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Iran: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2009 · 51 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2009
0.519%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
−2.1 pointsfrom 2.65%
Average, 2000–2009
2.80%10 years
Record high and low
7.30% (2007)low −14.5% (1980)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20090.519
20082.65
20077.30
20062.91
20055.63
20043.93
20031.59
20020.711
20010.98
20001.79

Sources

  • Mitchell1959–2009
  • World Development Indicators1972–2009
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2009

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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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