With about 1 percent of the world’s population, Iran holds seven percent of the world’s natural reserves, with the Wall Street Journal publishing a list of the world’s richest countries on natural and human resources in 1396. In this report, oil, gas, coal, forest and wood, gold and silver, copper, uranium, crude iron and phosphate, all of which are major global sources, are considered as an indicator of wealth. With the approach of Russia, the United States, Saudi Arabia, Canada, it ranks fifth in the world’s first and fourth world rankings with $ 27 trillion from underground and natural resources. While the industry and other manufacturing sectors of Iran, in terms of share of GDP, have different figures and statistics, according to the statistics of 1396, the share of industry in the country’s GDP is 12.3%, the share of agriculture sector is 10% Of the country’s gross domestic product and mining share, Iran’s gross domestic product was about one percent.
An overview of the global position of the Iranian automotive industry, as one of the industry’s most important industries, shows that in 2016, about 72.3 million vehicles were produced worldwide, while the total production of cars The world’s ride in 2012 was only about 63.1 million units. With 24.4 million vehicles in 2016, China alone accounts for 33.8 percent of the global passenger car industry. In the same year, Japan produced 7.9 million units in the world’s second-largest automaker. The third place in this field is dedicated to Germany, which produced 5.7 million vehicles in 2016. Iran stands at the thirteenth place in the world, after China, Japan, South Korea and India, the fifth largest Asian power plant in the world. As a result, Iran’s share of the car industry in the world is about 1.6 percent. Some of Iran’s regional rivals, such as Turkey, are still behind Iran despite the massive investment in boosting the car industry. Turkey produced one million vehicles in 2016, while Iran was lagging behind its plans to increase its car production due to a decade of economic instability.
The statistics about the number of vehicles in use in different countries of the world, but it is likely to be a measure that can be used to compare the level of development and wealth in different countries. Accordingly, of the total 947 million vehicles in the world in 2015, about 135.8 million units are located in China. Although India’s name should come after China, Americans stand in second place with 122.3 million vehicles. In Iran, there were about 12.7 million vehicles in this year, which represents a 1.3 percent share of all used cars in the world. In this regard, Iran is ranked 18th in the world.