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Iran: Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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

2009
8.45%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
+1.3 pointsfrom 7.18%
Average, 2000–2009
6.18%10 years
Record high and low
46.6% (1974)low 1.82% (1993)

Central government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20098.45
20087.18
20076.76
20066.83
20057.32
20044.58
20034.83
20024.30
20014.94
20006.63

Sources

  • Mitchell1959–2005
  • 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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