USD
Iran
Iran's price level is 225 % of US prices, the highest of 125. And its GDP growth is -2.83 %, the 2nd lowest of 127.
Of 10 fields published for Iran, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
225 % of US prices
Money's value
0.60 %
100 saved in Iran in 2000 buys what 1 buys today — 99 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Minimum wage
$466 PPP/mo
The law in Iran sets the floor at about $466 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Inflation rate
42.17 %
At 42.2 % a year, prices double in about 2 years if it holds.
Debt per person
$1,397
ranked 20th of 124
Currency
0.00 %
ranked 12th of 71
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Haiti
avg gap 10.7 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: government debt — 35.60 % (Iran) vs 12.30 %
Suriname
avg gap 25.5 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 225 % of US prices (Iran) vs 31 % of US prices
Papua New Guinea
avg gap 28.4 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: GDP growth — -2.83 % (Iran) vs 5.64 %
Nepal
avg gap 30.6 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: price level — 225 % of US prices (Iran) vs 24 % of US prices
| Unemployment rate | 8.30 % | ranked 93rd of 124 | |
| Minimum wage | $466 PPP/mo | ranked 64th of 90 |
✓ 10 fields published for Iran, every one dated and sourced · 25 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Iran: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, deposit rate, savings vs inflation, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, monthly earnings, median earnings, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax, public holidays.
Sources for all 10 figures
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2023
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-10-23
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
What changed
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 1464 → 1397 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 37.3 → 35.6 |