TABLE 5.
Townships with full efficiency in the rural and urban areas in Iran [identified by the calculated data envelopment analysis (DEA) score in the study].
| Province | Rural | Urban |
| Alborz | ||
| Ardabil | ||
| Bushehr | Dashti and Deyr | |
| East Azerbaijan | Malekan and Varzaghan | |
| Fars | Abadeh, Mehr, and Neyriz | |
| Hamadan | Ranen | |
| Hormozgan | Abu Musa, Parsian, and Minab | Bastak and Khamir |
| Ilam | Darreh Shahr | |
| Isfahan | Shahreza and Fereydunshahr | Dehaghan, Fereydan, and Fereydunshahr |
| Kermanshah | Sahneh and Gilan-e-Gharb | Paveh and Gilan-e-Gharb |
| Khuzestan | Abadan, Bandar-e-Mahshahr, Khoramshahr, Shadegan, Shushtar, and Masjed Soleyman | Andimeshk, Ramshir, Shush, and Shushtar |
| Kurdistan | Bijar | |
| Mazandaran | Savadkuh | Juybar, Savadkuh, Galugah, and Noshahr |
| Semnan | ||
| Sistan and Baluchestan | Nikshahr | Zahak and Konarak |
| South Khorasan | Darmian | |
| Tehran | Eslamshahr | |
| West Azerbaijan | Bukan and Takab | Oshnavieh |
| Zanjan | Ijrood | Ijrood and Tarom |