العراق 2013

Source: Calculated from ESCWA, 2017a, based on data provided by the NSO from the Iraq Poverty and Maternal Mortality Survey 2013, unless otherwise indicated

Population

Total female population: 16,923,843 (49.48%)

Total male population: 17,281,194 (50.52%)

Total population: 34,205,037

Total female persons with disabilities: 311,542 (45.98%)

Total male persons with disabilities: 365,950 (54.02%)

Total persons with disabilities: 677,492

Disability prevalence (%)

Disability prevalence (%)

  Total Rural Urban
Total 1.98% 1.70% 2.10%
Female 1.84% 1.54% 1.97%
Male 2.12% 1.85% 2.23%

Age-specific disability prevalence (%)

Disability prevalence (%)

  Rural Urban Total
Total Female 0.5% 1.4% 1.8%
Male 0.6% 1.6% 2.1%
0-4 Female 0.1% 0.3% 0.5%
Male 0.2% 0.4% 0.6%
5-14 Female 0.3% 0.7% 0.9%
Male 0.4% 0.8% 1.1%
15-24 Female 0.3% 0.7% 0.9%
Male 0.4% 0.9% 1.3%
25-44 Female 0.3% 0.8% 1.1%
Male 0.5% 1.5% 1.9%
45-64 Female 0.8% 2.9% 3.7%
Male 1.1% 3.6% 4.7%
65+ Female 4.6% 14.4% 19.0%
Male 4.0% 12.6% 16.6%

Age distribution (%)

Age distribution (%)

  0-4 5-14 15-24 25-44 45-64 65+
Persons without disabilities Female 14.6% 25.5% 19.7% 25.9% 11.6% 2.7%
Male 15.1% 26.6% 20.6% 24.9% 10.3% 2.4%
Persons with disabilities Female 3.7% 12.9% 10.0% 15.8% 23.6% 34.0%
Male 4.3% 14.0% 12.7% 22.9% 23.7% 22.4%

Type of disability/difficulty (%)

Type of disability (%)

  Seeing Hearing Mobility Cognition Communication
Female Rural 24.4% 15.3% 32.8% 13.4% 14.1%
Urban 29.3% 14.1% 33.6% 12.1% 11.0%
Male Rural 23.0% 13.9% 33.9% 14.8% 14.4%
Urban 25.9% 13.3% 34.2% 14.2% 12.3%

Note: Persons may report more than one type of disability.

Marital status, female (%)

  Single Married Widowed Divorced Separated
15-39 Without disabilities 38.9% 58.2% 1.3% 1.4% 0.1%
With disabilities 79.5% 18.0% 1.2% 1.1% 0.2%
40-64 Without disabilities 6.2% 76.7% 15.0% 1.7% 0.4%
With disabilities 13.8% 56.1% 26.8% 2.4% 0.9%
65+ Without disabilities 3.0% 41.5% 54.0% 1.2% 0.3%
With disabilities 3.5% 30.0% 64.7% 1.5% 0.3%

Cause of disability (%)

Cause of disability (%)

  Congenital Birth-related Illness Physical and psychological abuse Ageing Work accident Car accident War/Terrorism Other
Rural Female 24.9% 10.0% 27.4% 0.7% 32.2% 0.5% 3.2% 0.7% 0.6%
Male 28.7% 12.5% 25.7% 1.1% 17.3% 1.2% 7.3% 5.2% 1.0%
Urban Female 20.5% 9.4% 32.7% 0.6% 30.2% 0.4% 3.9% 0.9% 1.3%
Male 24.1% 10.8% 28.4% 1.2% 17.1% 1.8% 8.4% 6.9% 1.3%

Note: Persons may report more than one cause of disability.

By marital status by age group

Marital status, male (%)

  Single Married Widowed Divorced Separated
15-39 Without disabilities 53.9% 45.0% 0.2% 0.8% 0.1%
With disabilities 66.9% 32.0% 0.3% 0.7% 0.1%
40-64 Without disabilities 2.4% 96.0% 0.8% 0.6% 0.1%
With disabilities 11.7% 85.9% 1.7% 0.6% 0.1%
65+ Without disabilities 1.0% 88.4% 10.0% 0.4% 0.1%
With disabilities 2.1% 80.7% 16.4% 0.7% 0.1%

Note: 205,753 persons of unknown marital status, amounting to 1.01 per cent of the total population aged 15 and above, have been excluded from the calculation since no disaggregation by disability is available for this group.

By literacy status age: 15+ years

Literacy status (%) Age: 15+ years

  Literate Illiterate
Rural Persons without disabilities Female 59.5% 40.5%
Male 82.3% 17.7%
Persons with disabilities Female 18.5% 81.5%
Male 45.5% 54.5%
Urban Persons without disabilities Female 79.1% 20.9%
Male 90.3% 9.7%
Persons with disabilities Female 35.8% 64.2%
Male 61.7% 38.3%

By school attendance

School attendance (%)

  Rural Urban Total
6-9 Persons without disabilities Female 29.1% 62.9% 92.1%
Male 31.5% 62.6% 94.1%
Persons with disabilities Female 12.4% 33.2% 45.5%
Male 13.8% 36.9% 50.7%
10-14 Persons without disabilities Female 22.1% 56.8% 78.9%
Male 30.4% 61.8% 92.3%
Persons with disabilities Female 7.0% 32.3% 39.4%
Male 11.4% 31.7% 43.2%
15-19 Persons without disabilities Female 8.1% 38.1% 46.1%
Male 18.1% 44.3% 62.4%
Persons with disabilities Female 2.8% 18.1% 20.9%
Male 5.9% 17.1% 22.9%

By educational attainment age: 6+ years

Highest educational attainment (%) Age: 6+ years

  ISCED level 1 ISCED level 2 ISCED level 3 ISCED level 4 ISCED level 5 No schooling
Female Without disabilities Rural 22.8% 5.0% 1.7% 0.8% 0.7% 68.9%
Urban 24.4% 12.0% 6.7% 4.3% 4.9% 47.7%
With disabilities Rural 5.3% 1.4% 0.3% 0.3% 0.1% 92.7%
Urban 10.1% 3.8% 2.0% 1.8% 1.1% 81.2%
Male Without disabilities Rural 28.0% 10.0% 4.9% 2.4% 2.6% 52.0%
Urban 26.7% 13.8% 8.9% 5.0% 7.1% 38.5%
With disabilities Rural 16.2% 4.3% 2.0% 1.1% 1.1% 75.3%
Urban 20.2% 8.7% 5.1% 3.0% 3.6% 59.4%

Note: Data source includes a more detailed breakdown for children aged 6-9 with “no schooling” (by primary school enrolment).

By economic activity age: 15–64 years

Economic activity (%) Age: 15-64 years

  Employed Unemployed Economically inactive
Rural Female Persons without disabilities 5.6% 0.8% 93.5%
Persons with disabilities 3.41% 0.7% 95.8%
Male Persons without disabilities 62.0% 14.5% 23.5%
Persons with disabilities 28.1% 10.9% 61.0%
Urban Female Persons without disabilities 9.6% 2.0% 88.5%
Persons with disabilities 3.7% 1.0% 95.3%
Male Persons without disabilities 63.3% 12.3% 24.4%
Persons with disabilities 34.4% 11.6% 54.0%

By sector of employment

Sector of employment (%)

  Agriculture Industry Construction Services Not adequately defined
Rural Without disabilities Female 62.4% 2.3% 1.0% 32.0% 2.2%
Male 21.3% 5.6% 22.4% 49.4% 1.3%
With disabilities Female 66.0% 1.5% 2.8% 24.7% 5.0%
Male 28.9% 5.0% 16.7% 47.6% 1.8%
Urban Without disabilities Female 0.8% 4.2% 1.0% 92.8% 1.2%
Male 1.1% 8.8% 17.9% 71.3% 0.9%
With disabilities Female 0.5% 5.7% 1.8% 87.0% 5.0%
Male 2.0% 8.4% 14.4% 73.2% 2.0%