Iran, Islamic Rep.: All Indicators
The complete set of World Bank development indicators with data for Iran, Islamic Rep. — 262 indicators across 11 categories. Each links to its full trend, ranking, and download page.
Agriculture (10)
Arable land (% of land area)
2023
9.68
Arable land (hectares per person)
2023
0.17
Land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.78
Rural land area (sq. km)
2015
1.60M
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.76
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
12,358.53
Surface area (sq. km)
2023
1.75M
Urban land area (sq. km)
2015
16,217.10
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)
2015
0.02
Urban land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)
2015
259.72
Economy (35)
Adjusted net national income per capita (annual % growth)
2021
13.66
Adjusted savings: carbon dioxide damage (% of GNI)
2021
8.62
Adjusted savings: consumption of fixed capital (% of GNI)
2021
20.23
Adjusted savings: education expenditure (% of GNI)
2021
3.33
Adjusted savings: energy depletion (% of GNI)
2021
5.01
Adjusted savings: mineral depletion (% of GNI)
2021
1.69
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP)
2024
10.80
Coal rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
23.55
Forest rents (% of GDP)
2021
0.01
GDP (constant 2015 US$)
2024
534.25B
GDP (current US$)
2024
475.25B
GDP growth (annual %)
2024
3.66
GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$)
2024
5,834.44
GDP per capita (current US$)
2024
5,190.17
GDP per capita growth (annual %)
2024
2.58
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
17,484.13
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
19,873.89
GDP, PPP (constant 2021 international $)
2024
1.60T
GDP, PPP (current international $)
2024
1.82T
GNI (current US$)
2024
474.04B
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
5,130.00
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)
2024
19,820.00
GNI, Atlas method (current US$)
2024
469.38B
GNI, PPP (current international $)
2024
1.82T
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)
2024
28.51
Industry (including construction), value added (% of GDP)
2024
36.07
Inflation, GDP deflator (annual %)
2024
28.37
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
2024
32.46
Mineral rents (% of GDP)
2021
3.36
Natural gas rents (% of GDP)
2021
8.81
Oil rents (% of GDP)
2021
18.27
Services, value added (% of GDP)
2024
49.79
Total natural resources rents (% of GDP)
2021
30.45
Trade (% of GDP)
2024
52.06
Education (8)
Compulsory education, duration (years)
2025
9.00
Government expenditure on education, total (% of GDP)
2023
2.82
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)
2023
88.92
Preprimary education, duration (years)
2025
1.00
Primary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
School enrollment, primary (% gross)
2023
101.96
School enrollment, secondary (% gross)
2023
85.15
Secondary education, duration (years)
2025
6.00
Energy (10)
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)
2023
95.70
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
2023
93.30
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
2023
98.80
Access to electricity (% of population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)
2023
100.00
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)
2023
100.00
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)
2023
3,814.55
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
2021
0.79
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)
2021
2.82B
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)
2021
4.24
Environment (45)
Bird species, threatened
2022
29.00
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
297.64
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
828.99
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
9.05
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
175.71
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
101.49
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
135.78
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
63.93
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
204.29
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
146.13
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e)
2023
21.53
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
2024
1.55
Fish species, threatened
2022
84.00
Mammal species, threatened
2022
18.00
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
72.59
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
175.70
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
23.95
Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.36
Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
132.92
Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.08
Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.31
Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
2.67
Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
13.99
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
63.51
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
30.02
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e)
2024
16.17
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.20
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.20
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.09
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e)
2024
6.50
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
0.15
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
2024
4.51
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e)
2024
1.19
PM2.5 air pollution, mean annual exposure (micrograms per cubic meter)
2020
32.29
PM2.5 air pollution, population exposed to levels exceeding WHO guideline value (% of total)
2017
100.00
Plant species (higher), threatened
2022
15.00
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)
2023
55.85
Population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.93
Rural population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.17
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area)
2025
7.00
Terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area)
2025
7.80
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (% change from 1990)
2024
218.39
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)
2024
1,054.77
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
2024
11.52
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total population)
2015
0.76
Health & Population (109)
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
2024
25.79
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)
2024
44.26
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)
2024
11.89
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)
2024
32.37
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin
2024
61,176.00
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
12.57
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
2021
29.51
Cause of death, by injury (% of total)
2021
6.84
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)
2021
56.62
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total)
2021
7.04
Current health expenditure (% of GDP)
2023
6.03
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
2024
4.75
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79)
2024
9.00
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
2024
1.68
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)
2019
1.85
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
98.00
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
2024
98.00
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
2024
99.00
International migrant stock (% of population)
2024
4.20
International migrant stock, total
2024
3.84M
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
2024
79.81
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
2024
76.00
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
2024
77.85
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%)
2023
0.02
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country)
2023
4,179.00
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)
2023
16.00
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population)
2019
21.50
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)
2021
13.90
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)
2021
12.70
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)
2021
15.00
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)
2019
58.10
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)
2019
52.30
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)
2019
64.20
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)
2021
0.62
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
0.41
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
0.83
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)
2019
2.90
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)
2024
56.38
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)
2024
106.74
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
2024
10.30
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
9.70
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
10.90
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)
2024
7.20
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
2024
11.30
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)
2024
10.70
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
2024
11.90
Net migration
2025
116,786.00
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years
2024
2,363.00
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years
2024
6,015.00
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years
2024
6,745.00
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years
2024
2,269.00
Number of infant deaths
2024
11,969.00
Number of maternal deaths
2023
190.00
Number of neonatal deaths
2024
8,293.00
Number of under-five deaths
2024
13,192.00
People practicing open defecation (% of population)
2016
0.40
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population)
2024
97.85
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population)
2024
90.46
Physicians (per 1,000 people)
2023
1.81
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)
2024
22.44
Population ages 0-14, female
2024
9.99M
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)
2024
22.18
Population ages 0-14, male
2024
10.56M
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)
2024
22.69
Population ages 0-14, total
2024
20.55M
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)
2024
69.32
Population ages 15-64, female
2024
31.17M
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)
2024
69.20
Population ages 15-64, male
2024
32.31M
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)
2024
69.44
Population ages 15-64, total
2024
63.48M
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)
2024
8.24
Population ages 65 and above, female
2024
3.88M
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)
2024
8.62
Population ages 65 and above, male
2024
3.66M
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)
2024
7.87
Population ages 65 and above, total
2024
7.54M
Population growth (annual %)
2024
1.05
Population, female
2024
45.04M
Population, female (% of total population)
2024
49.18
Population, male
2024
46.53M
Population, male (% of total population)
2024
50.82
Population, total
2024
91.57M
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months)
2019
26.50
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
25.50
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%)
2023
27.90
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49)
2023
25.50
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.70
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000)
2024
4.70
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000)
2024
1.50
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000)
2024
5.80
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%)
2025
4.91
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin
2024
158,171.00
Rural population
2024
21.04M
Rural population (% of total population)
2024
22.98
Rural population growth (annual %)
2024
-0.43
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)
2024
1.05
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)
2021
4.07
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)
2021
2.32
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)
2021
5.77
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
2024
90.21
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)
2024
83.82
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age)
2020
0.51
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age)
2020
0.10
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age)
2020
0.90
UHC service coverage index
2023
81.00
Urban population
2024
70.53M
Urban population (% of total population)
2024
77.02
Urban population growth (annual %)
2024
1.50
Labor & Business (6)
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
13.62
Employment in agriculture, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
12.70
Employment in agriculture, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
13.79
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
14.01
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
67.24
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
2025
8.30
Poverty & Inequality (1)
Public Sector (1)
Technology (4)
Trade & Finance (33)
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP)
2024
0.30
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$)
2024
1.45B
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports)
2022
0.81
Merchandise exports (current US$)
2024
112.56B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
14.07B
Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.07
Merchandise exports to economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
10.74
Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
19.09
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
31.11
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
29.26
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.15
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.22
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
17.26
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
0.83
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
78.61
Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports)
2023
2.22
Merchandise imports (current US$)
2024
69.41B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)
2023
52.73B
Merchandise imports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.00
Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
30.34
Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
50.61
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
31.54
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
13.00
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Latin America & the Caribbean (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.60
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Middle East & North Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.85
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in South Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
3.32
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.09
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
48.54
Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise imports)
2023
0.85
Merchandise trade (% of GDP)
2024
38.29
Net ODA received (% of GNI)
2023
0.05
Personal remittances, paid (current US$)
2024
0.00
Real interest rate (%)
2016
3.45
Data sourced from the World Bank Open Data portal. Values represent the most recent available year for each indicator. NULL or missing values indicate data is suppressed, not collected, or not applicable.