdullah I establishes the Emirate of Transjordan

Dossier →Chronicle →

Shared indicators
41
Domains
9
Crossed events
1
Data through
2026-08-14

The figures, side by side

Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.

Economy

IRQJOR
  • GDP
    $254 B2025$62 B2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP per capita
    $5,4102025$5,3482025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • GDP growth
    -2.2%20252.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Inflation
    0.3%20251.8%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Trade openness
    77.1%2024146.0%2007
    Observed 2024 / 2007 · figures compared, never graded

Society

IRQJOR
  • Population
    47 m202512 m2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Life expectancy
    72.4 yrs202478.0 yrs2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Urban population
    69.9%202593.2%2025
    Observed 2025 / 2025 · figures compared, never graded
  • Fertility rate
    3.220242.62024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Governance

IRQJOR

Health

IRQJOR
  • Health spending
    5.5%20237.7%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Physicians
    1.0220222.852022
    Observed 2022 / 2022 · figures compared, never graded
  • Under-5 mortality
    21.8202412.92024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Measles immunisation
    91.0%202499.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Safe drinking water
    59.8%202489.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Education

IRQJOR
  • Adult literacy
    84.1%202194.4%2024
    Observed 2021 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Primary enrolment
    104.6%200798.6%2024
    Observed 2007 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Secondary enrolment
    50.6%200791.8%2024
    Observed 2007 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Tertiary enrolment
    15.6%200535.9%2024
    Observed 2005 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Education spending
    —3.2%2024
    Observed — / 2024 · figures compared, never graded

Technology

IRQJOR
  • R&D spending
    0.0%20210.7%2016
    Observed 2021 / 2016 · figures compared, never graded
  • Researchers (per million)
    16420215762017
    Observed 2021 / 2017 · figures compared, never graded
  • Internet users
    81.5%202495.6%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mobile subscriptions
    1002024702024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • High-tech exports
    —2.1%2023
    Observed — / 2023 · figures compared, never graded

Geography

IRQJOR
  • Land area
    434,130 km²202388,794 km²2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest area
    1.9%20231.1%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • Agricultural land
    21.8%202311.5%2023
    Observed 2023 / 2023 · figures compared, never graded
  • CO₂ per capita (t)
    5.220242.12024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Renewable energy
    1.1%202111.5%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded

Resources

IRQJOR
  • Resource rents
    43.4%20210.1%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Oil rents
    42.8%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Mineral rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Forest rents
    0.0%20210.0%2021
    Observed 2021 / 2021 · figures compared, never graded
  • Electricity access
    100.0%2024100.0%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Phosphate rock
    —12 Mt2025
    Observed — / 2025 · figures compared, never graded

Military

IRQJOR
  • Military burden
    2.4%20244.8%2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Defense spending
    $6.2 B2024$2.6 B2024
    Observed 2024 / 2024 · figures compared, never graded
  • Armed forces
    459,0002020116,0002020
    Observed 2020 / 2020 · figures compared, never graded

Entangled histories

One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

  1. 7 February 1999

    Abdullah II succeeds his father

    On the death of King Hussein, his son Abdullah II ascended the throne, going on to promote economic reform while steering Jordan through war in Iraq, the Arab Spring and a vast refugee influx.

    Politics & Power · from the Jordan chronicle · Modern Jordan: Hussein, the Wars, Peace and Abdullah II · REFS 2 — Abdullah II: Biography, Education, Family, and Facts, King Abdullah II of Jordan