Middle East
Iran
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
Iran and the EU
EU imports from
€751m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€3.0bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #119 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 3.95
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
7
EUR/MWh
Consumer
5
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
642
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
6%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Subsidised fuel monocultureMarket model
State-controlled (Tavanir)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
No independent regulator
Gas monoculture (85%) with deeply subsidised domestic prices, cryptocurrency mining consuming roughly 7% of generation, chronic summer peak crises, and international sanctions constraining technology imports and…
Tracked infrastructure
271 gas plants
69.9 GW · 65 building
0 coal plants
capacity n/a · 2 building
11 wind farms
507 MW
1 solar farms
20 MW · 2 building
1 nuclear plants
1.0 GW · 6 building
20 hydro plants
11.9 GW · 2 building
2 steel plants
6,100 ktpa
6 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
25
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
8
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Zinc, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
DOE water monitoring exists
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (5)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
33.4
→ 43.5 by 2050
Fertility
1.68
below replacement
Working-age
69.3%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
11.9
→ 35.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 91.6M · peaks 2053
By 2050: +11% (102M)