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Total 32.9 37.7 42.5 47.3 52.1 57.0 61.8 66.6 71.4 76.2 81.0 85.9
Urban 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Rural 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Poor 9.34 9.34 9.34 9.34 9.34 9.34 9.34
Nonpoor 50.1 50.1 50.1 50.1 50.1 50.1 50.1
Lowest 25% 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3 20.3
Second 25% 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.4
Third 25% 52.8 52.8 52.8 52.8 52.8 52.8 52.8
Highest 25% 68.2 68.2 68.2 68.2 68.2 68.2 68.2
Ardebil 34.7 38.3 42.0 45.6 49.3 52.9 56.6 60.2 63.9 67.5 71.2 74.8
Bushehr 10.7 18.0 25.2 32.4 39.7 46.9 54.2 61.4 68.7 75.9 83.1 90.4
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari 31.4 34.7 38.1 41.4 44.7 48.0 51.4 54.7 58.0 61.4 64.7 68.0
EastAzarbayejan 59.8 61.0 62.1 63.3 64.5 65.6 66.8 67.9 69.1 70.3 71.4 72.6
Esfahan 65.4 67.9 70.4 73.0 75.5 78.0 80.5 83.1 85.6 88.1 90.6 93.2
Fars 41.6 44.8 48.1 51.4 54.6 57.9 61.2 64.4 67.7 71.0 74.2 77.5
Gilan 38.5 41.2 44.0 46.8 49.5 52.3 55.1 57.8 60.6 63.4 66.1 68.9
Golestan 14.5 19.0 23.5 28.1 32.6 37.1 41.6 46.1 50.6 55.1 59.6 64.1
Hamedan 27.3 31.3 35.2 39.1 43.0 47.0 50.9 54.8 58.8 62.7 66.6 70.5
Hormozgan 40.3 41.4 42.5 43.5 44.6 45.6 46.7 47.8 48.8 49.9 50.9 52.0
Ilam 53.6 54.9 56.3 57.7 59.1 60.5 61.9 63.3 64.7 66.1 67.5 68.9
Kerman 33.3 36.3 39.2 42.1 45.1 48.0 50.9 53.9 56.8 59.8 62.7 65.6
Kermanshah 61.3 62.4 63.6 64.7 65.9 67.0 68.2 69.3 70.4 71.6 72.7 73.9
Khorasan-e-Razavi 48.4 51.3 54.2 57.1 60.1 63.0 65.9 68.9 71.8 74.7 77.6 80.6
Khuzestan 37.8 42.0 46.2 50.3 54.5 58.7 62.8 67.0 71.2 75.3 79.5 83.7
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad 31.5 34.1 36.7 39.3 41.9 44.5 47.1 49.7 52.3 54.8 57.4 60.0
Kordestan 52.7 54.5 56.2 57.9 59.6 61.3 63.0 64.8 66.5 68.2 69.9 71.6
Lorestan 55.5 56.1 56.7 57.3 57.9 58.5 59.1 59.7 60.3 60.9 61.5 62.1
Markazi 57.9 59.9 61.8 63.8 65.7 67.7 69.6 71.5 73.5 75.4 77.4 79.3
Mazandaran 47.9 48.8 49.6 50.5 51.4 52.3 53.2 54.0 54.9 55.8 56.7 57.5
North Khorasan 41.5 42.7 43.9 45.0 46.2 47.4 48.5 49.7 50.8 52.0 53.2 54.3
Qazvin 0.01 6.98 14.0 20.9 31.6 42.2 52.9 63.5 74.2 82.8 91.3 99.9
Qom 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 19.1 38.2 57.3 76.4 95.5 96.9 98.4 99.9
Semnan 70.3 71.0 71.8 72.5 73.2 74.0 74.7 75.5 76.2 76.9 77.7 78.4
Sistanand Baluchestan 42.3 43.2 44.0 44.9 45.7 46.6 47.4 48.3 49.2 50.0 50.9 51.7
South Khorasan 40.8 42.4 44.0 45.7 47.3 48.9 50.6 52.2 53.8 55.5 57.1 58.7
Tehran and Alborz 0.01 4.57 9.14 13.7 29.5 45.3 61.0 76.8 92.6 95.0 97.5 99.9
WestAzarbayejan 22.5 27.5 32.5 37.5 42.5 47.5 52.4 57.4 62.4 67.4 72.4 77.4
Yazd 43.7 48.7 53.6 58.5 63.4 68.4 73.3 78.2 83.2 88.1 93.0 97.9
Zanjan 42.7 45.2 47.7 50.2 52.6 55.1 57.6 60.1 62.6 65.1 67.6 70.1