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Countdown Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The Countdown developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for Iran (Islamic Republic of).

Iran (Islamic Republic of) income group: Upper Middle Income
Comparison
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Southern Asia
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet
5.13 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
16%
Availability of fruits
361.7 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
285.4 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services (SDG 6.1.1)
88%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
168.8 USD/capita
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women (SDG 2.2.4)
81%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
48%
NCD-Protect
3.9
NCD-Risk
2
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
4%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
20%
Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)
7%
Percent population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG 2.1.2)
40%
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
No Data
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, Natural Resources, and Production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
32%
Cereals yield
0.2 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
1.6 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
3 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
38,253 100 g/animal
Beef yield
214.3 kg/animal
Fishery health index progress score
24.4
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
138,392.7 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
0.6 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
9.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
1% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
48% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
63%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
0.3 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP (SDG 2.a.1)
13% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
8% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
No Data
Social protection coverage
9% population
Social protection adequacy
13% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
No Data
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land (SDG 5.a.1)
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.1
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
0%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
Explicit protection of the right to food or directive of state policy
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No
Government effectiveness index
-0.9
Food safety capacity
80
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
Regulatory
V-Dem accountability index
-0.7
Open budget index score
No Data
Guarantees for public access to information (SDG 16.10.2)
Yes
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
1.018
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.8
Mobile cellular subscriptions
164.5 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.4
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
32% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1a)
No Data
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities (SDG 2.5.1b)
No Data
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
No Data
Food price volatility
1.4
Food supply variability
37 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable