emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran

Iran: emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate was 3.51 % change on previous year in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
3.51 % change on previous year
Change on year
up 41.1%
World rank
22nd
of 219 countries
All-time high
67.64 % change on previous year
in 1956
All-time low
-14.68 % change on previous year
in 1980
Years of data
272
1751–2022

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran, 1751–2022

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Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

The most recent figure for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran is 3.51 % change on previous year, measured in 2022.

The figure is up 41.1% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran peaked at 67.64 % change on previous year in 1956 and was at its lowest, -14.68 % change on previous year, in 1980.

Iran ranks 22nd of 219 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran, 1751 to 2022.
Year % change on previous year Change
1751 0.1761 % change on previous year —
1752 0.1758 % change on previous year -0.2%
1753 0.1755 % change on previous year -0.2%
1754 0.1746 % change on previous year -0.5%
1755 0.1743 % change on previous year -0.2%
1756 0.174 % change on previous year -0.2%
1757 0.1737 % change on previous year -0.2%
1758 0.1729 % change on previous year -0.5%
1759 0.1726 % change on previous year -0.2%
1760 0.1723 % change on previous year -0.2%
1761 0.1725 % change on previous year +0.1%
1762 0.1722 % change on previous year -0.2%
1763 0.1719 % change on previous year -0.2%
1764 0.1711 % change on previous year -0.5%
1765 0.1708 % change on previous year -0.2%
1766 0.1706 % change on previous year -0.2%
1767 0.1698 % change on previous year -0.5%
1768 0.17 % change on previous year +0.1%
1769 0.1687 % change on previous year -0.8%
1770 0.1689 % change on previous year +0.1%
1771 0.1686 % change on previous year -0.2%
1772 0.1683 % change on previous year -0.2%
1773 0.168 % change on previous year -0.2%
1774 0.1678 % change on previous year -0.2%
1775 0.167 % change on previous year -0.5%
1776 0.1662 % change on previous year -0.5%
1777 0.1664 % change on previous year +0.1%
1778 0.1657 % change on previous year -0.5%
1779 0.1649 % change on previous year -0.5%
1780 0.1646 % change on previous year -0.2%
1781 0.1648 % change on previous year +0.1%
1782 0.1641 % change on previous year -0.5%
1783 0.1638 % change on previous year -0.2%
1784 0.1631 % change on previous year -0.5%
1785 0.1628 % change on previous year -0.2%
1786 0.1625 % change on previous year -0.2%
1787 0.1618 % change on previous year -0.5%
1788 0.161 % change on previous year -0.5%
1789 0.1613 % change on previous year +0.1%
1790 0.1605 % change on previous year -0.5%
1791 0.1598 % change on previous year -0.5%
1792 0.1595 % change on previous year -0.2%
1793 0.1588 % change on previous year -0.5%
1794 0.1585 % change on previous year -0.2%
1795 0.1578 % change on previous year -0.5%
1796 0.1576 % change on previous year -0.2%
1797 0.1573 % change on previous year -0.2%
1798 0.1566 % change on previous year -0.5%
1799 0.1563 % change on previous year -0.2%
1800 0.1556 % change on previous year -0.5%
1801 0.1549 % change on previous year -0.5%
1802 0.1542 % change on previous year -0.5%
1803 0.1535 % change on previous year -0.5%
1804 0.1532 % change on previous year -0.2%
1805 0.153 % change on previous year -0.2%
1806 0.1523 % change on previous year -0.5%
1807 0.1521 % change on previous year -0.2%
1808 0.1514 % change on previous year -0.5%
1809 0.1507 % change on previous year -0.5%
1810 0.1504 % change on previous year -0.2%
1811 0.1493 % change on previous year -0.8%
1812 0.1481 % change on previous year -0.8%
1813 0.1484 % change on previous year +0.2%
1814 0.1472 % change on previous year -0.8%
1815 0.147 % change on previous year -0.1%
1816 0.1468 % change on previous year -0.1%
1817 0.1461 % change on previous year -0.5%
1818 0.1454 % change on previous year -0.5%
1819 0.1452 % change on previous year -0.1%
1820 0.1446 % change on previous year -0.5%
1821 0.4967 % change on previous year +243.6%
1822 0.4933 % change on previous year -0.7%
1823 0.49 % change on previous year -0.7%
1824 0.4867 % change on previous year -0.7%
1825 0.4839 % change on previous year -0.6%
1826 0.4806 % change on previous year -0.7%
1827 0.4779 % change on previous year -0.6%
1828 0.4747 % change on previous year -0.7%
1829 0.4716 % change on previous year -0.7%
1830 0.4685 % change on previous year -0.7%
1831 0.4593 % change on previous year -2.0%
1832 0.4563 % change on previous year -0.6%
1833 0.4533 % change on previous year -0.6%
1834 0.4504 % change on previous year -0.6%
1835 0.4476 % change on previous year -0.6%
1836 0.4447 % change on previous year -0.6%
1837 0.4423 % change on previous year -0.5%
1838 0.4395 % change on previous year -0.6%
1839 0.4367 % change on previous year -0.6%
1840 0.434 % change on previous year -0.6%
1841 0.4241 % change on previous year -2.3%
1842 0.4211 % change on previous year -0.7%
1843 0.4189 % change on previous year -0.5%
1844 0.4163 % change on previous year -0.6%
1845 0.4138 % change on previous year -0.6%
1846 0.4108 % change on previous year -0.7%
1847 0.4087 % change on previous year -0.5%
1848 0.4063 % change on previous year -0.6%
1849 0.4034 % change on previous year -0.7%
1850 0.5694 % change on previous year +41.2%
1851 0.3093 % change on previous year -45.7%
1852 0.3043 % change on previous year -1.6%
1853 0.2994 % change on previous year -1.6%
1854 0.2945 % change on previous year -1.6%
1855 0.2901 % change on previous year -1.5%
1856 0.2932 % change on previous year +1.1%
1857 0.288 % change on previous year -1.8%
1858 0.2836 % change on previous year -1.5%
1859 0.2785 % change on previous year -1.8%
1860 0.2734 % change on previous year -1.8%
1861 0.2683 % change on previous year -1.8%
1862 0.2629 % change on previous year -2.0%
1863 0.2584 % change on previous year -1.7%
1864 0.2534 % change on previous year -1.9%
1865 0.2485 % change on previous year -1.9%
1866 0.2514 % change on previous year +1.2%
1867 0.2465 % change on previous year -1.9%
1868 0.2413 % change on previous year -2.1%
1869 0.2365 % change on previous year -2.0%
1870 0.2317 % change on previous year -2.0%
1871 1.2 % change on previous year +418.8%
1872 1.18 % change on previous year -1.9%
1873 1.16 % change on previous year -1.9%
1874 1.13 % change on previous year -1.9%
1875 1.11 % change on previous year -1.9%
1876 1.11 % change on previous year -0.3%
1877 1.09 % change on previous year -1.9%
1878 1.07 % change on previous year -1.9%
1879 1.05 % change on previous year -1.9%
1880 1.03 % change on previous year -1.9%
1881 1.02 % change on previous year -1.3%
1882 0.9971 % change on previous year -1.9%
1883 0.9782 % change on previous year -1.9%
1884 0.9598 % change on previous year -1.9%
1885 0.9421 % change on previous year -1.8%
1886 0.9405 % change on previous year -0.2%
1887 0.923 % change on previous year -1.9%
1888 0.9053 % change on previous year -1.9%
1889 0.8887 % change on previous year -1.8%
1890 0.872 % change on previous year -1.9%
1891 0.6297 % change on previous year -27.8%
1892 0.6174 % change on previous year -2.0%
1893 0.6054 % change on previous year -2.0%
1894 0.5932 % change on previous year -2.0%
1895 0.5812 % change on previous year -2.0%
1896 0.5854 % change on previous year +0.7%
1897 0.5732 % change on previous year -2.1%
1898 0.561 % change on previous year -2.1%
1899 0.5496 % change on previous year -2.0%
1900 0.538 % change on previous year -2.1%
1901 -1.8 % change on previous year -433.8%
1902 -1.87 % change on previous year +3.9%
1903 -1.94 % change on previous year +3.9%
1904 -2.01 % change on previous year +3.9%
1905 -2.09 % change on previous year +3.9%
1906 -2.16 % change on previous year +3.2%
1907 -2.25 % change on previous year +4.0%
1908 -2.34 % change on previous year +4.0%
1909 -2.43 % change on previous year +4.1%
1910 -2.53 % change on previous year +4.1%
1911 -1.41 % change on previous year -44.4%
1912 -1.5 % change on previous year +6.4%
1913 -1.55 % change on previous year +3.7%
1914 -1.67 % change on previous year +7.3%
1915 -1.77 % change on previous year +6.3%
1916 -1.69 % change on previous year -4.5%
1917 -1.79 % change on previous year +5.7%
1918 -1.92 % change on previous year +7.1%
1919 -2.02 % change on previous year +5.3%
1920 -2.12 % change on previous year +5.2%
1921 -2.19 % change on previous year +3.0%
1922 -2.31 % change on previous year +5.5%
1923 -2.41 % change on previous year +4.6%
1924 -2.6 % change on previous year +7.7%
1925 -3.04 % change on previous year +17.1%
1926 -3.25 % change on previous year +6.8%
1927 -3.39 % change on previous year +4.4%
1928 -3.7 % change on previous year +9.0%
1929 -4.14 % change on previous year +11.8%
1930 -4.2 % change on previous year +1.4%
1931 -4.78 % change on previous year +13.8%
1932 -4.8 % change on previous year +0.5%
1933 -5.2 % change on previous year +8.2%
1934 -5.69 % change on previous year +9.6%
1935 -6.4 % change on previous year +12.5%
1936 -6.63 % change on previous year +3.4%
1937 -7.12 % change on previous year +7.5%
1938 -8.86 % change on previous year +24.4%
1939 0.9137 % change on previous year -110.3%
1940 1.04 % change on previous year +13.3%
1941 -2.7 % change on previous year -360.3%
1942 -0.7497 % change on previous year -72.2%
1943 -3.07 % change on previous year +309.4%
1944 6.13 % change on previous year -299.8%
1945 9.31 % change on previous year +51.8%
1946 1.34 % change on previous year -85.6%
1947 6.27 % change on previous year +369.1%
1948 -2.9 % change on previous year -146.2%
1949 4.01 % change on previous year -238.3%
1950 6.93 % change on previous year +73.0%
1951 -11.77 % change on previous year -269.9%
1952 -13.79 % change on previous year +17.2%
1953 -7.22 % change on previous year -47.6%
1954 10.44 % change on previous year -244.6%
1955 -0.4929 % change on previous year -104.7%
1956 67.64 % change on previous year -13823.2%
1957 16.13 % change on previous year -76.2%
1958 10.6 % change on previous year -34.3%
1959 -9.21 % change on previous year -186.8%
1960 52.36 % change on previous year -668.8%
1961 -12.91 % change on previous year -124.7%
1962 -4.89 % change on previous year -62.1%
1963 4.22 % change on previous year -186.3%
1964 10.77 % change on previous year +155.1%
1965 0.6978 % change on previous year -93.5%
1966 -0.6245 % change on previous year -189.5%
1967 1.96 % change on previous year -413.5%
1968 15.79 % change on previous year +706.4%
1969 -8.43 % change on previous year -153.4%
1970 12.75 % change on previous year -251.3%
1971 11.53 % change on previous year -9.5%
1972 14.83 % change on previous year +28.6%
1973 23.55 % change on previous year +58.8%
1974 12.14 % change on previous year -48.4%
1975 15.67 % change on previous year +29.1%
1976 17.02 % change on previous year +8.6%
1977 9.27 % change on previous year -45.5%
1978 0.4178 % change on previous year -95.5%
1979 3.85 % change on previous year +822.2%
1980 -14.68 % change on previous year -481.0%
1981 -8.11 % change on previous year -44.8%
1982 12.4 % change on previous year -253.0%
1983 20.1 % change on previous year +62.1%
1984 3.26 % change on previous year -83.8%
1985 7 % change on previous year +114.8%
1986 -6.02 % change on previous year -186.0%
1987 3.95 % change on previous year -165.5%
1988 0.6497 % change on previous year -83.5%
1989 5.69 % change on previous year +775.8%
1990 9.78 % change on previous year +71.9%
1991 -0.3756 % change on previous year -103.8%
1992 0.4795 % change on previous year -227.7%
1993 0.5597 % change on previous year +16.7%
1994 3.18 % change on previous year +468.1%
1995 -0.4948 % change on previous year -115.6%
1996 4.03 % change on previous year -915.2%
1997 6.94 % change on previous year +72.1%
1998 3.22 % change on previous year -53.6%
1999 3.66 % change on previous year +13.7%
2000 10.16 % change on previous year +177.2%
2001 5.94 % change on previous year -41.5%
2002 7.74 % change on previous year +30.3%
2003 2.64 % change on previous year -65.9%
2004 -0.4914 % change on previous year -118.6%
2005 3.45 % change on previous year -802.6%
2006 -5.2 % change on previous year -250.6%
2007 -13.26 % change on previous year +154.9%
2008 -8.32 % change on previous year -37.2%
2009 -8.86 % change on previous year +6.5%
2010 -10.77 % change on previous year +21.5%
2011 -3.86 % change on previous year -64.2%
2012 3.18 % change on previous year -182.5%
2013 0.8212 % change on previous year -74.2%
2014 5.13 % change on previous year +524.5%
2015 -1.52 % change on previous year -129.6%
2016 -3.17 % change on previous year +108.9%
2017 1.34 % change on previous year -142.3%
2018 -1.59 % change on previous year -218.5%
2019 0.8703 % change on previous year -154.8%
2020 -8.05 % change on previous year -1025.3%
2021 2.49 % change on previous year -130.9%
2022 3.51 % change on previous year +41.1%

Iran compared with similar countries

  • Iran's 3.51 % change on previous year is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.0344 % change on previous year. (57 countries reporting)
  • Iran's 3.51 % change on previous year is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.6 % change on previous year, 2.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1956 +13823.2% -0.4929 % change on previous year 67.64 % change on previous year
2020 -1025.3% 0.8703 % change on previous year -8.05 % change on previous year
1996 +915.2% -0.4948 % change on previous year 4.03 % change on previous year
1979 +822.2% 0.4178 % change on previous year 3.85 % change on previous year
2005 +802.6% -0.4914 % change on previous year 3.45 % change on previous year
1989 +775.8% 0.6497 % change on previous year 5.69 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 0.1744 % change on previous year 0.1726 % change on previous year 0.1761 % change on previous year 9
1760s 0.171 % change on previous year 0.1687 % change on previous year 0.1725 % change on previous year 10
1770s 0.1672 % change on previous year 0.1649 % change on previous year 0.1689 % change on previous year 10
1780s 0.163 % change on previous year 0.161 % change on previous year 0.1648 % change on previous year 10
1790s 0.1583 % change on previous year 0.1563 % change on previous year 0.1605 % change on previous year 10
1800s 0.1531 % change on previous year 0.1507 % change on previous year 0.1556 % change on previous year 10
1810s 0.1474 % change on previous year 0.1452 % change on previous year 0.1504 % change on previous year 10
1820s 0.45 % change on previous year 0.1446 % change on previous year 0.4967 % change on previous year 10
1830s 0.4499 % change on previous year 0.4367 % change on previous year 0.4685 % change on previous year 10
1840s 0.4157 % change on previous year 0.4034 % change on previous year 0.434 % change on previous year 10
1850s 0.321 % change on previous year 0.2785 % change on previous year 0.5694 % change on previous year 10
1860s 0.2541 % change on previous year 0.2365 % change on previous year 0.2734 % change on previous year 10
1870s 1.03 % change on previous year 0.2317 % change on previous year 1.2 % change on previous year 10
1880s 0.958 % change on previous year 0.8887 % change on previous year 1.03 % change on previous year 10
1890s 0.6168 % change on previous year 0.5496 % change on previous year 0.872 % change on previous year 10
1900s -1.83 % change on previous year -2.43 % change on previous year 0.538 % change on previous year 10
1910s -1.79 % change on previous year -2.53 % change on previous year -1.41 % change on previous year 10
1920s -2.92 % change on previous year -4.14 % change on previous year -2.12 % change on previous year 10
1930s -5.28 % change on previous year -8.86 % change on previous year 0.9137 % change on previous year 10
1940s 1.87 % change on previous year -3.07 % change on previous year 9.31 % change on previous year 10
1950s 6.93 % change on previous year -13.79 % change on previous year 67.64 % change on previous year 10
1960s 5.89 % change on previous year -12.91 % change on previous year 52.36 % change on previous year 10
1970s 12.1 % change on previous year 0.4178 % change on previous year 23.55 % change on previous year 10
1980s 2.42 % change on previous year -14.68 % change on previous year 20.1 % change on previous year 10
1990s 3.1 % change on previous year -0.4948 % change on previous year 9.78 % change on previous year 10
2000s -0.62 % change on previous year -13.26 % change on previous year 10.16 % change on previous year 10
2010s -0.9554 % change on previous year -10.77 % change on previous year 5.13 % change on previous year 10
2020s -0.6864 % change on previous year -8.05 % change on previous year 3.51 % change on previous year 3

Countries ranked near Iran

  1. 19 Antigua and Barbuda 3.65 % change on previous year compare
  2. 20 Cayman Islands 3.62 % change on previous year compare
  3. 21 United Arab Emirates 3.58 % change on previous year compare
  4. 23 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3.42 % change on previous year compare
  5. 24 Seychelles 3.37 % change on previous year compare
  6. 25 Ecuador 3.36 % change on previous year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran?
Emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Iran was 3.51 % change on previous year in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Iran?
The highest recorded value was 67.64 % change on previous year in 1956.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Iran?
The lowest recorded value was -14.68 % change on previous year in 1980.
How does Iran rank for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate?
Iran ranks 22nd out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate rising or falling in Iran?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iran data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
219 places, 59,468 data points, 1751–2022
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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.