Iracoubo has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents. Its weakest subject is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 54% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Iracoubo with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Iracoubo.
Who lives here
Children make up 30% of Iracoubo, above compared French towns
8% of adults hold a degree, below compared French towns (30%). People 65 and over make up 9.2% of the town. Young adults of 15 to 24 account for 15% of the town.
30.2median age
IracouboFrance median
Ages · share of residents
15%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma47%
CAP or BEP22%
Baccalauréat16%
Higher education8%
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · France median: the median of compared communes (French Guiana has none of its own)
HealthHealth D−
More deaths than Iracoubo’s ages would predict, 154 per 100 expected, above compared French towns
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Iracoubo is Site de Kourou, 44.3 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 108 residents of Iracoubo died, against 70 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 54% more. At birth, a girl in French Guiana can expect 82.2 years and a boy 77.1 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
+54%deaths against expected, after care homesD−Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw154
Adjusted154
Median town88
Expected100
0
GPs in Iracoubo · 0 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
44.3 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Site de Kourou
44.2 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Site de Kourou
82.2 · 77.1
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, French Guiana, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Safety
Iracoubo has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average
Per 1,000 residents a year, there were 14.9 cases of violence against people and 4.8 graded property crimes (2023–2025 average). 2025 saw 18 offenses recorded in Iracoubo. More of the graded crimes locally were family violence than anything else (2025).
14.9recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year
Recorded by type · 2025
Family violence12
Other physical violence6
Vehicle theft0
Theft from vehicles0
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
14.9
recorded violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
4.8
recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025 average
18
offenses recorded in the graded categories in 2025
41.2%
of the index rests on the département’s average, used where small counts aren’t published
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · Small counts of sexual violence, armed robbery, burglary and criminal damage go unpublished (five or fewer in at least one of the last three years); the département’s average stands in, 41.2% of the index here. The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Work & commuteJobs & income C−
Iracoubo has higher unemployment than compared French towns: 34.5%
At the census, 26.6% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, higher than compared French towns (13.4%). Jobs based in Iracoubo number 400, against 450 residents in work (1 per worker).
27%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving60%
On foot13%
Public transport8%
Bicycle5%
Motorbike or scooter5%
400
jobs based in Iracoubo, 1 per working resident
34.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
Iracoubo has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average.
About Iracoubo
Commune in French Guiana
Iracoubo is a commune of 1,662 people in the Communauté de communes des Savanes. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
