After a war and occupation and continual violence, the figures below tell us how far reconstruction has gone. If success can be measured in the quality of life for the people of Iraq, has there really been success?
- 78 per cent of households in the country have an unreliable electricity supply; in Baghdad, the figure rises to 92 per cent.
- 37 per cent of urban households and only 4 per cent of rural ones have a sewage connection.
- 61 per cent of Iraqi households have access to a safe and stable drinking water supply, but 28 per cent of these experience daily problems with that supply.
- 5 per cent of households have been damaged by military activity; the figure rises to 8 per cent in the north of the country.
- Only 52 per cent of urban households are accessible by paved road; the figure drops to one in 10 in rural areas.
- 31 per cent of males over 15 are unemployed.
- Almost a quarter of children between the ages of six months and five years suffer from malnutrition.
- More young people today are illiterate in Iraq than in previous generations.
- Just 83 per cent of boys and 79 per cent of girls of school age are enrolled in primary school.
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