Iran's life expectancy rose from 67.9 yrs in 1995 to 77.9 yrs in 2024.
Iran · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Iran's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 63.2 yrs in 2000 to 64.0 yrs in 2021.
Iran's infant mortality fell from 39.8 ‰ in 1995 to 10.3 ‰ in 2024.
Iran's under-5 mortality rate fell from 46.2 ‰ in 1995 to 11.3 ‰ in 2024.
Iran's maternal mortality ratio fell from 71.0 /100k in 1994 to 16.0 /100k in 2023.
Iran's ncd mortality fell from 18.9 % in 2000 to 13.9 % in 2021.
Iran's suicide mortality rate fell from 6.0 /100k in 2000 to 4.1 /100k in 2021.
Iran's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 26.8 /100k in 2000 to 21.5 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.4 pts103rd of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +6.7 %116th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.6 pts143rd of 192
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- Physiciansup +20.3 %30th of 63
- Nurses and midwivesup +45.8 %49th of 79
- Hospital bedsdown −4.1 %90th of 137*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts20th of 192
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- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −9.1 %59th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.1 pts54th of 148
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Iran.
- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)No data
- Safe sanitationNo data