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Iran
RegionGreater Middle East
GDP1044.31[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita12433.30[$]
Population83.99[millions]
Land Area1626357.59[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 133 34.50 6.90
Ecosystem Vitality 109 40.60 6.20
Biodiversity 150 27.30 0.70
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 139 40.90 NA
Terrestrial biomes (global) 145 35.20 NA
Marine protected areas 92 1.20 NA
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 153 10.60 4.90
Biodiversity Habitat Index 80 44.80 NA
Species Protection Index 132 27.30 0.90
Species Habitat Index 21 95.80 -2.60
Ecosystem Services 19 67.00 3.10
Tree cover loss 16 62.60 10.70
Grassland loss 49 60.40 -39.60
Wetland loss 1 100.00 NA
Fisheries 49 23.40 8.90
Fish Stock Status 41 38.70 20.60
Marine Trophic Index 117 5.90 NA
Fish caught by trawling 13 26.10 5.30
Acidification 52 89.40 47.90
SO2 growth rate 1 100.00 40.70
NOx growth rate 61 78.80 55.00
Agriculture 45 47.70 -3.60
Pesticide 31 61.60 NA
N Mgmt Index 113 33.80 -7.10
Water Resources 103 3.70 NA
Wastewater treatment 103 3.70 NA
Health 84 41.90 6.80
Air Quality 70 41.60 9.20
PM2.5 139 17.20 7.60
Household solid fuels 36 82.20 16.70
Ozone 145 31.60 -1.30
NOx 174 NA -4.30
SO2 169 7.40 -6.00
CO 169 6.90 -20.80
VOC 109 22.00 -4.20
Sanitation Drinking Water 70 53.70 4.40
Sanitation 64 60.90 7.40
Drinking water 72 48.80 2.20
Heavy Metals 164 26.90 6.70
Lead 164 26.90 6.70
Waste Management 97 28.70 -0.10
Solid waste 89 39.20 NA
Recycling 86 16.80 1.40
Ocean Plastics 109 19.40 -1.90
Climate Policy 159 24.00 7.80
Climate Change 159 24.00 7.80
CO2 growth rate 112 28.20 12.20
CH4 growth rate 154 20.30 12.00
F-gas growth rate 14 91.80 -1.40
N2O growth rate 29 87.30 87.30
Black Carbon growth rate 1 100.00 63.00
Proj. GHG Emissions 171 0.00 NA
CO2 from land cover 21 87.80 4.00
GHG intensity trend 171 9.70 -24.40
GHG per capita 153 20.10 -5.20

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Burkina Faso 35.5
Egypt 35.5
Timor-Leste 35.1
Malaysia 35
Solomon Islands 35
Sri Lanka 34.7
Iran 34.5
Tanzania 34.2
Togo 34
Senegal 33.9
GDP per capita
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.2
Barbados 53.2
Saint Lucia 49.4
Armenia 48.3
Moldova 42.7
Paraguay 40.9
Maldives 37.4
Egypt 35.5
Sri Lanka 34.7
Iran 34.5
Issue Performance
Serbia 43.9
Jordan 43.6
Guyana 38.5
Uzbekistan 38.2
Turkmenistan 37
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Egypt 35.5
Iran 34.5
Morocco 28.4
Iraq 27.8
Government Effectiveness
Gabon 49.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 39.4
Solomon Islands 35
Iran 34.5
Sierra Leone 32.7
Lesotho 32.3
Nigeria 28.3
Nepal 28.3
Madagascar 28
Myanmar 19.4
Regulatory Quality
Cuba 47.5
Zimbabwe 46.2
Central African Republic 44.9
Equatorial Guinea 44.8
Afghanistan 43.6
Republic of Congo 40.1
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Iran 34.5
Iraq 27.8
Sudan 27.6
Voice and Accountability
Belarus 48.5
Cuba 47.5
Venezuela 46.4
Bahrain 42
Uzbekistan 38.2
Egypt 35.5
Iran 34.5
Burundi 30.5
Chad 28.1
Sudan 27.6
Rule of Law
Honduras 36.5
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Laos 30.7
Angola 30.5
Cambodia 30.1
Mali 28.5
Nigeria 28.3
Madagascar 28
Control of Corruption
Azerbaijan 38.6
Uzbekistan 38.2
Uganda 35.8
Kyrgyzstan 35.7
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Laos 30.7
Cameroon 30.2
Nigeria 28.3
Guatemala 28
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Venezuela 46.4
Niger 37.7
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
Burkina Faso 35.5
Iran 34.5
Lebanon 32.2
Ethiopia 31.8
Cameroon 30.2
Sudan 27.6
Myanmar 19.4
Greater Middle East
Tunisia 40.7
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Egypt 35.5
Iran 34.5
Qatar 33
Lebanon 32.2
Oman 30.7
Algeria 29.6
Morocco 28.4
Iraq 27.8
OPEC
Venezuela 46.4
Equatorial Guinea 44.8
Kuwait 42.4
Republic of Congo 40.1
Saudi Arabia 37.9
Iran 34.5
Angola 30.5
Algeria 29.6
Nigeria 28.3
Iraq 27.8

 

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