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Iran: Current account (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1976–2025 · 50 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA_GDP

2025
0.64%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.5 pointsfrom 3.18%
Average, 2016–2025
2.39%10 years
Record high and low
13.2% (1979)low −7.18% (1991)

Current account (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20312.70Forecast
20302.30Forecast
20291.70Forecast
20280.90Forecast
2027-0.20Forecast
2026-1.80Forecast
20250.64
20243.18
20232.04
20223.52
20213.63
2020-1.74
2019-0.655
20187.63
20172.94
20162.77

Sources

  • WDI (archive)1976–1995
  • World Development Indicators1976–2000
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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Iran documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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