Examining the Indices of Social Development in Iran (A Descriptive-Analytical Approach to Development Plans)

Social development is a combination of the economic development and social well-being of people in the society. Through social development, governments try to provide people's satisfaction by meeting their minimum socio-economic necessities. In this regard, the viewpoint and performance of governments is important. Thus, the present study, with a descriptive-analytical approach, compares the social development situation in Iran during the period of 1368 to 1394 (1999-2015) using the social development indicators. The results show that during the referred period, social development indicators had the following trends: Health and demographic indicators besides indicators of disadvantages show decreasing trends, while indicators of academic achievement and access to official features were Increasing. Without considering the unemployment, which has increased in the fifth program, the other indicators of social development in this program have been better than other programs.