Expenses · Iran
Healthcare costs in Iran
Households pay $115 per person per year directly — 43.1% of all health spending, or 8% of the US level.
The figures
- Out of pocket, per person
- $115/yr
- paid directly by households (2023)
- Share paid by you
- 43.1%
- of all health spending (2023)
- Total health spend
- $1,064/yr
- per person, PPP international $ (2023)
- Government share
- 46.7%
- funded publicly (2023)
- Doctors
- 1.81
- physicians per 1,000 people (2023)
- Dentists
- 5.26
- per 10,000 people (2023) — access, not price
National averages, updated 2026-09-07. They describe a country, not a person — what you pay depends on insurance, residency and visa. Not medical or financial advice.
Countries with a similar burden
- Türkiye — $104/yr out of pocket
- Algeria — $105/yr out of pocket
- Jamaica — $105/yr out of pocket
- Jordan — $118/yr out of pocket
- Peru — $120/yr out of pocket
- Tunisia — $121/yr out of pocket
See also: all countries ranked · what money is worth in Iran · livability in Iran
Frequently asked questions
How much does healthcare cost in Iran?
Total health spending is $1,064 per person per year (PPP international dollars), of which $115 is paid directly out of pocket by households — 43.1% of the total. These are national averages: what you personally pay depends on insurance, residency status and visa.
Is healthcare in Iran cheaper than the United States?
On out-of-pocket spending per person, Iran is 8% of the US level ($1,472/yr there). Note that a country's general price level is a poor guide to this — scaling healthcare by cost of living overstates costs abroad by up to 5×, which is why these figures are measured rather than modelled.
What does dental care cost in Iran?
This page does not say, because no free, citable source publishes international dental prices — every comparison available online comes from clinics selling the treatment they quote. What is published is access: Iran has 5.26 dentists per 10,000 people.
Where does this data come from?
The World Bank and the WHO Global Health Observatory, refreshed at build time (last updated 2026-09-07). World Bank — SH.XPD.CHEX.PP.CD; World Bank — SH.XPD.OOPC.PC.CD; World Bank — SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS; World Bank — SH.XPD.GHED.CH.ZS; World Bank — SH.MED.PHYS.ZS; WHO Global Health Observatory — HWF_0010.
Are the dollar figures for Iran reliable?
Exchange regime: multiple rates. The World Bank official rate (PA.NUS.FCRF) is exactly 42,000 rial per dollar for every year 2019-2023 while the open market passed 810,000 (April 2025) and one million (March 2025); an official 280,000 rate applies only to staples and medicine. Dollar figures here are converted by the World Bank (Atlas method, which uses an alternative conversion factor where the official rate is unrepresentative), not at the official rate; treat them as approximate.