🇮🇶 Iraq Environment - Air Quality, Renewable Energy & CO2

🇮🇶 Iraq IQ / IRQ #58

Nomad Score 47.0

Cities 8

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, OPEC, Mesopotamia, Asia, Asia, Western Asia

Currency IQD

🌍 ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW

PM2.5 (2019) 39.3 µg/m³

Renewable Energy (2023) 1.2%

Sources: OWID, World Bank

💨 AIR QUALITY

PM2.5 Concentration 39.3 µg/m³

WHO Guideline 5.0 µg/m³

vs WHO limit 7.9x above guideline

Assessment Poor air quality

Source: WHO Global Health Observatory via OWID. WHO annual mean guideline: 5 µg/m³.

⚡ RENEWABLE ENERGY

Renewable Share 1.2% of electricity

Assessment Minimal renewable energy

Source: Ember / Energy Institute via OWID. Percentage of electricity from renewable sources.

🔌 INFRASTRUCTURE

Electricity Access (2023) 100.0%

Grid Losses (2023) 61.8%

Safe Water (2024) 59.8%

Sanitation (2024) 98.5%

🌳 NATURE & AIR QUALITY

Forest Area (2023) 1.9%

Renewable Electricity (2021) 3.8%

PM2.5 (WB) (2020) 38.2 µg/m³

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