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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	417 210	326 969	401 596^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	-1.4	3.3	5^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 050.0	3 727.0	4 432.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^d,e (% of Gross Value Added)	10.4	12.5	13.3^b
Economy: Industry^d,f (% of Gross Value Added)	33	37	42.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^d,g (% of GVA)	56.6	50.4	43.8^b
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	17.1	16.7	14.3^b
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	32.8	33.6	35^b
Employment in services^h (% employed)	50	49.7	50.7^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	11.2	9.7	9^h
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	14.4 / 68.6	13.7 / 68.2	13.3 / 65.9^h
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	92ⁱ	229ⁱ	252^j,k
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	92	89^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	60 041	34 409^h	14 757^h,k
International trade: imports (million current US$)	40 037	38 805	52 950^h,k
International trade: balance (million current US$)	20 003	- 4 395^h	- 38 194^h,k

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.4	0.6	0.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	73.4	75.4^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2	1.7	1.7^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	77.8 / 74.1	76.2 / 72.2	80.0 / 76.2^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	23.6 / 9.3	23.8 / 10.9	22.0 / 12.6^a
International migrant stock^o,p (000/% of total pop.)	2 729.9 / 3.3	2 797.2 / 3.2	3 840.7 / 4.2^k
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	979.5	979.5	3 764.5^k
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	15.5	13.1	10.5^a
Health: Current expenditure^q,r (% of GDP)	7.5	5.4	5.3^h,s
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.1	1.5^t	1.8^b
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	107.9 / 100.6	108.1 / 101.5	... / ...
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	89.8 / 93.9^u	91.1 / 92.3	... / ...
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	76.1 / 80.0^u	78.4 / 77.9	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	2.4^u	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	3.1	5.9^v	4.9^v

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	45.3^w	75.6^w	79.6^h,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.8^c	...
Threatened species (number)	121	161	217^k
Forested area (% of land area)	6.6	6.6	6.6^s
CO2 emission estimates^q (million tons/tons per capita)	556.5 / 6.7	637.5 / 7.3	674.3 / 7.5^s
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	13 637	14 433	16 122^s
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	121	136	137^s
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	5 237	1 550	4 108^s
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	43.9	43.9	43.9^k
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	96.0 / 85.6	96.1 / 87.1	96.2 / 87.7^s
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	79.5 / ...	77.3 / ...	76.2 / ...^s
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.03	0.1	0.06^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
g		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		Index base: fiscal (solar) year 2016 (21 March 2016 - 20 March 2017)=100.
j		Base: fiscal (solar) year 2021 (21 March 2021 - 20 March 2022)=100. Data refer to the periods of the solar year in Iran.
k		2024
l		Areas not elsewhere specified.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Refers to foreign citizens.
p		Including refugees.
q		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 21 March.
r		Country is still reporting data based on SHA 1.0.
s		2022
t		2018
u		2014
v		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
w		Population aged 6 years and over.