Saudi Arabia/Iraq Comparison

[shela1153]

Population
S.A. 28,146,700
Iraq 28,221,200

Life Expectancy
S.A. 76.09 years
Iraq 69.62 years

Capital City
Riyadh
Baghdad

Largest city
Riyadh (population: 4,205,960) Baghdad (population: 5,672,510)
Human Development Index
0.835
0

GDP per capita
Saudi A.$21,300 US
Iraq $4,000 US

Literacy Rate
Saudi A 78.8%
Iraq 74.1%

Corruption Perception Index
Saudi A.3.5
Iraq 1.3

Percentage of Women in Parliament
Saudi Arabia 0%
Iraq 25.5%

Wealthiest Citizens
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud ($13.3bn US)
NA

Unemployment Rate
Saudi Arabia 11.8%
Iraq 18%

Death Penalty
Legal
Legal

[shela1153]

The way I see this is that Saudi Arabia and Iraq are very similar, they have roughly the same size population, Unemployment is just about par. The Rate of Exchange in Saudi Arabia is about .27. Yet Saudi Arabia has 5 times the GDP. In all other areas they are just about the same. imo this is where the dinar should come in or close to, is Saudi Arabia. jmho

[Jwdwrd]

I saw your chat on this earlier- thanks for the info!

[Vito123]

I like your comparisons except GDP in this scenario is recent past history. If you go back to 1999 0r 2000 when the world looked at this info, I think it was a lil different GDP. But time will tell all of us whatever it comes out at. When it does we can all smile either way.