Livability · rank 104/167
Is 🇮🇷 Iran (Tehran) a good place to live?
Quality score 55/100 against essentials of $493/month.
The five metrics
Internet 14 35.7 Mbps median broadband, 85.3% online
Safety 86 2.4 homicides/100k (2014)
Healthcare 81 UHC service coverage 81/100 (2023)
Air quality 38 PM2.5 33.1 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.23 · corruption control -1.15 · stability -1.58 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $0.55 /mo broadband
- ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($493) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 4.1× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 6.1× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 10.1× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇩🇿 Algeria — quality 69, essentials $621/mo
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan — quality 71.7, essentials $639/mo
- 🇳🇵 Nepal — quality 49, essentials $433/mo
- 🇵🇭 Philippines — quality 73.4, essentials $637/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Iran
Frequently asked questions
- Is Iran a good place to live for remote workers?
- Iran scores 55/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 35.7 Mbps, safety 86, healthcare 81, air quality 38; English not scored) — rank 104 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Iran?
- Median fixed broadband is around 35.7 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Iran?
- Single-person essentials run about $493/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (6.1× essentials).