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Iran: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1955–2025 · 71 observations · gcons_GDP

2025
12.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.0 pointsfrom 14.5%
Average, 2016–2025
14.4%10 years
Record high and low
23.8% (1975)low 9.68% (1958)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202512.5
202414.5
202312.7
202212.7
202114.2
202014.4
201915.3
201815.7
201716.1
201615.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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