Machinery and transport equipment in Iran, Islamic Republic of

Iran, Islamic Republic of: Machinery and transport equipment was 7.8% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
7.8%
Change on year
down 28.3%
World rank
76th
of 149 countries
All-time high
25.4%
in 2003
All-time low
7.2%
in 1979
Years of data
60
1963–2022

Machinery and transport equipment in Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1963–2022

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Source: International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Measured in % of value added in manufacturing.

Analysis

Iran, Islamic Republic of recorded 7.8% for machinery and transport equipment in 2022.

The figure is down 28.3% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, machinery and transport equipment in Iran, Islamic Republic of peaked at 25.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 7.2%, in 1979.

Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 76th of 149 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 60 years of available data.

Machinery and transport equipment in Iran, Islamic Republic of, year by year

Annual values for Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing) in Iran, Islamic Republic of, 1963 to 2022.
Year % of value added in manufacturing Change
1963 7.8%
1964 10.0% +27.9%
1965 7.9% -21.3%
1966 9.2% +15.9%
1967 8.7% -5.4%
1968 8.6% -0.5%
1969 11.0% +27.4%
1970 11.2% +1.6%
1971 10.4% -7.1%
1972 9.4% -9.8%
1973 8.8% -5.7%
1974 8.2% -7.5%
1975 9.6% +18.0%
1976 10.2% +5.8%
1977 9.8% -4.2%
1978 9.8% +0.0%
1979 7.2% -26.4%
1980 7.4% +3.3%
1981 11.4% +53.9%
1982 11.9% +4.4%
1983 14.2% +19.5%
1984 15.6% +9.7%
1985 13.7% -12.7%
1986 9.2% -32.8%
1987 11.1% +21.4%
1988 10.5% -5.4%
1989 12.0% +14.1%
1990 15.4% +28.1%
1991 16.9% +9.6%
1992 11.3% -33.0%
1993 11.2% -0.7%
1994 14.1% +25.8%
1995 15.1% +6.9%
1996 14.9% -1.2%
1997 18.7% +25.5%
1998 16.5% -11.8%
1999 17.1% +3.5%
2000 19.7% +15.2%
2001 24.0% +21.9%
2002 21.1% -12.0%
2003 25.4% +20.5%
2004 22.3% -12.2%
2005 23.5% +5.4%
2006 24.4% +3.8%
2007 20.0% -18.3%
2008 20.1% +0.8%
2009 22.5% +12.1%
2010 21.6% -4.2%
2011 17.6% -18.3%
2012 9.4% -46.7%
2013 10.7% +13.9%
2014 15.8% +47.7%
2015 14.9% -5.8%
2016 17.7% +19.0%
2017 15.0% -15.2%
2018 7.5% -50.2%
2019 8.3% +11.1%
2020 7.8% -5.9%
2021 10.9% +39.5%
2022 7.8% -28.3%

Iran, Islamic Republic of compared with similar countries

  • Iran, Islamic Republic of's 7.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.8%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • Iran, Islamic Republic of's 7.8% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4.3%, 1.8× the median. (20 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 9.0% 7.8% 11.0% 7
1970s 9.4% 7.2% 11.2% 10
1980s 11.7% 7.4% 15.6% 10
1990s 15.1% 11.2% 18.7% 10
2000s 22.3% 19.7% 25.4% 10
2010s 13.9% 7.5% 21.6% 10
2020s 8.9% 7.8% 10.9% 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is machinery and transport equipment in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
Machinery and transport equipment in Iran, Islamic Republic of was 7.8% in 2022, according to International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
What is the highest machinery and transport equipment recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
The highest recorded value was 25.4% in 2003.
What is the lowest machinery and transport equipment recorded in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
The lowest recorded value was 7.2% in 1979.
How does Iran, Islamic Republic of rank for machinery and transport equipment?
Iran, Islamic Republic of ranks 76th out of 149 countries with data for 2022.
Is machinery and transport equipment rising or falling in Iran, Islamic Republic of?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iran, Islamic Republic of data come from?
The figures come from International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), published as part of Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Machinery and transport equipment (% of value added in manufacturing)
Unit
% of value added in manufacturing
Source
International Yearbook of Industrial Statistics, UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
149 places, 5,404 data points, 1963–2024
Last refreshed

Machinery and transport equipment manufacturing includes industries classified in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 29-35. Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in manufacturing which is the contribution to the economy by the manufacturing sector (ISIC Rev. 3 major division D).