Iran’s economy contracted by 10% this spring as the oil and gas sector, still a central pillar of the economy, shrank sharply. The downturn could deepen, as crude production has fallen from about 3.4 million barrels per day to around 2 million, and oil exports have nearly ground to a halt. Read the full analysis: iranopendata.substack.com/p/… #Iran #IranWar‌ #oil #IRGC #Khamenei

What a Halt in Oil Revenues Would Mean for Iran’s Economy Iran’s floating oil storage in Asian waters, the last supply available for delivery to buyers, predominantly in China, has run dry amid the ongoing U.S. naval blockade, according to tanker-tracking data. Read the full analysis: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #Oil #PersianGulf #China #IRGC

Iran executed one person every 5 hours on average in 2025 The Islamic Republic executed at least one person every five hours and 20 minutes on average in 2025, according to calculations by Iran Open Data based on figures compiled by human rights monitoring groups. Read the full article: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #IslamicRepublic #executions #deathpenalty #IranMassacre‌2026

Female Literacy in Iran: 9 Percentage Points Behind Palestine Iran’s female literacy rate has reached 87.8%, marking significant progress in women’s education over recent decades. However, in a comparison of 15 countries across the region, Iran ranks tenth, trailing Palestine’s 96.8% by 9 percentage points. Read the full report: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #femaleliteracy #MENA

Iran’s Gasoline Crisis, Explained Iran consumes 134 million liters of gasoline a day—almost ten times its 1979 level—and faces a deficit of about 30%. Aging refineries, declining CNG supplies and fuel smuggling are deepening the crisis. War and import disruptions have made it worse, but its roots stretch back decades. Iran Open Data’s latest explainer examines why production cannot keep pace with demand—and why raising prices alone cannot close the gap. Read the full analysis: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #Gasoline #Energy #MENA

Iran Drops from Regional Top Three to Seventh in GDP, Behind Pakistan and Egypt Iran has dropped to seventh place among the economies of the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan (MENAP), ending decades in which it ranked among the region’s three largest economies. The shift follows a 23.7 percent drop in Iran’s nominal output between 2024 and 2025, according to World Bank data. Full report: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #MENA #MENAP #GDP

Once a top 3 Middle Eastern economic heavyweight alongside Saudi Arabia and Turkey, Iran has now fallen to 7th place behind countries like Pakistan and Egypt. Here's how the landscape shifted. #iran #MENA #GDP #IranOpenData #IranWar‌

Iran’s Misery Index Hits Record 89; Ilam Ranks Highest Among Provinces Iran’s misery index reached its highest recorded level in spring 2026. According to the latest data from the Statistical Center of Iran and calculations by Iran Open Data, the national average rose to 89 during the period. Full report: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #poverty #MiseryIndex

For years, Iranian officials and state media have sounded the alarm over an impending demographic crisis, often circulating incomplete or exaggerated statistics to paint a picture of a rapidly aging society. But UN population data reveals a far more muted reality: Iran is aging, but no faster than its peers—and at a rate well behind several of its key neighbors. Full analysis: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #Khamenei #population #OpenData

Iran's Petrochemical Industry: One-Third of Capacity Sitting Idle One-third of Iran's petrochemical capacity is idle. Gas shortages are the main culprit — and the recent war just added new damage on top. Read the full analysis: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #Oil #Israel #MiddleEast #IranOpenData

Over the past 25 years, Iranian nationals have filed more asylum claims in the UK than any other nationality. According to UK Home Office data, around 110,000 #asylum claims were submitted by Iranians between 2001 and 2025—the highest cumulative total of any nationality. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and Eritrea follow. This bar chart race shows how asylum claims by nationality have evolved year by year in the UK. Source: #UK #HomeOffice #Iran #Immigration #UK

Food Inflation Race in #Iran (2017–2026) Which staples became the most expensive over the past decade? 🥇 Vegetable oil: 70× 🥈 Chicken: 50×+ 🥉 Beef: 46× 4️⃣ Iranian rice: 42×

Not long ago, Iran was one of the Middle East’s largest economies, and its people were among the region’s wealthiest. Today, income per person has fallen below Iraq, Jordan, and Azerbaijan—a striking reversal in Iran’s regional economic standing. #Iran #MiddleEast #SaudiArabia #UAE #Israel #Jordan #Turkey

Iran Open Data’s analysis was featured by @anadoluajansi, Türkiye’s national news agency, in a report on the evolving strategic role of the Strait of Hormuz. @dalgakhatinoglu, IOD’s Head of Energy, explained that while Hormuz remains indispensable to global energy trade, Iran’s own dependence on the Strait means that any prolonged disruption would also carry devastating economic consequences for the country. Read the full article: aa.com.tr/tr/ekonomi/hurmuze…

Iran Becomes a Net Electricity Importer as Gas Output Falls Iran has entered a new phase of its energy crisis. Despite sitting atop some of the world's largest hydrocarbon reserves, the country is now recording a decline in natural gas production for the first time in decades and has become a net importer of electricity, according to official data from the Statistical Center of Iran. Read the full report: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #oil #power #electricity #southpars

Iran Open Data research continues to inform analysis of Iran’s energy economy. @RoyalSaudiNews cited our reporting on Kharg Island, the terminal responsible for the overwhelming majority of Iran’s crude oil exports. Read the analysis: houseofsaud.com/saudi-arabia… Iran Open Data offers one of the most comprehensive repositories of structured data on Iran, covering 12 major indicators, including energy production, consumption and exports. Explore our data: iranopendata.org/en/

Iran Open Data research is informing international coverage of Iran. In an Orwell Youth Prize winning essay published by @ObserverUK, our survey findings provide context on Iranian women’s experiences with compulsory hijab. Among the findings, 86% of surveyed women said they had appeared in public without a hijab at least once during the previous year. Independent data helps turn individual experiences into measurable evidence. Read the coverage: observer.co.uk/news/national…

Iran’s Hormuz leverage is proving costly, not only to #China, but to Iran itself. • 90% of #oil transiting #Hormuz goes to #Asia • China’s oil imports fell about 40% • Iran China non oil trade dropped to $200M, just one fifth of last year’s level • Roughly $48B in annual trade with Iran’s Arab neighbors was disrupted Read the full analysis: iranopendata.org/en/article/…

New analysis: Iran's monthly minimum wage now buys only about 100 three-person omelet meals, down roughly 40% from 2017. While the cost of a simple omelet rose more than 30-fold in tomans over the past decade, the minimum wage increased less than 18-fold, highlighting the erosion of purchasing power. Read the full analysis: iranopendata.org/en/article/… #Iran #IranMassacre‌2026 #IranWar‌ #Khamenei #omlet #economy #oil #MiddleEast