Iraq By the Numbers

Is Iraq better off? Five years on, key indicators paint a picture of a country trying to rise from the rubble.

SOURCES:

Paying the Ultimate Price: Iraq Index, The Brookings Institution; New England Journal of Medicine; United Nations; U.S. Department of Defense Crude Awakening: Iraq Index, The Brookings Institution; U.S. Department of State Power to the People–Sometimes: Iraq Index, The Brookings Institution; U.S. Department of State They Can Hear You Now: Iraq Index, The Brookings Institution; U.S. Department of Defense; and Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Locking Down: Iraq Index, The Brookings Institution; Associated Press Online and AP Worldstream; Agence France Presse

More from Foreign Policy

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping give a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping give a toast during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21.

Can Russia Get Used to Being China’s Little Brother?

The power dynamic between Beijing and Moscow has switched dramatically.

Xi and Putin shake hands while carrying red folders.
Xi and Putin shake hands while carrying red folders.

Xi and Putin Have the Most Consequential Undeclared Alliance in the World

It’s become more important than Washington’s official alliances today.

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.

It’s a New Great Game. Again.

Across Central Asia, Russia’s brand is tainted by Ukraine, China’s got challenges, and Washington senses another opening.

Kurdish military officers take part in a graduation ceremony in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Jan. 15.
Kurdish military officers take part in a graduation ceremony in Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, on Jan. 15.

Iraqi Kurdistan’s House of Cards Is Collapsing

The region once seemed a bright spot in the disorder unleashed by U.S. regime change. Today, things look bleak.