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This table lists the international rankings of Iran, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Iran, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Date of Info
Communications
Internet hosts	71	197,804	2012
Internet users - percent of population (%)	114	44.10	Jul 2015
Internet users - total	20	36,070,000	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	27	37.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	9	30,418,973	Jul 2015
Telephones - main lines in use	10	30,590,000	2014 est.
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	69	91.00	Jul 2015
Telephones - mobile cellular - total	21	74,219,000	Jul 2015
Economy
Budget expenditures	44	$72,290,000,000	2016 est.
Budget revenues	43	$65,870,000,000	2016 est.
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	39	-1.60	2016 est.
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)	43	13.00	31 Dec 2016 est.
Current account balance	18	$17,200,000,000	2016 est.
Debt - external	123	$7,116,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Distribution of family income - Gini index	40	44.5	2006
Exports	38	$87,520,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - exports of goods and services (%)	134	23.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - government consumption (%)	116	10.00	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - household consumption (%)	140	50.80	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - imports of goods and services (%)	14	-17.20	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in fixed capital (%)	42	27.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by end use - investment in inventories (%)	9	6.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture (%)	84	9.10	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin - industry (%)	26	39.90	2016 est.
GDP - composition, by sector of origin – services(%)	136	51.00	2016 est.
GDP - official exchange rate	30	$411,900,000,000	2013 est.
GDP - per capita (PPP)	87	$18,100	2016 est.
GDP - purchasing power parity	19	$1,459,000,000,000	2016 est.
GDP - real growth rate (%)	27	4.50	2016 est.
Gross national saving (% of GPD)	14	33.00	2016 est.
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10% (%)	61	29.60	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10% (%)	24	2.60	2005
Imports	41	$62,120,000,000	2016 est.
Industrial production growth rate (%)	30	4.50	2016 est.
Inflation rate(consumer prices) (%)	28	8.00	2016 est.
Labor force	24	29,750,000	2016 est.
Labor force - by occupation – agriculture (%)	72	16.30	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation – industry (%)	8	35.10	2013 est.
Labor force - by occupation – services (%)	95	48.60	2013 est.
Market value of publicly traded shares	42	$89,430,000,000	31 Dec 2015 est.
Population below poverty line (%)	87	18.70	2007 est.
Public debt (% of GPD)	150	11.90	2016 est.
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	17	$135,500,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of broad money	27	$363,400,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad	71	$4,656,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home	60	$46,100,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of domestic credit	64	$54,760,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Stock of narrow money	55	$40,230,000,000	31 Dec 2016 est.
Taxes and other revenues	137	16.0	2016 est.
Unemployment rate (%)	69	10.70	2016 est.
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	9	650,400,000	2014 est.
Crude Oil - exports	16	1,042,000	2013 est.
Crude Oil - imports	44	87,440	2013 est.
Crude Oil - production	7	3,300,000	2015 est.
Crude Oil - proved reserves	4	157,800,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Electricity – consumption (kWh)	19	218,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – exports (kWh)	22	9,700,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - from fossil fuels	42	85.6	2012 est.
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	101	12.4	2012 est.
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	31	1.2	2012 est.
Electricity - from other renewable sources	74	0.8	2012 est.
Electricity – imports (kWh)	38	3,800,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity - installed generating capacity	15	77,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity – production (kWh)	17	258,000,000,000	2014 est.
Electricity Consumption per capita (kWh)	1	0	NA
Natural gas – consumption (cu m)	5	170,200,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – exports (cu m)	22	9,860,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – imports (cu m)	31	6,886,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas – production (cu m)	3	174,500,000,000	2014 est.
Natural gas - proved reserves (cu m)	2	34,020,000,000,000	1 Jan 2016 est.
Refined petroleum products - consumption	13	1,952,000	2014 est.
Refined petroleum products - exports	32	240,800	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - imports	136	12,630	2013 est.
Refined petroleum products - production	10	1,930,000	2013 est.
Geography
Coastline(km)	57	2,440	NA
Elevation extremes - highest point (m)	20	5671	NA
Elevation extremes - lowest point (m)	45	-28	NA
Irrigated land (sq km)	6	87,000	2009
Land Area - sq km	20	1,531,595.00	NA
Land boundaries - km	28	5,894	NA
Land use - agricultural land (%)	120	30.10	2011 est.
Land use - arable land (%)	91	10.80	2011 est.
Land use - forest (%)	156	6.80	2011 est.
Land use – other (%)	32	63.10	2011 est.
Land use - permanent crops (%)	71	1.20	2011 est.
Land use - permanent pasture (%)	85	18.10	2011 est.
Mean Elevation (m)	19	1,305	NA
Population density - Persons per sq km	153	54.06	Jul 2016 est.
Total Area - sq km	18	1,648,195.00	NA
Total renewable water resources (cu km)	58	137.00	2011
Water Area - sq km	8	116,600	NA
Population
Age structure 0-14 years - female	20	9,546,710	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years - male	20	10,037,814	2016 est.
Age structure 0-14 years (%)	120	23.65	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - female (%)	18	6,675,656	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years - male (%)	18	7,041,801	2016 est.
Age structure 15-24 years(%)	107	16.57	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - female (%)	15	19,319,933	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years - male (%)	15	20,085,331	2016 est.
Age structure 25-54 years(%)	14	47.59	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - female (%)	26	2,855,362	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years - male (%)	24	2,770,618	2016 est.
Age structure 55-64 years(%)	128	6.79	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - female (%)	28	2,415,867	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over - male (%)	27	2,052,541	2016 est.
Age structure 65 years and over (%)	137	5.40	2016 est.
Birth Rate (births/1,000 population)	86	17.80	2016 est.
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	80	4.60	2004
Contraceptive prevalence rate (%)	22	73.30	2002
Death Rate (deaths/1,000 population)	69	5.90	2016 est.
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio (%)	99	7.10	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	55	14.10	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio (%)	154	40.20	2015 est.
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio (%)	107	33.10	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – rural	40	92.1	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – total	31	96.2	2015 est.
Drinking water source - Improved – urban	23	97.7	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved – rural	89	7.9	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - total	90	3.8	2015 est.
Drinking water source - UnImproved - urban	68	2.3	2015 est.
Education expenditures - percent of GDP	45	3.70	2012
Health expenditures	48	6.70	2012
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)	87	0.14	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - deaths	34	4,100	2014 est.
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	49	74,400	2014 est.
Hospital bed density	57	1.70	2009
Infant mortality rate – female (deaths/1,000 live births)	42	36.50	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – male (deaths/1,000 live births)	54	37.60	2016 est.
Infant mortality rate – total (deaths/1,000 live births)	52	37.10	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – female (years)	95	73.10	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – male (years)	87	69.80	2016 est.
Life expectancy at birth – total (years)	89	71.40	2016 est.
Literacy – female (%)	61	82.50	2015 est.
Literacy – male (%)	51	91.20	2015 est.
Literacy – total (%)	69	85.00	2008 est.
Maternal mortality rate	87	21	2010
Median age – female (years)	90	29.70	2016 est.
Median age – male (years)	84	29.10	2016 est.
Median age – total (years)	90	29.40	2016 est.
Net migration rate (migrant(s)/1,000 population)	56	-0.10	2016 est.
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	76	19.40	2008
Physicians density	95	0.89	2005
Population	17	82,801,633	Jul 2016 est.
Population growth rate (%)	77	1.18	2016 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural Improved (% of population)	65	82.3	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Rural UnImproved (% of population)	100	17.7	NA
Sanitation facility access - Total Improved (% of population)	54	90	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Total UnImproved (% of population)	105	10	NA
Sanitation facility access - Urban Improved (% of population)	44	92.8	2015 est.
Sanitation facility access - Urban UnImproved (% of population)	103	7.2	NA
School life expectancy - female (years)	7	15	2014
School life expectancy - male (years)	6	15	2014
School life expectancy - total (years)	6	15	2014
Sex ratio - 0-14 years(male(s)/female)	12	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - 15-24 years(male(s)/female)	18	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - 25-54 years(male(s)/female)	22	1.04	2016 est
Sex ratio - 55-64 years(male(s)/female)	25	0.97	2016 est
Sex ratio - 65 years and over (male(s)/female)	26	0.86	2016 est
Sex ratio - at birth (male(s)/female)	10	1.05	2016 est
Sex ratio - total population (male(s)/female)	16	1.03	2016 est
Suffrage	4	18.00	NA
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)	112	1.83	2016 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female (%)	21	43	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male(%)	53	21	2014 est.
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total (%)	38	23	2008 est.
Urbanization - rate of urbanization (%)	77	2.07	2015
Urbanization - urban population (%)	63	73.4	2010-15 est.
Transportation
Airports	22	319	NA
Airports - with paved runways - total	18	140	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	21	179	2013
Heliports	9	26.00	2013
Merchant marine (ships)	56	76	NA
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	57	107,184,869	2015
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	35	15,003,958	2015
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	22	228	2015
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	14	15	2015
Pipelines (km)	8	38,906	2013
Railways (km)	25	8,484	2014
Roadways - paved (km)	18	160,366	2010
Roadways - total (km)	29	198,866	2010
Roadways - unpaved (km)	41	38,500	2010
Waterways (km)	59	850	2012

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*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding the international rankings of Iran on this page is derived from the CIA World Factbook 2017. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of international rankings of Iran contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about international rankings of Iran should be addressed to the CIA.

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