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