Life Expectancy / Iraq
Iraq Life Expectancy
Iraq life expectancy data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 72.42.
COUNTRY: Iraq
UNIT: years
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-19 13:15:08
GM ECONOMY RATING
Iraq · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
64 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
17.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.9 / 20
External stability
13.0 / 15
Financial robustness
5.6 / 15
Structural stability
13.0 / 15
Future capacity
8.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
1.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Iraq · life expectancy data as years.
Latest
72.42
Previous
72.32
Range avg.
70.79
Rank
80
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CountryIraq
IndicatorLife Expectancy
72.422024 · Rank 80
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Iraq recorded 72.42 for Life Expectancy in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 0.10 (0.1%), from 72.32 to 72.42.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (70.79).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 68.68 in 2016 and the high was 72.42 in 2024.
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