The State of Iraq

Michael O'Hanlon and Nina Kamp

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Security Indicators
Nov 2004
Nov 2005
Nov 2006
Economic and
Quality of Life Indicators
Nov 2004
Nov
2005

Nov
2006

US Troop Fatalities
(Number from Homemade Bombs)
82 (20)
137 (18)
96 (40)
Crude Oil Production
(in millions of barrels
per day; prewar: 2.5)
2.1
2.0
2.0
Iraqi Military and Police Fatalities
65
160
176
Availability of
Household Fuels
(percentage of
estimated need)
76
77
87
Estimated Iraqi Civilian Fatalities from War
125
1500
600
Average Electrical Power
(in megawatts; prewar: 4.3)
3.6
3.2
3.2
Multiple-Fatality Bombings
6
11
41
Annual GDP
(in billions of 2005 dollars;
prewar: 30)
19
28
29
Kidnappings of Foreigners
1
5
11
Cumulative US Aid Disbursed
(in billions of dollars)
0.1
3.6
12.0
US/Other Foreign Troops
(in thousands)
123/24
138/24
160/23
Registered Cars
(in millions)
1.5
2.5
3.1
Iraqi Security Personnel
(in thousands)
95
114
212
Unemployment Rate
(percent)
50
35
32
Number of Iraqi Security Personnel In Top Two Tiers of Quality
(in thousands)
0
5
35
Felony Cases
Resolved in Courts
500
700
850
Estimated Number of Insurgents
5,000
20,000
18,000
Telephone Subscribers
(prewar: 600,000)
600,000
2,200,000
5,000,000
Daily Insurgent Attacks
32
77
90
Daily Tips Received from Iraqis
about Insurgents
5
10
150
Public Opinion/Politics
Percentage of Public Optimistic about Future
65
54
49
Iraqis Favoring Near-Term US Troop Withdrawal
30
35
80
Expected Sunni Arab
Share of Iraq’s Future
Oil Revenue
(percent)
20
20
5-10
Source: “The State of Iraq,” created by Michael O’Hanlon and Nina Kamp of the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy. This table was prepared using data collected in the “Iraq Index,” which is updated every Monday and Thursday and is available online at http://www.brookings.edu/iraqindex. Reprinted with kind permission of the authors.


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