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Islamic Republic of Iran
IRN IR ﷼ Iranian rial (IRR)
Every statistic we track for Iran — 111 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
$20,279
78.3 yrs
5.15
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📈 Economy
| Account Ownership | 91.1% | #36/139 | 2024 |
| Bank Account Ownership | 91.1% | #35/139 | 2024 |
| Current Account Balance | -1.8% | #96/190 | 2026 |
| Debit Card Ownership | 89.1% | #23/140 | 2024 |
| Digital Payments Usage | 86% | #5/97 | 2024 |
| Extreme Poverty | 2.5% | #17/237 | 2023 |
| Fiscal Balance | -5.2% | #152/189 | 2026 |
| GDP (current US$) | 300.3 | #52/190 | 2026 |
| GDP (PPP) | 1,783.2 | #27/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita | 3,415 | #140/190 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 18,473 | #63/165 | 2022 |
| GDP per Capita (PPP) | 20,279 | #103/191 | 2026 |
| GDP per Capita Growth | 1.1% | #161/184 | 2019 |
| Government Debt | 37.3% | #134/185 | 2026 |
| Income Inequality (Gini) | 35.9 | #24/57 | 2023 |
| Income per Person | 12,430 | #71/183 | 2018 |
| Income per Person | 12,430 | #71/183 | 2018 |
| Inflation (CPI) | 68.9% | #3/191 | 2026 |
| Labour Productivity (GDP per hour) (PWT) | 22 | #71/130 | 2023 |
| Listed Companies | 594 | #14/70 | 2024 |
| Made a Digital Payment | 79.4% | #28/144 | 2017 |
| Mobile Money Account | 13.1% | #62/80 | 2024 |
| Real GDP Growth | -6.1% | #189/191 | 2026 |
| Share of World GDP (PPP) | 0.8% | #27/191 | 2026 |
| Stock Market Capitalisation | 36.1% | #33/70 | 2024 |
| Stocks Traded | 4% | #32/69 | 2024 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 1,572,209,055,082 | #18/165 | 2022 |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.2% | #14/103 | 2026 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.7 | #130/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 34.5 | #110/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 76.4 | #17/229 | 2013 |
| Population | 87.9 | #17/191 | 2026 |
| Population Density | 57.2 | #161/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 157,912 | #21/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 77% | #66/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 100% | #51/214 | 2023 |
| Internet Users | 85.3% | #78/182 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 162.7 | #17/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
| Adult Obesity | 24% | #85/199 | 2022 |
| Alcohol Consumption per Capita | 0 | #199/207 | 2022 |
| Child Mortality (under-5) | 1.1 | #117/199 | 2024 |
| Health Spending (QoG) | 5.3% | #119/189 | 2022 |
| Hypertension Prevalence | 26.2% | #189/194 | 2019 |
| Infant Mortality (QoG) | 10.7 | #110/191 | 2023 |
| Life Expectancy | 78.3 | #40/188 | 2013 |
| Life Expectancy | 76.2 | #58/186 | 2020 |
| Suicide Rate | 4.1 | #145/185 | 2021 |
| Tobacco Use Prevalence | 12.5% | #119/167 | 2022 |
| Undernourishment | 6.8% | #71/166 | 2023 |
| Universal Health Coverage Index | 81 | #49/195 | 2023 |
🎓 Education
| Adult Literacy | 88.9% | #21/31 | 2023 |
| Education Spending (QoG) | 2.8% | #82/112 | 2023 |
| Mean Years of Schooling | 9.8 | #72/146 | 2020 |
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 9.1 | #23/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 3,399 | #27/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 5.3% | #161/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #160/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #129/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -1.2 | #165/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 23 | #152/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 23 | #151/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #150/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #139/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #156/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 3 | #25/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 11 | #177/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #155/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #172/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -0.7 | #146/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #158/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #142/179 | 2025 |
| Military Spending | 2.1% | #54/150 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #171/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.8 | #42/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 21.3 | #169/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0.2 | #141/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -1.6 | #175/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 17.5 | #174/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Homicide Rate | 2.6 | #119/204 | 2023 |
| Road Traffic Deaths | 20.6 | #37/195 | 2021 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Climate Seen as a Threat | 92.6% | #27/142 | 2023 |
| Confident Can Protect Family | 54.1% | #40/142 | 2023 |
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 12.5 | #27/193 | 2025 |
| Experienced a Disaster | 57.2% | #11/142 | 2023 |
| Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) | 1.6% | #122/139 | 2023 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 5.9 | #28/191 | 2025 |
| Resilience to Risk (WRP) | 58.4 | #42/141 | 2023 |
| World Risk Index | 16.3 | #29/193 | 2025 |
| Worry About Violent Crime | 47.4% | #125/142 | 2023 |
😊 Wellbeing
| Happiness (Cantril Ladder) | 5.2 | #97/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Freedom | 0.6 | #135/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: GDP | 1.6 | #74/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Generosity | 0.2 | #8/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy | 0.7 | #57/146 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Low Corruption | 0.1 | #66/147 | 2025 |
| Happiness Driver: Social Support | 1.2 | #81/147 | 2025 |
| Human Development Index | 0.8 | #75/193 | 2023 |
🧭 Attitudes & values
| Believe Vaccines Are Effective | 85.6% | #55/143 | 2018 |
| Believe Vaccines Are Safe | 68.5% | #107/143 | 2018 |
| Individualism | 41 | #33/65 | 2010 |
| Masculinity | 43 | #44/65 | 2010 |
| Power Distance | 58 | #35/65 | 2010 |
| Secular Values | 0.3 | #54/64 | 2022 |
| Self-Expression Values | 0.3 | #49/64 | 2022 |
| Trust in government | 5.5 | #22/123 | 2017 |
| Trust in parliament | 5.4 | #38/151 | 2017 |
| Trust in political parties | 4.2 | #37/120 | 2017 |
| Trust in Science | 76.9% | #58/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in Scientists | 82.5% | #26/143 | 2018 |
| Trust in the legal system | 5.1 | #73/153 | 2017 |
| Uncertainty Avoidance | 59 | #42/65 | 2010 |
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