Table 1 Selection of demographic, economic and health care indicators (KRI)

Population

5,472,436 (2015) [6]

Iraqi IDPs

958,344 (Aug 2016, figure not including IDPs in disputed territories) [54]

Syrian refugees

234,228 (Aug 2016) [54]

Military casualties

> 1500 Peshmerga and Kurdish security forces (since 2014) [92]

Annual budget transfer from Baghdad

17% of oil revenues (~ $12 billion/year) [7]

Actual budget received from Baghdad

~ $2 billion (total since 2014) [7]

Funds required to offset the impact of IDPs on KRI residents

$1.48 billion / year (2015) [7]

KRI Debt

$17 billion [20]

Budget deficit

$3.2 (2015); $2 billion (projected, 2016) [20]

Austerity program fiscal consolidation

37% of GRP (between 2014 and 2016) [20]

Poverty rate

3.5% (2012); 12% (2015, KRSO) [7]

Corruption index

High (KRI received a score of mid-30s, where 0 is considered corrupt and 100 clean. Comparison: Iraq received a score of 10). (EIU 2014) [3]

Theoretical annual public health sector budget (projected from pre-crisis levels)

$995.4 million (2015) [7]

Actual public health sector budget

$179.9 million (2014) [7]

Theoretical per-capita public health expenditure (projected from pre-crisis levels)

$159.91 (4)

Actual per-capita public health expenditure

Total per-capita public health expenditure: $33.74 (2014); Primary health care per-capita expenditure: $5.80 [7]

Physicians

13 per 10,000 (2014) [6]

Neonatal mortality

9 per 1000 live births (2009); Comparison: Iraq 25 per 1000; WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region 35 per 1000 (2009) [22]

Infant mortality

28 per 1000 live births (2011); Comparison: Iraq 36 per 1000; WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region 57 per 1000 (2011) [22]

Child (under 5 yrs) mortality

32 per 1000 live births (2011); Comparison: Iraq 45 per 1000; WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region 78 per 1000 (2011) [22]

Immunization coverage, children 12–23 months (Measles and DPT3 respectively)

90% and 81% (2008); Comparison: Iraq 69% and 62%; WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region: 83% and 82% (2008) [22]

Underweight, wasting and stunting (children under 5 yrs)

7%, 5%, and 15%, respectively (2011); Comparison: Iraq 27.5% stunted (2011) [22]

Cholera outbreaks (years)

2007, 2008, 2012 and 2015 (contained)

Diabetes (Type 2)

6.2% (Sulaimani Governorate, 2011) [28]

Cancer

38/100,000 (2006); 61.7 /100,000 (2014) (Sulaimani Governorate) [29]