Countries / Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
HighRanked #75 of 195 in 2023 · South Asia
Source: UNDP Human Development Report 2025 composite indices. All figures below come directly from that dataset — nothing here is estimated or AI-generated.
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0.799 in 2023, compared against the world and South Asia average.
Components
77.7 yrs
Life expectancy
14 yrs
Expected schooling
10.8 yrs
Mean schooling
16,096
GNI per capita
Related indices
Inequality-adjusted HDI
0.643
HDI adjusted downward for inequality in the distribution of health, education, and income within the country — lower than HDI whenever inequality exists.
Gender Development Index
0.875
Ratio of female to male HDI — 1.0 means parity; below 1.0 means women's human development lags men's.
Gender Inequality Index
0.482
Reflects gender-based disadvantage in reproductive health, empowerment, and labour markets — 0 is parity, 1 is total inequality.
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI
0.725
HDI adjusted downward for a country's carbon emissions and material footprint — the gap from HDI shows the cost to planetary pressure.