International Rankings of Iran 2015, country comparisons

Communications
Ranked Data	Value	Rank	Date of Info
Internet hosts	197,804	72	2012
Internet users	8,214,000	35	2009
Telephones - main lines in use	28,760,000	12	2012
Telephones - mobile cellular	58,160,000	24	2012
Economy
Budget expenditures	$66,380,000,000	45	2013 est.
Budget revenues	$47,840,000,000	54	2013 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) % of GDP	-4.50	78	2013 est.
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	11.00	66	31 Dec 2012 est.
Current account balance	-$8,659,000,000	172	2013 est.
Debt - external	$15,640,000,000	85	2013 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	44.5	41	2006
Exports	$61,220,000,000	53	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	20.80	145	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	14.10	79	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	45.40	143	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	-12.70	3	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	31.10	25	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	1.20	30	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture(%)	10.60	74	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry(%)	44.90	26	2013 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - services(%)	44.50	146	2013 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	$411,900,000,000	30	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	$12,800	92	2013 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	$987,100,000,000	19	2013 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	-1.50	86	2013 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	30.30	26	2013 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	29.60	67	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	2.60	22	2005
Imports	$64,420,000,000	46	2013 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	-5.20	89	2013 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	42.30	3	2013 est.
Labor force	27,720,000	23	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture (%)	16.90	69	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - industry (%)	34.40	13	2012 est.
Labor force - by occupation - services (%)	48.70	93	2012 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	$ 140,800,000,000	34	31 Dec 2012
Population below poverty line (%)	18.70	87	2007 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	18.70	123	2013 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	$68,060,000,000	32	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of broad money	$ 65,020,000,000	65	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	$3,645,000,000	65	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	$41,450,000,000	56	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of domestic credit	$42,320,000,000	63	31 Dec 2013 est.
Stock of narrow money	$ 26,300,000,000	62	31 Dec 2013 est.
Taxes and other revenues	11.6	169	2013 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	16.00	49	2013 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	624,900,000	8	2011 est.
Crude Oil - exports	2,445,000	3	2011 est.
Crude Oil - imports	15,600	70	2010 est.
Crude Oil - production	3,594,000	6	2012 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	154,600,000,000	4	1 Jan 2013 est.
Electricity - consumption(kWh)	199,800,000,000	19	2011 est.
Electricity - exports (kWh)	6,707,000,000	25	2010 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	86.2	38	2010 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	13.7	97	2010 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	0.0	31	2010 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	0.2	70	2010 est.
Electricity - imports (kWh)	3,015,000,000	45	2010 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	62,090,000	15	2010 est.
Electricity - production (kWh)	239,700,000,000	18	2011 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	2,471.53	94	NA
Natural gas - consumption (cu m)	144,600,000,000	5	2010 est.
Natural gas - exports (cu m)	9,050,000,000	26	2011 est.
Natural gas - imports (cu m)	10,590,000,000	29	2011 est.
Natural gas - production (cu m)	162,600,000,000	4	2012 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	33,610,000,000,000	2	1 Jan 2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	1,709,000	14	2012 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	330,800	21	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	180,400	29	2010 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	1,718,000	12	2011 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	2,440	57	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	5671	20	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	-28	45	NA
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita (cu km/yr)	1,306	14	2004
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total (cu km/yr)	93.3	6	2004
Irrigated land (sq km)	87,000	6	2009
Land Area - sq km	1,531,595.00	20	NA
Land boundaries - km	5,894	26	NA
Land use - arable land (%)	10.05	105	2011
Land use - other (%)	88.86	88	2011
Land use - permanent crops (%)	1.08	109	2011
Population density - Persons per sq km*	52.78	152	Jul 2014 est.
Total Area - sq km	1,648,195.00	18	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	137.00	58	2011
Water Area - sq km	116,600	7	NA
Military
Manpower available for military service - female	22,628,341	13	2010 est.
Manpower available for military service - male	23,619,215	14	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - female	19,417,275	14	2010 est.
Manpower fit for military service - male	20,149,222	13	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - female	677,372	15	2010 est.
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually - male	715,111	15	2010 est.
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	9,350,017	21	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	9,834,866	20	2014 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	23.70	99	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female	7,341,309	18	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male	7,757,256	18	2014 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	18.70	35	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female	18,289,849	16	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male	18,955,874	16	2014 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	46.10	20	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female	2,603,458	27	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male	2,519,630	27	2014 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	6.30	75	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female	2,246,762	29	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male	1,941,692	29	2014 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	5.10	93	2014 est.
Birth Rate(births/1,000 population)	18.23	102	2014 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	4.60	78	2004
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	73.30	23	2002
Death Rate(deaths/1,000 population)	5.94	157	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	7.60	85	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	13.10	61	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	41.50	141	2014 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	33.90	108	2014 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - rural	91.7	39	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - total	95.9	32	2012 est.
Drinking water source - Improved - urban	97.7	23	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - rural	8.3	94	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	4.1	93	2012 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	2.3	73	2012 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	3.70	45	2012
Health expenditures	6.00	55	2011
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	0.20	41	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	4,600	40	2012 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	70,900	53	2012 est.
Hospital bed density	1.70	58	2009
Infant mortality rate - female (deaths/1,000 live births)	38.45	50	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - male (deaths/1,000 live births)	39.53	60	2014 est.
Infant mortality rate - total (deaths/1,000 live births)	39.00	55	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - female (years)	72.53	154	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - male (years)	69.32	132	2014 est.
Life expectancy at birth - total (years)	70.89	137	2014 est.
Literacy - female (%)	80.70	75	2008 est.
Literacy - male (%)	89.30	63	2008 est.
Literacy - total (%)	85.00	69	2008 est.
Maternal mortality rate	21.00	87	2010
Median age - female (years)	28.60	85	2014 est.
Median age - male (years)	28.00	93	2014 est.
Median age - total (years)	28.30	82	2014 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	-0.08	79	2014 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	19.40	76	2008
Physicians density	0.89	96	2005
Population	80,840,713	19	Jul 2014 est.
Population growth rate (%)	1.22	79	2014 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	81.6	59	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	18.4	96	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	89.4	51	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	10.6	98	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	92.8	39	2012 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	7.2	100	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	15	7	2012
School life expectancy - male (years)	15	5	2012
School life expectancy - total (years)	15	6	2012
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	1.05	12	2014 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	1.06	17	2014 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	1.04	21	2014 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	1.03	15	2014 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	0.89	22	2014 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	1.05	11	2014 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	1.03	18	2014 est
Suffrage	18.00	4	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	1.85	110	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	34	25	2008
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	20	39	2008
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	23	41	2008
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	1.25	105	2011
Urbanization - urban population (%)	69.1	65	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	319	22	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	140	18	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	179	21	2013
Heliports	26.00	9	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	76	56	2010
Pipelines (km)	38,906	8	2013
Railways (km)	8,442	24	2008
Roadways (km)	198,866	26	2010
Waterways (km)	850	60	2012

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