COMCEC Transport and Communications
Outlook 2019
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Iran, Islamic Republic of
Population (million people) 79.1 2015
GDP (current million US$) 425,326 2014
GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2011 international $) 2014
Global Competitiveness Index 4.12 2016
Logistics performance index: Overall (1=low to 5=high) 2.60 2016
Quality of overall infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.96 2016
Quality of roads, 1-7 (best) 4.07 2016
Quality of railroad infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.48 2016
Quality of port infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.93 2016
Quality of air transport infrastructure, 1-7 (best) 3.43 2016
Liner shipping connectivity index 24.63 2016
Burden of customs procedure, (7=extremely efficient) 3.29 2015
Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, number of ships 233 2016
Merchant fleet by flag of registration, tonnage 17,838 2016
Container penetration (incl. transhipment) TEU/1,000 capita 66 2014
Motorways (Km) 2166 2012
Highways, main or national roads (Km) 34,203 2012
Secondary or regional roads (Km) 44,454 2012
Other roads (Km) 195,775 2012
Total length of roads (Km) 276,597 2012
Paved roads (%) 64 2012
Paved roads (Km) 176,272 2012
Non-paved roads (Km) 100,325 2012
Length of roads by GDP per capita (Km/$) 42 2012
Road network density (km/1,000 population) 3.50 2012
Density of roads (Km/Km2) 0.16 2012
Vehicle ownership (vehicle/1,000 population) 347 2013
Estimated road deaths annually 24,896 2013
Mortality rate [deaths/100,000 population] 32.2 2013
Rail lines (total route-km) 8,560 2014
Rail network density (km/100,000 km2 land area) 526 2014
Rail network density (km/1 million population) 108 2014
Railways, goods transported (million ton-km) 24,461 2014
Railways, passengers carried (million passenger-km) 16,272 2014
Air transport, freight (million ton-km) 107.2 2015
Air transport, passengers carried 15,003,958 2015
Per capita air passengers 0.190 2015
CO2 emissions of transport per capita 1.38 2014
CO2 emissions from transport (% of total fuel combustion) 23.7 2013
Fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 38.27 2015
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 93.38 2015
Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 10.86 2015
Percentage of individuals using the Internet 44.08 2015