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International Rankings of Iran - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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 Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 42 11 2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total 21 9.564 million 2020
Internet users - percent of population 23 84 % 2020
Internet users - total 10 75.594 million 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 23 35 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 9 29.094 million 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 18 152 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 15 127.625 million 2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures 39 84.450 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget - revenues 40 74.400 billion US Dollars 2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 48 2.3 % of GDP 0
Exports 65 N/A US Dollars 2022
GDP (official exchange rate) 23 581.252 billion US Dollars 2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 123 26 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption 88 14 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption 147 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 80 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 78 9.6 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 37 35.3 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 113 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 57 3 % 2017
Labor force 19 30.500 million US Dollars 2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 71 16.3 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - industry 9 35.1 % 0
Labor force - by occupation - services 103 48.6 % 2013
Population below poverty line 92 18.7 2007
Public debt 40 39.5 % of GDP 2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 20 1.044 trillion US Dollars 2020
Real GDP per capita 80 12400 US Dollars 2020
Taxes and other revenues 126 17.3 % of GDP 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 25 36 2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 40 21.2 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 39 23.7 0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 52 5.142 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas 5 436.687 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 17 204.210 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Coal - consumption 54 2.794 million metric tons 2020
Coal - exports 42 76000 metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 82 87000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 40 2.783 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 28 1.203 billion metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 14 279.826 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - exports 29 6.365 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - imports 52 2.738 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 16 80.553 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 10 34.303 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste 57 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 36 88.7 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal 16 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 96 9.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear 31 1.9 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 65 0.1 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave 5 0 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - wind 68 0.2 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 36 145.540 million Btu/person 2019
Natural gas - consumption 4 220.704 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - exports 13 17.607 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - imports 59 1.153 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - production 3 237.561 billion cubic meters 2019
Natural gas - proven reserves 2 33.987 trillion cubic meters 2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports 6 2.231 million bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 57 33500 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves 3 208.600 billion bbl/day 2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 11 1.934 million bbl/day 2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production 9 3.450 million bbl/day 2021
Refined petroleum products - exports 22 397200 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - imports 72 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 41 35.09 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 114 30.1 2018
Land use - arable land 88 10.8 2018
Land use - forest 145 6.8 2018
Land use - other 27 63.1 2018
Land use - permanent crops 67 1.2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 80 18.1 2018
Revenue from coal 28 0.01 % of GDP 2017
Revenue from forest resources 93 0.01 % of GDP 2017
Total renewable water resources 55 137.045 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 6 86.000 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial 46 1.100 billion cubic meters 2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal 15 6.200 billion cubic meters 2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 94 1.32 2025
Urbanization - urban population 48 77.3 2023
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 69 5 % 2017
Geography
Area - land 21 1.532 million sq km 0
Area - total 20 1.648 million sq km 0
Area - water 7 11.660 million sq km 0
Coastline 154 2440 km 740
Elevation - highest point 186 5625 meters 0
Elevation - lowest point 42 28 meters 0
Elevation - mean elevation 18 1305 meters 0
Irrigated land 7 79721 sq km 2020
Land boundaries - total 26 5894 km 0
Land use - agricultural land 114 30.1 2018
Land use - arable land 88 10.8 2018
Land use - forest 145 6.8 2018
Land use - other 27 63.1 2018
Land use - permanent crops 67 1.2 2018
Land use - permanent pasture 80 18.1 2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 120 13.36 7561
Age structure - 25-54 years 10 48.94 7384
Age structure - 55-64 years 117 7.72 7420
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer 147 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols 62 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 129 0.02 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 161 0.02 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine 93 0 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 106 15.27 births/1,000 population 2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 70 4.1 % 1011
Contraceptive prevalence rate 125 N/A % 0
Current health expenditure 45 6.7 % of GDP 2019
Death rate 150 5.17 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 92 10.7 % 0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 73 9.3 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 132 45.3 % 0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 101 34.6 % 0
Drinking water source - improved 3 99.8 % of population 0
Drinking water source - rural 90 1.9 % of population 0
Drinking water source - total 93 0.6 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 59 0.2 % of population 0
Education expenditures 48 3.6 % of GDP 2020
Hospital bed density 54 1.6 beds/1,000 population 2017
Infant mortality rate - female 90 13.65 deaths/1,000 live births 2022
Infant mortality rate - male 97 15.97 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Infant mortality rate - total 93 14.84 deaths/1,000 live births 0
Life expectancy at birth - female 110 76.67 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 84 73.89 years 0
Life expectancy at birth - total population 98 75.25 years 0
Literacy - female 70 80.8 % 2016
Literacy - male 48 90.4 % 0
Literacy - total population 63 85.5 % 0
Maternal mortality ratio 98 16 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 79 32 years 2020
Median age - male 71 31.5 years 0
Median age - total 71 31.7 years 0
Mother's mean age at first birth 85 N/A 2022
Net migration rate 87 0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population 0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 37 25.8 % 2016
Physicians density 89 1.58 physicians/1,000 population 2018
Population 17 86.758 million 2022
Population growth rate 78 0.98 % 2022
Sanitation facility access - improved 1 100 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - rural 112 0 % of population 0
Sanitation facility access - total 114 0 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 92 0 % of population 2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 8 15 years 2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 5 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 18 1.05 0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 16 1.05 0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 25 0.96 0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 20 0.77 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.05 male(s)/female 0
Sex ratio - total population 14 1.03 male(s)/female 0
Tobacco use - female 80 3.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - male 85 24.1 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 83 13.6 % 2020
Total fertility rate 85 1.93 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 94 1.32 2025
Urbanization - urban population 48 77.3 2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 25 36 2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 40 21.2 0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 39 23.7 0
Transportation
Airports 22 319 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 23 26 0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 13 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 0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 28 7 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 21 9 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 10 135 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 20 179 0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 40 32 2021
Heliports 9 26 2021
Merchant marine - total 25 893 0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 47 290.740 million 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 31 25.605 million 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 25 237 0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 7 22 2020
Railways - standard gauge 14 8389.5 2014
Railways - total 23 8483.5 km 2014
Roadways - paved 14 195485 km 2018
Roadways - total 22 223485 km 2018
Waterways 66 850 km 2012

*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 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Iran 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Iran 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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