Iran, Islamic Rep.
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | Upper-middle income |
| Regional Group | Asia & Pacific |
| Population (Total) | 82,913,906 |
| Population as a share world total | 1.08% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 445,000 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.51% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 14,535 |
Performance Overview
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Country
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Score
43.91
Rank
79
Technology
31.70
People
44.68
Governance
55.79
Impact
43.49
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 67.55 | 55 |
| 2. Handset prices | 37.40 | 83 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 79.51 | 47 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 88.02 | 71 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 20.27 | 92 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 63.23 | 90 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 10.55 | 61 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 1.48 | 91 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 48.11 | 58 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 43.84 | 103 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 39.26 | 81 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 27.77 | 102 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 2.79 | 62 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 21.24 | 58 |
| 5. Robot density | 0.12 | 65 |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 57.67 | 19 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 2.54 | 109 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 0.40 | 65 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 25.79 | 69 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 27.55 | 100 |
| 1. Happiness | 45.46 | 95 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 42.25 | 126 |
| 3. Income inequality | 57.22 | 81 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 63.58 | 78 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 72.13 | 65 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | n/a | n/a |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 42.87 | 116 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 60.55 | 111 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 46.67 | 88 |
| 1. Internet users | 69.43 | 66 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 26.11 | 77 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 39.18 | 96 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 49.56 | 32 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 81.42 | 74 |
| 6. ICT skills | 49.10 | 73 |
| 1. Firms with website | n/a | n/a |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 50.08 | 107 |
| 3. Professionals | 26.13 | 62 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 23.66 | 83 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 56.75 | 73 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 5.32 | 51 |
| 1. Government online services | 57.57 | 86 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | n/a | n/a |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 33.90 | 75 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 56.05 | 25 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 55.40 | 63 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 68.58 | 63 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 50.73 | 33 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 32.95 | 41 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 22.86 | 130 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 82.24 | 72 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 29.70 | 88 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 75.00 | 77 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | n/a | n/a |
| 1. E-Participation | 44.45 | 104 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 95.17 | 18 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 47.81 | 92 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 48.78 | 75 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 78.75 | 12 |