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Iran: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2009
29.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
−1.5 pointsfrom 30.6%
Average, 2000–2009
28.8%10 years
Record high and low
47.4% (1975)low 10.6% (1959)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
200929.1
200830.6
200732.4
200632.9
200534.3
200427.5
200326.6
200226.6
200124.1
200023.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1959–2009
  • 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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