Iran, year by year

Every index this site holds for Iran, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.613 → 0.780 (+0.167)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth72.5 → 77.8 (+5.4)

Internet users9 → 85 (+77)

Urban population68 → 77 (+9)

Births per woman1.76 → 1.68 (-0.08)

Renewable share of energy1 → 1 (+0)

Access to electricity98 → 100 (+2)

Infant mortality23 → 10 (-13)

CO2 emissions per person6.5 → 9.1 (+2.5)

Forest area6 → 7 (+1)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 6 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.613	64.1	—	—	4.93	1	—	49	3.6	5.6	—	—
1991	0.631	66.2	—	57	4.57	1	—	47	3.8	5.6	—	—
1992	0.638	66.7	—	58	4.10	1	—	45	4.0	5.6	—	—
1993	0.644	67.0	—	59	3.67	2	—	43	4.0	5.6	—	—
1994	0.649	67.5	0	60	3.24	1	—	41	4.5	5.6	—	—
1995	0.656	67.9	0	60	2.85	1	—	40	4.6	5.7	—	—
1996	0.664	68.3	0	61	2.54	1	—	38	4.7	5.7	—	—
1997	0.671	68.7	0	62	2.32	1	—	37	4.8	5.7	—	—
1998	0.677	69.2	0	63	2.19	1	—	35	4.8	5.7	—	—
1999	0.685	69.7	0	64	2.09	1	—	33	5.1	5.7	—	—
2000	0.692	70.2	1	64	2.00	0	98	32	5.3	5.7	—	—
2001	0.700	70.6	1	65	1.92	1	98	30	5.5	5.8	—	—
2002	0.708	71.1	5	66	1.84	1	98	28	5.7	5.9	—	—
2003	0.713	70.5	7	67	1.80	1	98	27	5.9	6.0	—	—
2004	0.722	72.0	7	67	1.78	1	98	25	6.2	6.1	—	—
2005	0.727	72.5	8	68	1.76	1	98	23	6.5	6.2	—	—
2006	0.738	72.9	9	68	1.76	1	98	22	6.9	6.2	3619	15907
2007	0.742	73.3	9	69	1.75	1	99	21	7.2	6.3	4688	17384
2008	0.744	73.7	12	69	1.74	1	99	19	7.3	6.4	5377	17549
2009	0.748	74.0	14	70	1.74	1	100	18	7.5	6.5	5416	17615
2010	0.756	74.4	16	71	1.75	1	99	17	7.5	6.6	6291	18628
2011	0.765	74.7	19	71	1.79	1	100	17	7.5	6.6	8026	19275
2012	0.780	75.0	23	72	1.85	1	100	16	7.5	6.6	8114	17021
2013	0.780	75.3	30	72	1.91	1	100	15	7.6	6.6	6223	16215
2014	0.783	75.6	39	73	1.98	1	100	15	7.8	6.6	5672	16065
2015	0.782	75.9	45	73	2.02	1	100	14	7.6	6.6	4953	14274
2016	0.785	76.2	53	74	2.05	1	100	14	7.7	6.6	5711	15195
2017	0.788	76.4	64	74	2.02	1	100	13	7.8	6.6	6001	15719
2018	0.787	76.6	70	75	1.92	1	100	13	7.7	6.6	4783	15324
2019	0.785	76.9	72	75	1.77	1	100	12	8.2	6.6	3997	13928
2020	0.779	74.1	76	76	1.70	1	100	12	8.4	6.6	3203	15119
2021	0.776	73.8	79	76	1.71	1	100	11	8.9	6.6	4605	15884
2022	0.780	76.8	82	76	1.70	—	100	11	8.8	6.6	4721	17543
2023	—	77.7	84	77	1.70	—	100	11	9.0	6.7	5049	18933
2024	—	77.8	85	77	1.68	—	100	10	9.1	—	5190	19903
2025	—	—	—	77	—	—	—	—	—	—	3924	19699
Profile shows	0.780	77.9	85	77	1.68	1	—	—	9.1	6.6	3924	19699

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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