Science and Technology
See also: Science and technology in Iran| Name | Rank | Out of | Source | Notes | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Innovation Index | 95 | 125 | INSEAD | Index measures enabling environment for innovation; More info: Ingenuity & Creativity | 2011 |
| Science & Technology Growth Rate | 1 | World | Science-Metrix Report / Science-Metrix country graph comparison / Government of United Kingdom | Highest science & technology growth rate in the world, 1000% increase in 9 years (1995–2004); Iran has increased its academic publishing output from 0.0003% of world's total output in 1970 to 0.29% by 2004 (That is ~100000% growth in 33 years), by 2008 Iran's share had reached 1.02% of the world's total output (~340000% growth in 37 years); Iran's 2009 growth rate in science & technology was highest globally being 11 times faster than the world's average rate; Iran has been doubling its scientific output every 3 years; In 2009 ranked at 22nd by total scientific output; 19th in mathematics output, 17th in computer science applications output, 15th in nuclear technology output; 28th in physics output; 16th in aerospace technology output; 17th in medicine output, 13th in chemistry output & 15th in nanotechnology output More info: Science in newly industrialized countries; Iranian scientific publications online digital archive | 2010 |
| Total Research & Development spending in PPP US dollars | 27 | World | United Nations | Iran spends 6.2 billion US dollars in PPP terms equaling to ~0.7% of its GDP (PPP), Iran has 500 scientists & tech personnel working in R&D sector for every one million of population; More info: Iran National Science Foundation & Science of science policy & Science policy & Technology Life Cycle & Iranian cities among world's science cities | 2010 |
| Research and development spending | 43 | 69 | World Bank | About 0.5% of GDP was spent on research and development in year 2000; Iran's spending on R&D is to reach 3% of GDP by 2015; Government funds 75% of all Research in Iran | 2000 |
| Research and development spending per capita | 58 | 69 | World Bank | 0.007351% of national GDP per 1 million people; More info: Emerging technologies | 2000 |
| Technology Achievement Index | 45 | 68 | United Nations | Technology Achievement Index measures creation of technology, diffusion of recent innovations, diffusion of old innovations & human skills; Iran's score: 0.26 out of 1; More info: Human capital | 2001 |
| Patents granted per capita | 56 | 60 | World Intellectual Property Organization | 0.014702 Patents per one million people; More info: Intellectual property in Iran & Technological determinism | 1998 |
| Highest budget national space agencies | 9 | World | List of space agencies | ISA with $500 million/Year has the 9th highest budget of a national space organization in the world | 2010 |
| First orbital launches by country | 9 | World | Timeline of first orbital launches by country | Iran is the 9th country to reach space; More info: Outer Space Treaty | 2010 |
| Biological space launch capability | 6 | World | Animals in space | Iran is the sixth country to have launched animals into space & recover them alive | 2010 |
| Total human spaceflight time by country | 21 | World | List of spaceflight records | Iran stands 21st in terms of total time spent by its nationals in space; Only one Iranian (Anousheh Ansari) has spent ~11 person-days in space as a space tourist; More info: Timeline of space travel by nationality | 2007 |
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