Latest statistical analysis of
women's political, health,
educational, artistic, cultural
and social status in Iran
Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the
Islamic revolution glorious victory, head of the
Information and Statistics Center of the
women's socio-cultural council presented the
media a report on the latest statistical
information on women's political, health,
educational, artistic, cultural and social status in
Iran. This report is as follows:
Population, by Gender (1956-2006)
Num ber
40000000
35866362
33314175
34055616
32431511 32913350
30994247 31473335 31952423
34629420
32935956
30515159
31993352
30494482 31011437
32226049
29540329 30030698
31501807
25280961
35000000
30000000
25000000
Female
24164049
20000000
15000000
10000000
5000000
17356347
13355801
Male
16352397
12432921
9644944
9309760
Year
0
1956
1966
1976
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2006
•Women's population in 2006 has been estimated above
34,600,000, which constitutes around %49 of the total
population of the country. Women's average population
growth has been 1.52 in the last decade. More than %50 of
women's population in 2006 was under 25.
Registered Birth, by Gender (1956-2006)
Num ber
1200000
1142266
1116789
1000000
800000
600000
Girl
630771642933 658049
572659
605695 601089 603271 600694
597730 590110
560536567022
603102610573628663
573843
582208
582368 576863
545171
564258
578171
549445
534629
572963
528643
400000
Boy
198307
200000
179887
69900
64400
Year
0
1956
1966
1976
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Birth rate in 2007 has been 1,300,000 where females constitute
%48.87. The rate increased reaching its peak during the first
decade after the revolution in 1979 after which the rate has been
decreasing annually. Those who were born in the first decade of the
revolution have reached the marriage age and it is likely that the
birth rate increases again in the upcoming years.
Mean Age at First Marriage, by Gender (1956-2006)
Age
30
24.9
25
24.1
23.6
25.6
26.2
26.3
25
23.7
20
23.2
22.4
19
19 . 7
Female
19 . 8
18 . 4
Male
15
10
5
Year
0
1956
1966
1976
1986
1996
2001
2006
•There have been more than 840,000 registered
marriages in 2007. The average first marriage
age was 23.2 for women and 26.2 for men in
2006. The marriage age increase has been
controlled in recent years.
Life Expectancy at Birth, by Gender (1956-2007)
Age
80
70
70.1
70.7
71.2
71.7
72.2
72.7
73.2
73.6
74.1
74.51 74.93
66.7
67.1
67.6
68.1
68.5
68.9
69.77
65.7
66.2
69.4
65.2
63.5
56.2
60
48.2
50
70.7
59.4
52.6
39.8
40
30
69.9
Female
45.1
Male
37.2
20
10
Year
0
1956
1966
1976
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
•Life expectancy since birth has been 75 for
females and 70.2 for males in 2007. The index
has increased more than 18 years for women in
the past 30 years.
Total Fertility Reproduction (TFR) (1956-2006)
8
7
6
7
6.3
6.3
5
4.5
4
3
2.96
2
2.83
2.1
1
0
Year
1956
1966
1976
1986
1996
2004
2006
Rate of (TFR) was estimated 2.1 in 2006. The rate has
decreased to 4.2 child as compared to the past 30
years. This shows that the population control has been
successfully conducted in the country.
Relative Distribution of Employed Population, by Gender
(1956-2006)
100%
80%
60%
90.3
86.7
86.2
9.7
13.3
13.8
91.1
87.9
86.1
8.9
12.1
13.9
84.1
84.3
84.5
85
87.4
86.8
86.8
86.41
12.6
13.2
13.2
13.59
Male
Female
40%
2006
2004
2003
2002
15
2001
15.5
2000
15.7
1999
15.9
1998
1997
1996
1986
1976
1956
0%
1966
20%
Year
Rate of working women as compared to the total
working population has been %13.6 in 2006. The
rate has increased to %12.3 as compared to the
last ten years.
Relative Distribution of Employed Female, by Status in Employment (19762006)
100%
Not Stated
80%
60%
Cooperative
sector
Public Sector
40%
Private Sector
20%
0%
Year
1976
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
- Working women are distributed as %36.6 in the
services sector, %31.8 in the industry and %31.6 in
agriculture, %59.7 of working women in the private
sector and %37.3 the rest the in public sector.
Number of Government Employees, by Gender (1986-2005)
Number
2000000
1671899
1600000
1569495
1614567
1573465
1555288
1499342
1493176
1200000
Female
800000
1014422
Male
688421 683130
400000
714068
714447
788488
757516
712220
419544
0
Year
1986
1997
1999
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
•Number of working women was estimated above
750,000 in 2006. The rate constitutes %33.6 of the total
state employees and has increased to %10 as compared
to the last ten years.
relative distribution of households by gender of the head of
house hold(1976-2006)
100%
male
80%
60%
female
92.76
92.91
91.63
90.54
7.24
7.09
8.37
9.46
1976
1986
1996
2006
40%
20%
0%
year
- Women guardians of the family as compared to the
total guardians of family in 2006 were estimated %9.46.
The rate has increased to %13 as compared to the last
10 years and %32 as compared to the last 30 years.
Number of Pensioners Supported by Emam Khomeini Relife Committee (Shahid
Rajaee project & Aid project), by Gender (1999-2006)
Number
3000000
2477277
2500000
2539781
2531754
2558217
2290532
2279908
2120205
2000000
1820438
1672883
1633773
1467377
1500000
2030295
1524303
Fem ale
Male
1604092
1475357
1000000
997626
500000
0
Year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
- Number of women to whom Imam Khomeini Relief Committee
pension is paid was estimated above 2,100,000 in 2006, which
constitutes %51 of the total population receiving the pension. The rate
has also decreased %7 as compared to 1999. It is noteworthy that
women constituted %64.7 of the total population receiving the
committee’s pension in 2005. The rate has decreased for women and
increased for men in recent years.
Relative Distribution of Female Population Aged 6 and over, by Literacy
Status (1956-2006)
64.52
1956
1966
19.66
19.84
20.15
22.22
23.04
23.96
24.3
25.76
24.67
80.34
80.16
79.85
77.78
76.96
76.04
75.7
75.33
52.07
35.48
7.24
17.41
0%
74.24
Literate
40%
20%
25.79
Illiterate
74.21
82.59
60%
92.76
80%
47.93
100%
Year
1976
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2006
- According to the 2006 census, women’s literacy rate was
estimated %80.34 as compared to the total population of women
above 6. The rate constitutes %46.68 of the total literate
population of the country. It has also increased more than %126
as compared to the last 30 years.
Number of Students, by Gender (1956-2008)
Number
12000000
9750223
9301661
8613124
9699560
9755153
7872610
8993471
7180607
9706283
8739010
8297282
8470241 7978101
7661927
7432766
8521068 8640329 8777149
10000000
8000000
8278130
6337392
6000000
Female
Male
2777724
1969139
763744
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1986-1987
1956-1957
1976-1977
1024688
324658
0
1966-1967
2000000
4647612
4565018
4000000
7730638 7391739 7017448
7222859 6791723
Year
- Number of female students has been estimated above 6,791,000
in 2008. The rate constitutes %48.6 of the total number of students
and has decreased to %20.3 as compared to the last 10 years due
to the population control. However, the rate has increased to %144
as compared to the past 30 years. It is also noteworthy that girls
attend almost %63 of the pre-university courses.
Relative Distribution of Educational Staff, by Gender (1956-2007)
100%
80%
60%
30335
65212
147173 321541 499501 507683 512912 523278 525484 523637 519545 533141 519409 504456 491289
Male
Female
40%
20%
13141
41608
132761 251817 432157 435533 452193 468038 471535 472911 476040 535300 527433 517265 511522
Year
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1986-1987
1976-1977
1966-1967
1956-1957
0%
- Number of female employees of the Ministry of
Education was estimated 511,522 in 2007. The rate
constitutes %51 of the ministry total employees. The rate
has increased more than %285 as compared to the last
30 years.
Relative Distribution of Instructors of Literacy Movement Org, by Gender
(1981-2006)
100%
11336
80%
13242
13696
13410
11494
12599
8085
6738
6344
6605
6830
7235
7553
60%
40%
Male
27202
24432
41432
41513
30521
36929
29365
24040
24574
31593
37836
40170
41876
Female
20%
Year
0%
1981
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
- Number of women learners of the Literacy Movement
was estimated around 41,800 in 2006, which constitutes
%84.72 of the total Movement learners. The rate has
increased to %71.4 as compared to the past 20 years.
Number of Learners under Coverage of Literacy Movement Org, by Gender
(1981-2006)
Num ber
1400000
1149524
1200000
1100244
1000000
908475
887887
800000
840257
735669
724094
916206
689198
567862
510307
640336 359243
400000
147276
315794
151056
0
1981
1986
Male
720250
600000
200000
Female
1996
141449
160694
138032
1997
1998
1999
2000
140012
136917
2001
176365 208449
136596
131124
2002
2003
2004
Year
2005
2006
- Number of women learners of the Movement has been
reported around 1,150,000 in 2006, which constitutes
%85.65 of the total learners. The rate has increased to
%58.75 as compared to the past 20 years.
Number of Examinees in Entrance Examination of State Universities and Higher
Education Institutes, by Gender (1998-2007)
Number
1200000
1004142
1005092
1013648
1000000
800000
739665
788448
738377
851189
809084
624424
600000
696739
672267
536427
981662
560147
825782
619390 618929
Femal
e
Male
756847
581306
538480 518113
440924
400000
200000
0
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
- Total number of female participants of the 2008
university entrance exam has been reported 756,847.
The number constitutes %63.19 of total participants in
2008, which is 5.7 times higher than the number in the
past 25 years.
number of female students admitted to state universities and higher education
institutes by broad field of study (1996-2006)
300000
285634
250000
200000
Female
185857
201771
141002
150000
106437
100000 90600
50000
67456
87727
66374
90313
75765
84387
78898
87861
98589
142967
154669
116927
89802
Male
120399
123503
20032004
20042005
104109
0
19961997
19971998
19981999
19992000
20002001
20012002
20022003
20052006
20062007
- Number of females admitted to state higher
education centers was reported 285,634 in
2007, which is 20 times more than the number
in the past 30 years.
42.31
44.7
Doctorate
(Ph.D&P.D)
63.44
Master's
44.27
Bachelor's
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Associate's
relative distribution of female students admitted to state universities and
higher education institutes by academic level in 2006
- Percentage of females admitted into university as
compared to the total admitted population in 2007 was
%44.27 for associate, %63.4 for BA, %42.3 for MA and
%44.7 for PhD students.
Num ber
Number of Graduates from State Universities and Higher Education
Institutes, by Gender (1976-2006)
100000
89895
80000
65504
55521
60000
73805
72633
71080
73970
76147
88890
93686
84063
Fem ale
58685
64378
70712
Male
57778 56037
40000
40433
18488
28361
20000
48492
32366
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1986-1987
1996-1997
8439
0
Year
- Number of women graduates of state higher education
centers has been 93,686 in 2006, which constitutes
%52.7 of the total graduates. The rate is 6.7 times higher
as compared to the last 30 years.
Number of Teaching Staff of State Universities and Higher Education
Institutes, by Gender (1976-2007)
Num ber
70000
59701
60000
48537
50000
62203
65869
55362
44899
36655
40000
38444
37513 38152
Female
33306
Male
30000
20000
10000
11894 12048
7171
2058
7417
8246
8027
8595
12413 13188
10070 11226
15932
16476
2293
2006-2007
2005-2006
2004-2005
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2002
2000-2001
1999-2000
1998-1999
1997-1998
1996-1997
1986-1987
1976-1977
0
Year
- Number of women employees of educational
departments of the state higher education centers has
been 16,476 in 2007, which constitutes %20 of the total
educational staff in universities. The rate is 7 times
higher as compared to the past 30 years.
Number of Candidates in Different Terms of Islamic Consultative Assembly, by
Gender
Number
8000
7344
6340
6000
6583
5046
3628
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
320
513
Term 6
28
81
Term 5
66
37
Term 4
1962
1564
828
585
Term 8
3152
2000
0
Male
Term 7
4000
Female
- Number of women candidates for the 8th
parliamentary elections was 585, which constitutes
%8.16 of the total candidates. The number is five times
more as compared to women candidates of the first
parliamentary elections.
Number of Elected in Different Terms of Islamic Consultative Assembly, by
Gender
Number
300
262
250
270
278
176
200
Female
133
150
95
Male
131
118
14
12
13
8
Term 8
9
Term 7
4
Term 6
4
Term 5
4
Term 3
50
Term 2
100
Term 4
Term 1
0
- Number of women MPs of the 8th parliament is 8,
which constitutes to %2.76 of total number of MPs.
The number is twice as more as the number of women
MPs in the first round of parliament. It has also
decreased to %42.8 as compared to the 5th round.
Number of Elected in Different Terms of Urben & Rural Islamic Councils, by
Gender
Number
200000
160000
152983
162605
Female
120000
107645
Male
80000
40000
1375
2336
1491
0
Term 1
Term 2
Term 3
- Number of women members of the 3rd
Islamic councils in rural and urban areas was
reported as 1,491. The number has increased
to %8.44 as compared to the first round.
number of women ngo's according to the filed of activity (1996-2007)
1200
980
1000
800
800
600
577
400
337
200
0
55
1996
67
89
137
248
260
489
277
year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Number of women NGOs who have a working
license up until the end of 2007 has reached
980, which is 16 times more than the last 10
years.
number of women's periodicals
4000
3420
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
143
0
Women's Periodicals
total
relative number and percentage of periodicals published by women
4000
3420
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
369
0
Periodicals Published by Women
total
According to the latest reports published by the Ministry of Culture
and Islamic Guidance, out of a total number of 3420 periodicals
published in the last 30 years, 143 were about women and family.
The number constitutes %4 of the total publications. Furthermore,
out of the total publications in the country, 369 periodicals are
published by women, which constitutes %11 of the total number.
number of female license holders by the year of license
120
101
100
87
80
60
38
40
20
5
4
befor 1987
1987-90
10
0
1991-95
1996-99
2000-2003
2004-2007
number of female editorial directors by the year of license
160
148
140
124
120
100
80
53
60
40
20
7
12
13
1987-90
1991-95
0
befor 1987
1996-99
2000-2003
2004-2007
- Number of women license holders and directing
managers who have received a license of a periodical in
2004-2007 was 249, which constitutes %10 of total
managers of periodicals. The rate is 15 times higher
than the last two decades.
number of books published about women or family in the country
number
600
484
500
398
400
294
300
200
194
221
185
325
372
336
407
205
145
100
0
year
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Number of books published about women
and family in 2007 was 407, which has
increased to %180.7 as compared to the past
ten years.
number of published books by author's gender
number
20000
17781
16768
15123
15000
17817
17765
16970
14561
11248
Female
8799
10000
Male
10035
6062
7007
5000
1042
4630
3535
2169
1484
2378
5175
4258
3366
1828
0
1996
1997
1998
5378
4764
year
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Number of books published by women authors in 2007
has been 5378, which constitutes %23.24 of the total
published books in the same year. The rate is 5 times
higher than the number in the past 10 years.
number of authors
number
20000
18000
16000
14000
12000
9433
8408
10000
8000
7419
6000 6239
4000
1078
736
820
2000 642
0
1996 1997 1998 1999
18227
16213
13970
15309
12131
13272
13122
Female
9476
Male
1624
2796
1954
1219
3643
2557
2262
2039
year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Number of women authors in 2007 has been
estimated 3643, which constitutes %16.6 of total
number of authors in country in the same year. The
number is almost 5 times higher than the number in
the past ten years.
number
5000
4500
4000
3500
3000
2500 1880
2000
1500
1000
361
500
0
1996
number of translators
4216
3793
3661
4150
4387
3786
2587
2284
Female
Male
2346
1948
469
3319
479
561
666
913
965
1078
1210
1365
1175
887
year
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Number of women translators in 2007 has been 1365,
which constitutes %23.7 of total number of translators in
the same year. The rate has increased more than %250
as compared to the last 10 years.
number of 'book of year' winners by Gender
number
35
30
29
30
25
20
15
17
17
14
15
15
10
20
Female
18
Male
13
13
10
5 1
0
1996
6
1
1997
2
1998
1
1999
2
0
2000
2001
2
2002
3
2003
2
2004
1
2005
2
2006
2007
year
- Number of title holder women in 2007
was 6, which has increased a lot as
compared to the last years.
Quran National Activitists Divided by kind of Gender and Activity in 2007
70
60
60
50
50
Female
40
40
Male
40
30
20
15
15
10
0
quran reciters
quran memorizers
quranic contests referees
Up to 2007 the number of women who are reciter and retentive of
Quran at national competition are 40, and it is reported that some of
them have entered to International Quranic Competitions.
Also,The number of women jurors at Quranic Competitions have been
15, that this is %50 of total number of state Quranic Competition jurors.
number of dramas performed about women and family(2005-2007)
number
12
10
10
8
8
6
6
4
2
0
year
2005
2006
2007
- Number of theater performances about women
and family has been 10, which has increased to
%66.67 as compared to the past years.
number of plays written divided by playwrights gender (2005-2007)
number
16
14
15
12
12
12
10
Female
Male
8
8
6
4
5
5
2
0
year
2005
2006
2007
- Number of theater performances directed by women in
2007 has been 12, which constitutes %44.4 of the total
performances in the same year. The rate has increased
to %140 as compared to the past years.
number of works displayed in visual exhibits on women and family (2003-2007)
number
600
500
500
400
300
250
200
200
100
210
130
0
year
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Number of visual arts exhibitions portraying
women and family in 2007 has been reported
500, which is more than three times higher as
compared to the past years.
number of visual arts exhibitions divided by artists gender (2003-2007)
number
16
14
14
12
10
10
8
Female
6
4
Male
5
6
6
3
5
5
4
2
1
0
2003
2004
2005
year
2006
2007
- Number of visual arts exhibitions held by women in
2007 has been 6, which constitutes %30 of the total
visual arts exhibits held in the same year. The number
has increased to %20 as compared to the past years.
number of works selected at domestic visual arts festivals divided by artists gender
(2003-2007)
number
35
30
30
25
Female
20
Male
14
15
10
8
10
4
5
6
0
2003
2
2004
4
5
2005
3
2006
year
2007
- Number of women's selected works in visual arts
domestic festivals in 2007 has been 30, which is more
than twice as much as men's works in the same year.
The number has also increased to %200 as compared
to past years.
63
39
13
18
31
3
5
5
0
2
13
10
11
6
4
4
11
9
musicians
preparations
managers
boom
operators
camera
assistants
short films
88
directors
cinema
instructors
line producers
documentary
line producers
film designers
80
animations
production
assistants
critics
irans film
laboratories
stunts
documentray
makers
technical
designers
cinema
owners
production
managers
cinema
photographers
camera
operators
cinema
managers
editors
assistant
directors
scriptwriters
makeup artists
40
dubbing crew
case
number
number of women members of the cinema house divided by societies and
centers till 2007
200
185
160
120
81
53
30
2
1
5
1
3
0
- Number of women members of the House of
Cinema has been 664 until 2007. The majority
of them were actors, makeup artists and critics
associations.
Number of Female Athletes Under the Coverage of Physical Training Organization
(1986-2006)
Number
3500000
3246810
3000000
2502712
2500000
2000000
1500000
1125236
1051093
903580
1000000
1273006
1199121
1113500
977465
893000
500000
189276
0
Year
1986
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2005
2006
- Number of women athletes covered by sports groups
of the physical education organization has been more
than 3,246,000 in 2006. The rate is 16 times more than
as compared to the last 20 years.
Number of Female Coaches of Sports Nationwide
(1986-2007)
Number
88353
84933
95211
91794
32466
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
20948
19465
16449
13133
1382
17982
15016
11248
1986
100000
90000
80000
70000
60000
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
Year
Number of Female Referees of Sports Nationwide
(1986-2007)
Number
70000
60000
56524
59490
62457
65424
50000
40000
30000
20000
16489
9704
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2000
1998
1997
11112
2002
10408
9001
2001
8297
5183
1996
449
1986
0
7494
1999
10000
Year
- Number of women's sports coaches and
referees in 2007 has been reported 61534,
which is more than 33 times more than the
last 20 years.