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Iran: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2010 · 52 observations · cgovexp_GDP

2010
30.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+4.9 pointsfrom 25.6%
Average, 2001–2010
23.7%10 years
Record high and low
46.0% (1975)low 10.4% (1959)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201030.5
200925.6
200824.0
200721.7
200625.6
200524.2
200420.8
200321.2
200221.6
200121.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1959–2010
  • World Development Indicators1972–2009
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2009

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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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