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Iran, Islamic Rep.

Middle East & North Africa · Upper middle income· 90.61M inhabitants

Last updated: June 1, 2025

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Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Iran, Islamic Rep.

Iran, Islamic Rep. lags behind global peers in Governance (18, 10th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.

Composite GEFRI Score

52.36
49th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity69.80
Above global avg. · 54th %-tile
Infrastructure72.78
Above global avg. · 72nd %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance18.49
Below global avg. · 10th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital49.82
Near the global average · 40th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation50.89
Above global avg. · 75th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.

Regional peers: Middle East & North Africa

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
201Israel74.85
302United Arab Emirates71.32
443Saudi Arabia64.28
504Malta62.57
515Qatar62.16
546Bahrain61.08
597Kuwait60.42
658Oman58.18
699Jordan57.02
8010Algeria54.38
8611Tunisia53.46
8712West Bank and Gaza53.18
9113Iran, Islamic Rep.52.36
9214Morocco51.69
10215Egypt, Arab Rep.49.33
10316Libya49.01
10417Iraq48.39
11418Djibouti44.23
12419Lebanon37.70
14320Syrian Arab Republic28.42
15321Yemen, Rep.25.52