Iran exposure#
This page summarises the exposure model for Iran in Middle East, including national, subnational, and taxonomy-level views.
National summary#
The national exposure profile by occupancy class highlights the distribution of buildings, replacement value, and exposed population.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| COM | 1,925.8K | 0.0M | $80.5B | 10.99% | 0.00% | 8.24% |
| IND | 99.7K | 0.0M | $76.6B | 0.57% | 0.00% | 7.85% |
| RES | 15,498.0K | 92.4M | $819.3B | 88.44% | 100.00% | 83.91% |

Figure: Relative contribution of occupancy classes to total national exposure in Iran.

Figure: National exposure distribution by taxonomy classes in Iran.

Figure: Building height profile used in the exposure model for Iran.
Subnational summary#
The subnational summary aggregates exposure by first administrative level and supports comparison of spatial concentration of assets.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME_1 | ||||||
| Tehrān | 1,580.8K | 15.4M | $159.9B | 9.02% | 16.67% | 16.38% |
| Khorāsān-e Raẕavī | 1,396.7K | 7.5M | $79.9B | 7.97% | 8.08% | 8.18% |
| Fārs | 1,233.8K | 5.6M | $66.1B | 7.04% | 6.07% | 6.77% |
| Khūzestān | 1,145.9K | 5.5M | $55.8B | 6.54% | 5.91% | 5.72% |
| Eşfahān | 994.3K | 5.9M | $53.0B | 5.67% | 6.43% | 5.42% |
| Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Shārqī | 915.3K | 4.5M | $48.8B | 5.22% | 4.91% | 5.00% |
| Āz̄ārbāyjān-e Ghārbī | 988.5K | 3.8M | $42.8B | 5.64% | 4.10% | 4.39% |
| Māzandarān | 805.2K | 3.8M | $38.7B | 4.60% | 4.12% | 3.96% |
| Kermān | 813.9K | 3.4M | $35.6B | 4.64% | 3.67% | 3.64% |
| Alborz | 352.2K | 3.1M | $31.0B | 2.01% | 3.40% | 3.17% |
| Gīlān | 631.7K | 2.9M | $29.6B | 3.60% | 3.17% | 3.03% |
| Sīstān va Balūchestān | 755.0K | 3.2M | $29.6B | 4.31% | 3.48% | 3.03% |
| Golestān | 512.0K | 2.2M | $24.7B | 2.92% | 2.34% | 2.53% |
| Kermānshāh | 508.5K | 2.3M | $24.7B | 2.90% | 2.45% | 2.53% |
| Lorestān | 480.6K | 2.0M | $23.2B | 2.74% | 2.21% | 2.38% |
| Hamadān | 390.2K | 2.0M | $21.9B | 2.23% | 2.18% | 2.25% |
| Hormozgān | 440.4K | 2.1M | $20.0B | 2.51% | 2.23% | 2.04% |
| Markazī | 289.3K | 1.7M | $19.2B | 1.65% | 1.80% | 1.97% |
| Kordestān | 422.4K | 1.9M | $18.9B | 2.41% | 2.01% | 1.94% |
| Qazvīn | 250.8K | 1.5M | $17.7B | 1.43% | 1.60% | 1.81% |
| Qom | 207.9K | 1.5M | $17.5B | 1.19% | 1.62% | 1.79% |
| Ardabīl | 331.9K | 1.5M | $16.0B | 1.89% | 1.60% | 1.64% |
| Yazd | 319.3K | 1.3M | $15.7B | 1.82% | 1.43% | 1.60% |
| Būshehr | 294.7K | 1.3M | $13.5B | 1.68% | 1.45% | 1.38% |
| Zanjān | 262.0K | 1.2M | $13.1B | 1.50% | 1.33% | 1.34% |
| Chahār Maḩāl va Bakhtīārī | 256.8K | 1.1M | $12.3B | 1.47% | 1.19% | 1.26% |
| Semnān | 148.6K | 0.8M | $11.1B | 0.85% | 0.88% | 1.14% |
| Khorāsān-e Shomālī | 222.8K | 1.0M | $9.9B | 1.27% | 1.08% | 1.02% |
| Khorāsān-e Jonūbī | 200.5K | 0.9M | $9.1B | 1.14% | 0.97% | 0.93% |
| Īlām | 178.3K | 0.7M | $8.8B | 1.02% | 0.73% | 0.90% |
| Kohgīlūyeh va Bowyer Aḩmad | 193.0K | 0.8M | $8.3B | 1.10% | 0.89% | 0.85% |

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by occupancy class across first-level administrative units.

Figure: Subnational distribution of exposure by taxonomy classes across first-level administrative units.
Taxonomy summary#
The taxonomy summary provides a detailed view of building classes represented in the national exposure model.

Figure: Distribution of exposure by detailed taxonomy classes in Iran.
| BUILDINGS | POPULATION | TOTAL_COST | BUILDINGS_% | POPULATION_% | TOTAL_COST_% | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MACRO_TAXONOMY | TAXONOMY | OCCUPANCY | ||||||
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/RES | RES | 3,242,333 | 14,254.2K | $132,818.0M | 18.50% | 15.42% | 13.60% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/RES | RES | 2,054,384 | 8,876.7K | $79,383.9M | 11.72% | 9.60% | 8.13% |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:4-8/RES | RES | 263,159 | 7,881.0K | $75,268.5M | 1.50% | 8.53% | 7.71% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/RES | RES | 1,492,883 | 6,477.3K | $69,479.0M | 8.52% | 7.01% | 7.12% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/RES | RES | 1,298,272 | 5,577.3K | $56,867.5M | 7.41% | 6.03% | 5.82% |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/RES | RES | 1,144,223 | 4,966.0K | $53,136.8M | 6.53% | 5.37% | 5.44% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-8/RES | RES | 172,669 | 5,087.0K | $43,066.1M | 0.99% | 5.50% | 4.41% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ST/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1-3/RES | RES | 1,433,816 | 6,161.3K | $31,807.0M | 8.18% | 6.67% | 3.26% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-8/RES | RES | 122,020 | 3,623.3K | $31,497.1M | 0.70% | 3.92% | 3.23% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:4-8/RES | RES | 94,176 | 2,904.0K | $27,019.0M | 0.54% | 3.14% | 2.77% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/RES | RES | 574,348 | 2,604.8K | $24,800.9M | 3.28% | 2.82% | 2.54% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-8/RES | RES | 80,296 | 2,393.3K | $24,519.3M | 0.46% | 2.59% | 2.51% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:4-8/RES | RES | 73,253 | 2,166.8K | $24,447.2M | 0.42% | 2.34% | 2.50% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4-8/RES | RES | 83,334 | 2,496.2K | $22,172.3M | 0.48% | 2.70% | 2.27% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/RES | RES | 465,862 | 2,021.0K | $21,634.4M | 2.66% | 2.19% | 2.22% | |
| MUR | MUR+CB/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1-3/RES | RES | 790,486 | 3,391.4K | $18,514.4M | 4.51% | 3.67% | 1.90% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 18,301 | 0.0K | $17,426.8M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 1.78% |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 17,867 | 0.0K | $15,740.2M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 1.61% | |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/RES | RES | 366,553 | 1,665.0K | $15,416.3M | 2.09% | 1.80% | 1.58% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 13,803 | 0.0K | $13,146.9M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 1.35% | |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 13,478 | 0.0K | $11,874.3M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 1.22% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 212,078 | 0.0K | $11,750.3M | 1.21% | 0.00% | 1.20% |
| ADO|ST|E | MUR+ADO/LWAL/CDN+ERN/H:1-3/RES | RES | 940,699 | 4,039.6K | $11,568.0M | 5.37% | 4.37% | 1.18% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:4-8/RES | RES | 38,876 | 1,130.5K | $10,662.2M | 0.22% | 1.22% | 1.09% |
| OT | INF/LN/CDN+ERN/H:1/RES | RES | 245,260 | 1,111.7K | $9,895.3M | 1.40% | 1.20% | 1.01% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 175,230 | 0.0K | $9,708.5M | 1.00% | 0.00% | 0.99% |
| CR+ | CR/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/RES | RES | 200,100 | 853.9K | $9,510.4M | 1.14% | 0.92% | 0.97% |
| CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 317,902 | 0.0K | $8,852.4M | 1.81% | 0.00% | 0.91% | |
| CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1-3/RES | RES | 200,100 | 854.1K | $8,799.2M | 1.14% | 0.92% | 0.90% | |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:4-8/RES | RES | 29,930 | 924.4K | $8,617.5M | 0.17% | 1.00% | 0.88% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 262,657 | 0.0K | $7,314.2M | 1.50% | 0.00% | 0.75% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 160,314 | 0.0K | $6,418.8M | 0.91% | 0.00% | 0.66% |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 154,027 | 0.0K | $6,167.1M | 0.88% | 0.00% | 0.63% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:4-8/RES | RES | 17,267 | 509.1K | $4,306.6M | 0.10% | 0.55% | 0.44% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 71,714 | 0.0K | $3,854.7M | 0.41% | 0.00% | 0.39% |
| MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 68,896 | 0.0K | $3,703.5M | 0.39% | 0.00% | 0.38% | |
| MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 107,546 | 0.0K | $2,894.2M | 0.61% | 0.00% | 0.30% | |
| MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 103,329 | 0.0K | $2,780.7M | 0.59% | 0.00% | 0.28% | |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 7,375 | 0.0K | $2,179.5M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.22% |
| HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 37,149 | 0.0K | $2,136.1M | 0.21% | 0.00% | 0.22% | |
| HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 35,690 | 0.0K | $2,052.4M | 0.20% | 0.00% | 0.21% | |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 4,556 | 0.0K | $1,976.5M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/IND | IND | 4,556 | 0.0K | $1,976.5M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.20% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 4,113 | 0.0K | $1,782.0M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.18% |
| CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 21,223 | 0.0K | $1,754.4M | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.18% | |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 5,563 | 0.0K | $1,644.1M | 0.03% | 0.00% | 0.17% |
| HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 55,711 | 0.0K | $1,605.0M | 0.32% | 0.00% | 0.16% | |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:4-8/RES | RES | 5,003 | 150.1K | $1,586.2M | 0.03% | 0.16% | 0.16% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 53,523 | 0.0K | $1,542.1M | 0.31% | 0.00% | 0.16% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:1/IND | IND | 3,441 | 0.0K | $1,490.9M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 17,532 | 0.0K | $1,448.2M | 0.10% | 0.00% | 0.15% |
| CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/RES | RES | 34,903 | 151.1K | $1,436.0M | 0.20% | 0.16% | 0.15% | |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:1/COM | COM | 11,020 | 0.0K | $1,198.5M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.12% |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:1/COM | COM | 10,579 | 0.0K | $1,151.5M | 0.06% | 0.00% | 0.12% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 722 | 0.0K | $1,131.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.12% | |
| W | W+WLI/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:1-3/RES | RES | 33,818 | 146.7K | $1,085.8M | 0.19% | 0.16% | 0.11% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 13,463 | 0.0K | $1,043.0M | 0.08% | 0.00% | 0.11% |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 697 | 0.0K | $1,018.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.10% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 12,940 | 0.0K | $1,002.1M | 0.07% | 0.00% | 0.10% | |
| S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 543 | 0.0K | $846.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.09% | |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 524 | 0.0K | $759.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.08% | |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 7,164 | 0.0K | $575.1M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.06% |
| MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 6,889 | 0.0K | $552.5M | 0.04% | 0.00% | 0.06% | |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/IND | IND | 182 | 0.0K | $377.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 716 | 0.0K | $361.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.04% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 457 | 0.0K | $338.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:2/IND | IND | 457 | 0.0K | $338.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:3/IND | IND | 169 | 0.0K | $335.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/COM | COM | 3,711 | 0.0K | $317.5M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/COM | COM | 3,567 | 0.0K | $305.1M | 0.02% | 0.00% | 0.03% | |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 409 | 0.0K | $297.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| S | S+SR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/IND | IND | 135 | 0.0K | $281.1M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 544 | 0.0K | $268.5M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:3/IND | IND | 128 | 0.0K | $252.2M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:2/IND | IND | 342 | 0.0K | $249.3M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.03% |
| S | S+SR/LFBR/CDM+ERM/H:2/COM | COM | 973 | 0.0K | $179.8M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% |
| S+SR/LFBR/CDL+ERL/H:2/COM | COM | 928 | 0.0K | $172.7M | 0.01% | 0.00% | 0.02% | |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/IND | IND | 160 | 0.0K | $106.6M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR- | CR/LFM/CDL+ERL/H:3/IND | IND | 103 | 0.0K | $99.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDL+ERL/H:3/IND | IND | 103 | 0.0K | $99.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| CR+ | CR/LFM/CDM+ERM/H:3/IND | IND | 92 | 0.0K | $84.4M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| HYB | HYB(MCF;S)/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/IND | IND | 122 | 0.0K | $78.0M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |
| MR|MCF | MCF+CBH/LWAL/CDM+ERM/H:3/IND | IND | 77 | 0.0K | $70.7M | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.01% |