The Iran Primer

·      Population: 74.8 millions

·      GDP per capita (PPP*): $11,558

·      GNI per capita (PPP): $10,164

·      Population below poverty line (PPP $1.25 a day): 1.5%

·      Overall life satisfaction (0, least satisfied; 10, most satisfied): 5.1

·      Life expectancy: 73 years

·      Public expenditure on education (% of GDP): 5.5

·      Total expenditure on health (% of GDP): 5.5

·      Average years of schooling: 7.3

·      Mortality under age five (per 1,000 live births): 31

·      HIV prevalence (ages 15-24): less than 0.1%, males and females


·      Health adjusted life expectancy**: 61 years

·      Adult literacy rate (above age 15): 85%

·      Gender inequality ranking: 92

·      Maternal mortality ratio: 30

·      Adolescent fertility rate: 29.5

·      Seats in national parliament (% female): 2.8

·      Population with at least secondary education (above age 25): female 39%, male 57.2%

·      Labor force participation rate: female 31.9%, male 73%

·      Contraceptive prevalence rate, any method (% of married women ages 15-49): 79

·      Total fertility rate: 1.6

·      Primary energy supply: fossil fuels 99.4% of total, renewables 0.7%

·      Deaths due to outdoor air pollution (per million people): 132

·      Deaths due to indoor air pollution (per million people): 4

·      Population living on degraded land (%): 25.1

·      77.6% of Iranians believe global warming is a serious threat

** Health-adjusted life expectancy at birth: Average number of years that a person can expect to live in “full health” taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and injury