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Iran: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1970–2024 · 53 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2024
36.8%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+3.3 pointsfrom 33.5%
Average, 2015–2024
41.8%10 years
Record high and low
53.2% (1988)low 6.68% (1974)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202436.8
202333.5
202236.9
202142.4
202048.3
201946.6
201842.9
201745.0
201647.9
201537.0

Sources

  • IMF Global Debt Database1970–2024

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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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