The highest “Quran and prayer books” is “Qom”, at 501. The highest “Other books” is “Qom”, at 706.

Per-capita reading time for the Quran, prayer books, and other books in Iran, 1396 (2017/18)
Province	Quran and prayer books	Other books
Qom	501	706
Razavi Khorasan	287	344
Yazd	306	312
Isfahan	250	303
Fars	215	330
Hormozgan	238	302
Tehran	144	354
Mazandaran	204	261
Lorestan	157	304
Gilan	184	242
Other provinces	173	222
Kurdistan	95	223
East Azerbaijan	109	188
Khuzestan	151	146
Sistan and Baluchestan	157	51
Ilam	78	90

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: Qom Province Management and Planning Organization
Year: 1399 (2020/21)
Industry: Books and publishing
Published: Oct 4, 2020

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