International rankings of Iran

The following are international rankings of flagcountry|Iran.

Cities

* GaWC Inventory of World Cities, 1999: Tehran Minimal evidence of world city formation

Economic

* The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom [http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/countries.cfm 2008] , ranked 151 out of 157 countries
* International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) per capita 2006, ranked 83 out of 182 countries
* International Monetary Fund: GDP (nominal) 2006, ranked 30 out of 181 countries
* World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, not ranked
* World Bank: Ease of Doing Business Index, ranked 135 out of 178 countries

Environmental

* Yale University: Environmental Sustainability Index 2005, ranked 132 out of 146 countries
* New Economics Foundation: Happy Planet Index 2006, ranked 67 out of 178 countries

General

* United Nations: Human Development Index 2007/2008, ranked 94 out of 177 countries
* Population ranked 17 out of 221 countries

Globalization

* KOF: Globalization Index 2007, ranked 115 out of 122 countries
* A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine: Globalization Index 2006, ranked 62 out of 62 countries

Military

* The World Factbook: military funding, ranked 24 out of 169 countries
* CSIS: active troops, ranked 8 out of 165 countries

Political

* Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2007, ranked 131 out of 179 countries
* Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide press freedom index 2007, ranked 166 out of 169 countries
* Economist Intelligence Unit: Democracy Index 2007, ranked 139 out of 167 countries
* Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine: Failed States Index 2007, ranked 57 out of 177 countries

ocial

* Economist Intelligence Unit: Quality-of-life index 2005, ranked 88 out of 108 countries

Technological

* Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness rankings 2007, ranked 69 out of 69 countries
* The World Factbook: number of internet users, ranked 16 out of 80 countries