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This data is taken from the "Our World In Data" website.

This data is taken from the "Our World In Data" website.

The southern province of Khuzestan has recently become the center of a new crisis in Iran. Anti-regime protests have erupted in many of its cities, which have been met by deadly response of the security forces. But the protests, sparked by the province’s water shortage, are not the only problem that

The Qom Monorail project was intended to develop urban transportation and reduce traffic in Qom. The project started in 2009 and was planned to be completed by 2011. The railway was intended to be built in two phases for a total of 18 kilometers (km). The first phase was about 7 km with 5 stations.T

At Iran Open Data, we have been working to make resources about open data and access to information available to open data advocates in Iran. The following blog post from Open Contracting Partnership (Author: YEVHEN HRYTSENKO) is one of the resources we have made available in Persian.

In most countries, energy consumption is an indicator of economic development. That is to say, the higher the energy consumption, the bigger the economic development. Iran, however, is an exception to this general rule. The Iranian government data shows that in recent years an exponential growth in

One of the worst practices in Iran’s energy sector is flaring and venting of huge volumes of Natural Gas, which the Iranian Oil Minister, Bijan Zanganeh, has recently described as if the country was “burning gold and Dollar.”When crude oil is produced, the process releases natural gas as a by-produc

At Iran Open Data, we have been working to make resources about open data and access to information available to open data advocates in Iran. The following blog post from Open Data Charter is one of the resources we have made available in Persian. This post originally appeared here. Led by the Nati

The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up plenty of opportunities for graft. We spoke with Global Integrity to learn how their anti-corruption coalition is adapting to this new environment.The old adage ‘every crisis is an opportunity’ has been thrown around a lot this year. After all, there’s hardly been

Since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia a decade ago, the young state’s developing institutions have been forced to grapple with a host of tough challenges. Youth unemployment currently stands at 57.7% according to UNDP, and mass emigration is feeding an ongoing crisis. Yet in the face o

Welcome back to Open & Shut! For this post, we got in touch with Ngeunga Madeleine, a journalist based in Cameroon. Using Madeleine’s experiences, we’ll delve into the state of open data in her home country, and track her journey from traditional journalism, through to the wonderful world of dat

Taiwan has been ranked #1 in the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Global Open Data Index for the last two years. Taiwan’s ascendance has been astonishing, rising from #36 in 2013, to #11 in 2014, and claiming the top position in 2015 and 2016. it has managed to surprise data observers across the world. S