Livability · rank 157/167
Is 🇮🇶 Iraq (Baghdad) a good place to live?
Quality score 37/100 against essentials of $738/month.
The five metrics
Internet 19 46.6 Mbps median broadband, 81.5% online
Safety 43 9.5 homicides/100k (2013)
Healthcare 64 UHC service coverage 64/100 (2023)
Air quality 21 PM2.5 40.4 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.36 · corruption control -1.21 · stability -2.06 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $26.92 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $11.54/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($738) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 2.7× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 4.1× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 6.8× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇫🇷 France — quality 84.8, essentials $1,716/mo
- 🇩🇲 Dominica — quality 53.8, essentials $1,089/mo
- 🇮🇹 Italy — quality 74.7, essentials $1,513/mo
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe — quality 52.8, essentials $1,049/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Iraq
Frequently asked questions
- Is Iraq a good place to live for remote workers?
- Iraq scores 37/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 46.6 Mbps, safety 43, healthcare 64, air quality 21; English not scored) — rank 157 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Iraq?
- Median fixed broadband is around 46.6 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Iraq?
- Single-person essentials run about $738/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (4.1× essentials).