Country Report (Iran)

Prepared for

Regional Workshop on

Information Society Measurement

In Asia Pacific
Bangkok, 26-28 July 2006

Hamidreza Pouyanfar
Senior Expert of Communications and Storage Statistics

Statistical Center of Iran 16 July 2006

Brief of My Country: IRAN

Area: 1,648,195 square km

Populations:
Population Density: Capital:

68,467,440 ( in 2005)
41.5 Tehran Islam Persian Rial 6031 km 2,700 km
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along

Official religion:
Official language: Money unit: Land boundaries: Coastline:

Climate:

Chart of the Statistical Center of Iran ( SCI )

High Council of Statistics Head of Statistical Centre of Iran Statistical Research Center

Bureau of Technical Supervision and Secretariat of High Council of Statistics

Office of the Head and Bureau of International affairs and Public Relations

Deputy of Administrative Affairs and Logistics

Deputy of Data Processing and Information Dissemination

Deputy of National Accounts and Studies

Deputy of Statistical Projects

Bureau of Training and Management Services

Bureau of System Designing

Bureau of Economic Accounts Bureau of Statistical Definitions and Standards Bureau of Registered Statistics Bureau of Preparation of Technical Designs and Statistical Frames

Bureau of Agricultural Statistics Bureau of Household Socio-Economic Statistics Bureau of Industrial, Mineral and Environmental Statistics Bureau of Infrastructure Statistics Bureau of Cultural and Social Services Statistics Bureau of Trade and Servises Statistics

Bureau of Net Affairs and Computer Services Bureau of Map Affairs and Statistical Documents Bureau of Publications and Information Dissemination

Bureau of Financial Affairs

Bureau of Price Indices

Activities of the SCI

Conducting national censuses; Preparing national accounts and prices indices;

Data capture and dissemination, and development of statistical database;

Coordinating and directing statistical activities

Preparing standard definitions of terms used in statistical surveys; Executing statistical surveys; Miscellaneous Activities.

Number of staff : Around 600

Deputy For Statistical Projects

Study and recognition of statistical requirements of the country, Determination of priorities based on pressing needs for managerial staff for planning on national and sub-national levels; Updating statistics on Population, Manpower, Household Expenditure And Income, Agriculture, Manufacturing, Mine and Energy, Construction,Communication,Trade and Services.

Bureau of Infrastructure Statistics

Investigating statistical needs in the field of

construction, transportation and

communication;

Preparing subject-matter statistical designs

( including determination of objectives and

preparation of final tables, definitions and

concepts, forms, questionnaires, instruction

questionnaires, editing and data manuals on how to complete the forms and processing instructions ) in related fields on national and

sub-national level;

Cooperating with the bureau of Preparation of Technical Designs and Statistical Frames in preparation of required standards and classifications in related fields;

Preparing and formulating training materials for related statistical surveys and implementing training programs with the

cooperation of the training and management

services department;

Directing the execution of related statistical surveys from technical point of view and cooperating in the preparation and execution of control and supervision plans;

Studying the results of related statistical surveys and preparing necessary reports and publications;

Introducing and publicizing statistical plans of the bureau through preparation of reports, papers and publications;

 Rendering statistical services demanded by

public and private agencies after confirmation of the SCI authorities;

Cooperating with other departments and

bureaus of the SCI in carrying out the above-mentioned duties.

Other related activities.

Number of staff : 15

My Duties

Head of group responsible of producing Transportation, Communications and Storage statistics;

Conducting and helping ( consultant ) experts who work on the field of transportation, communications and

storage statistics;

Preparing,conducting and supervising statistical designs

related to transportation, communications and storage ;

Preparing final reports and data analysis.

Households Use of ICT (Percentage)

2001 2002 2003 2004 Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural

Radio

73.7

57.6 44.5 41.6 0.3 0.9 29.2 -

75.1
17.1 82.2

58.8
36.6 51.9

74.4
10.8 88.0

61.3
25.6 64.8

72.0
7.4 91.6

56.0
17.2 73.4

Black & White TV 23.2 Color TV 75.5

PC
Cell Phone Telephone Line

4.8
6.8 67.0 -

6.9
9.3 72.2 -

0.5
1.5 36.0 -

10.3
13.7 78.1 -

1.4
2.7 41.2 -

15.5
17.3 82.3 5.4

2.1
4.3 50.3 0.3

Internet

Statistical Center of Iran: Survey of Household Expenditure and Income

ICT Indicators
63.7 14.1 9.5 14.9 64.5 14.5 10.9 16.9 2.1 3.2 4.5 7.0 65.5 15.0 12.9 19.7 2.3 3.5 4.9 7.5 66.5 15.8 15.3 23.1 3.5 5.2 5.8 8.7 67.5 16.4 17.8 26.4 5.1 7.5 7.0 10.4 68.5 16.7 20.3 29.6 8.5 12.4 n.a n.a

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total population (1)(millions) Total houshold (1)(millions) Telephone, number in use (2)(millions) Telephone lines per 100 people (1)

Cellular telephone subscriber (2)(millions) 1.0

Cellular Subscribers per 100 people (1) 1.5

PC, number in use (3)(millions) PC in use per 100 people (3) 4.0 6.3

Internet users, number (3)(millions)

Internet users per 100 people (3)
1. Statistical Center of Iran 2. Iran Telecommunications Company 3. Ministry of ICT

0.2
0.3

1.7
2.6

3.2
4.9

5.5
8.3

6.6
9.8

n.a
n.a

Internet

Centers (2005)
13
1027

Science & Technology Park, number in use

Number of Internet service providers (ISP)

Number of Internet connection providers (ICP) 32

Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP)
1. Ministry of ICT

100

Related
http://www.takfa.ir
http://www.itiran.com http://www.iritn.com

sites addresses

http://www.sanaray.com
http://www.farsilinux.org http://www.shci.ir http://www.itna.ir http://www.sci.org.ir http://www.iran-ict.org