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IndicatorIRNIran, Islamic Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #134
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile24.6rank #173
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.09rank #133
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.15rank #124
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.17rank #130
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile37.6rank #154
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.25rank #134
Military spending% GDP2%rank #56
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.04rank #147
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile38.9rank #184
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile31rank #191
Rule of Law0-100 percentile35.7rank #184
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #123
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.16rank #133
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.1rank #127
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile29.7rank #186
Women in parliament% seats4.9%rank #163
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #142
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment13.6%rank #96
Agriculture value added% GDP10.6%rank #54
Annual working hours per workerhours2,246.1rank #23
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker264,263.1rank #56
Current account balance% GDP11.4%rank #9
Employment-to-population ratio%36.9%rank #169
External debt stocks% GNI2.2%rank #1
FDI net inflows% GDP0.3%rank #166
GDPcurrent US$362.68Brank #43
GDP growth%-2.8%rank #185
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$3,924.4rank #130
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $16,833.8rank #96
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $16,095.8rank #94
Government expenditure% GDP19.6%rank #84
Gross capital formation% GDP41.8%rank #3
Gross savings% GDP37.9%rank #9
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.81%rank #139
Human capital indexindex2.5rank #94
Industry value added% GDP39.6%rank #15
Inflation%42.2%rank #165
Labour force participation rate%40.3%rank #171
Personal remittances received% GDP0.55%rank #112
R&D expenditure% GDP0.73%rank #47
Researchers in R&Dper million2,239.7rank #38
Tax revenue% GDP7.4%rank #119
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.79rank #39
Trade openness% GDP60.2%rank #92
Unemployment% labor force8.3%rank #132
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%8.5%rank #137
Vulnerable employment% employment39.5%rank #120
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2421.9%rank #145
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2422.2%rank #144
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop97.9%rank #66
Basic sanitation access% pop90.5%rank #96
Child mortalityper 1001.1rank #54
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,875.2rank #105
DTP3 immunization coverage%98%rank #2
Health spending% GDP6%rank #103
Infant mortalityper 1k births10.3rank #51
Life expectancyyears77.9rank #76
Maternal mortalityper 100k16rank #16
Measles immunization% children99%rank #1
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%99%rank #1
Overweight prevalence (under 5)%2.9%rank #1
Physiciansper 1k1.8rank #28
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m340.2rank #178
Road traffic deathsper 100k21.5rank #89
Smoking prevalence% adults11.9%rank #34
Stunting prevalence (under 5)%4.8%rank #2
Suicide mortality rateper 100k4.1rank #40
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k10rank #45
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births11.3rank #83
Undernourishment% pop6.8%rank #24
Wasting prevalence (under 5)%4.3%rank #2
Education
Adult literacy%88.9%rank #21
Education spending% GDP2.8%rank #88
Expected years of schoolingyears14rank #88
Mean years of schoolingyears10.8rank #72
Primary completion rate% relevant age97.4%rank #54
Primary enrollment% gross102%rank #65
Secondary enrollment% gross85.1%rank #104
Tertiary enrollment% gross58.7%rank #56
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00012.6rank #112
Fertility ratebirths/woman1.7rank #130
Median age of populationyears32.9rank #97
Net migration rateper 1,0002.9rank #51
Populationpeople92.42Mrank #17
Population growth%0.92%rank #105
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years82.7rank #62
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands101,862rank #18
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age44.4rank #183
Urban population%77.4%rank #58
Climate
CO₂ emissionst792.63Mrank #7
CO₂ per capitat8.7rank #29
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0.18%rank #5
Electricity from hydro% generation3.3%rank #65
Electricity from solar% generation0.23%rank #81
Electricity from wind% generation0.32%rank #74
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita3,814.5rank #57
Forest area% land6.6%rank #175
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita11.6rank #168
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh659.5rank #83
Renewable electricity%3.8%rank #86
Renewable energy share%0.9%rank #166
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e1,046.8rank #184
Society
Asylum seekerspeople49,263rank #148
Extreme poverty% pop2.5%rank #19
Female labor participation%14%rank #178
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 10012.1rank #92
Gender Development Indexratio0.88rank #94
Gender Inequality Index0-10.48rank #111
Gini indexindex35.9rank #27
Homicide rateper 100k2.4rank #57
Human Development Index0-10.8rank #60
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.64rank #62
Internet users% pop85.3%rank #76
Life satisfaction0-105.2rank #94
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.73rank #37
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #79
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #61
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.05rank #101
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.26rank #123
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people770,514rank #11
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people157,912rank #157
Youth NEET rate%26.2%rank #141
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year1,249rank #28
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths1,258rank #35
Hazard & exposure0-108.4rank #71
Human hazard & exposure0-109.5rank #72
INFORM risk score0-105.9rank #47
Lack of coping capacity0-105.5rank #46
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102.7rank #24
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-107.4rank #53
Natural hazard & exposure0-106.7rank #53
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1,268rank #38
Socio-economic vulnerability0-102.2rank #23
Vulnerability0-104.4rank #33
Vulnerable groups0-106.1rank #55
marks the leader in each row across the selected set · ranks are world ranks in the comparison spine