Officials at Iran’s Ministry of Health say the number of cancer cases in Iran has reached nearly 150,000 cases per year. However, the latest International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization data shows that in 2022, Iran had 137,000 cancer cases. The number of cases and de
As the country grapples with water scarcity, the number of legally constructed deep wells has increased by 40%, and semi-deep wells by 1.5 times. However, the wells’ water production has decreased by 15%, Iran Open Data research shows.The Statistical Center of Iran’s yearbook states that the number
Iran's runaway inflation is a rarity in global terms, especially when placed side-by-side with the economies of its regional neighbors. Since 1990, average prices in Saudi Arabia have increased by 55%, in Israel by 56%, in the Republic of Azerbaijan by 312%, and in Egypt by 897%. Meanwhile, the cumu
Iran’s number of “cultural and Quranic institutions” has increased 18-fold in the past 12 years, official statistics show. In total, the country hosts 1,420 such institutions, a marked increase from 80 institutions in 2013. Chart LinkIran Open Data has extracted and processed these numbers from the
The inflation rate in the first 30 months of Ebrahim Raisi’s presidency is almost equal to the total inflation of the last 15 years of Pahlavi rule, data released by the Iranian government suggests. Using Statistical Center of Iran figures, Iran Open Data calculates that from July of 2021 to Decembe
Two institutions controlled by the influential politician Gholam-Ali Haddad Adel, namely the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and the Saadi Foundation, receive more money from the national budget than most universities and research institutes, Iran Open Data research shows.These two instit
Shortly after the Iranian revolution of 1979, clerics led by Ruhollah Khomeini - who said before the revolution that he had “no interest in political power” - seized Iran’s executive. In the following four decades, clerics came to dominate many high-level government positions, in addition to the pos
Half a century ago, Iran's economy was bigger than South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. Recently, Iran has not only fallen behind these old rivals, but also lost its global economic significance.Iran Open Data’s research shows that seven years before the 1979 revolution, Iran’s economy was twice t
The drying up of Lake Urmia, a crucial aquifer in Iran’s northwest, is most often attributed to drought, illegal use of underground water, and excessive production of watermelon, sugar beet, and apple in West and East Azerbaijan provinces.Iran Open Data’s research shows that there is a direct relati
While average internet speed in the neighboring countries has increased up to ten times in the past seven years, Iran’s internet speed has increased by only 30%.By collecting the archived “Speed Test” information from its website, Iran Open Data has checked the average download speed of fixed intern
British Petroleum (BP) data from 1965 to 2022 indicates that Iran was, at times, the third or fourth-largest oil producer in the world after the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Russia. However, currently, its ranking has fallen to a lower eighth position behind Canada, Iraq, China, and the United A
Iran has failed to keep up with the global move towards green energy transition, which is now a central issue worldwide for political leaders, regulators and more importantly, the global investment community. Chart linkFigure 1 shows a significant global push for power generation by solar/wind, whic
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