International Rankings of Iran 2021, country comparisons

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	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	102	10.44	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	21	8.771 million	0
Internet users - percent of population	91	70 %	2018
Internet users - total	15	58.117 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	34.45	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	9	28.955 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	32	140.48	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	16	118.061 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	40	84.450 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	41	74.400 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	52	2.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	69	58.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	99	58.5	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	120	67.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	96	66.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	24	581.252 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	128	26 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	93	14 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	150	49.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	27	24.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	82	20.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	7	14.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	81	9.6 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	40	35.3 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	117	55 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	62	29.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2005
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	25	2.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	58	3 %	2017
Labor force	19	30.500 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	77	16.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	10	35.1 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	109	48.6 %	2013
Population below poverty line	96	18.7	2007
Public debt	40	39.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	24	1.027 trillion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	103	12389 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	132	17.3 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	11	638.300 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	17	750200	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	7	4.251 million	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	5	157.200 billion	2018
Electricity - consumption	18	236.300 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	29	6.822 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	15	84	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	55	15	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	18	1	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	45	4.221 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	17	77.600 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	16	272.300 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	5	206.900 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	19	11.640 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	40	3.993 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	4	214.500 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	2	33.720 trillion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	13	1.804 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	22	397200 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	73	64160 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	12	1.764 million bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	7	661.71 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	7	158.71 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	42	35.09 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	117	30.1	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10.8	2018
Land use - forest	154	6.8	2018
Land use - other	29	63.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	84	18.1	2018
Revenue from coal	30	0.01 % of GDP	2017
Revenue from forest resources	94	0.01 % of GDP	2017
Total renewable water resources	57	137.045 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	6	86.000 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	48	1.100 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	15	6.200 billion cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	96	1.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	57	76.3	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	20	17.885 million tons	2017
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	40	894250 tons	2017
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	71	5 %	2017
Geography
Area - land	22	1.532 million sq km	0
Area - total	21	1.648 million sq km	0
Area - water	7	11.660 million sq km	0
Coastline	168	2440 km	740
Elevation - highest point	199	5625 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	44	28 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	19	1305 meters	0
Irrigated land	6	95530 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	26	5894 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	117	30.1	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10.8	2018
Land use - forest	154	6.8	2018
Land use - other	29	63.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	73	1.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	84	18.1	2018
Total renewable water resources	56	137.045 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	127	13.36 %	7561
Age structure - 25-54 years	11	48.94 %	7384
Age structure - 55-64 years	126	7.72 %	7420
Birth rate	104	15.78 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	13	77.4 %	1011
Current Health Expenditure	25	8.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	166	5.14 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	87	9.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	47	14.2 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	126	45.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	96	36 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	12	98.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	79	6.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	80	2.8 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	58	1.4 % of population	0
Education expenditures	39	4 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	24	3200	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	47	54000	2020
Hospital bed density	53	1.6 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	96	13.91 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	102	16.24 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	98	15.1 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	117	76.48 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	88	73.71 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	108	75.06 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	99	16	2017
Median age - female	83	32 years	2020
Median age - male	73	31.5 years	0
Median age - total	76	31.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	88	0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	40	25.8 %	2016
Physicians density	89	1.58 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	17	85.889 million	2021
Population growth rate	83	1.03 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	12	98.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	103	4.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	99	1.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	96	1.1 % of population	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	7	15 years	2017
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	6	15 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	7	15 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	10	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	19	1.05	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	21	1.04	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	26	0.96	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	24	0.87 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	14	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	92	1.93 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	19	40	2018
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	35	24.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	33	27.7	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	96	1.32	2025
Urbanization - urban population	57	76.3	2021
Transportation
Airports	22	319	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	23	26	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	14	29	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	16	36	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	4	42	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	16	140	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	28	7	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	21	9	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	10	135	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	20	179	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	40	32	2013
Heliports	10	26	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	56	290.740 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	32	25.605 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	26	237	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	7	22	2020
Railways - total	24	8484 km	2014
Roadways - paved	14	195485 km	2018
Roadways - total	22	223485 km	2018
Waterways	60	850 km	0

*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 Iran on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iran 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iran 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.