The highest “Female” is “Lorestan”, at 42.9. The highest “Male” is “Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad”, at 100.

Gender ratio of book publishers in Iran, 1397 (2018/19)
Province	Female	Male
Lorestan	42.9	57.1
Zanjan	40	60
Alborz	38.3	61.7
Mazandaran	35.1	64.9
Hamadan	34.3	65.7
West Azerbaijan	34.1	65.9
Bushehr	30	70
Kermanshah	29.2	70.8
Hormozgan	28.6	71.4
Gilan	27.9	72.1
Ilam	27.8	72.2
Razavi Khorasan	27	73
Tehran	26.4	73.6
Golestan	23.1	76.9
Yazd	22	78
Isfahan	21.4	78.6
Fars	21.2	78.8
Khuzestan	20.9	79.1
East Azerbaijan	19.4	80.6
North Khorasan	18.8	81.3
Kerman	18.2	81.8
Markazi	16.7	83.3
Qazvin	15.8	84.2
South Khorasan	15.4	84.6
Sistan and Baluchestan	14.3	85.7
Semnan	13.3	86.7
Qom	10.9	89.1
Ardabil	10.3	89.7
Kurdistan	8.7	91.3
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	7.7	92.3
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	0	100

Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

About this data

The data on this page is about Iran. Figures come from Iranian sources as published, without adjustment.

Iranian (Solar Hijri) years run from late March to March: 1404 = March 2025 to March 2026.

Details

Source: Iran Book House (Khane-ye Ketab)
Year: 1399 (2020/21)
Industry: Books and publishing
Published: Oct 14, 2020

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