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Iran: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 58 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2025
37.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+6.0 pointsfrom 31.2%
Average, 2016–2025
39.5%10 years
Record high and low
47.1% (2020)low 4.90% (1974)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203144.1Forecast
203043.0Forecast
202941.6Forecast
202839.8Forecast
202738.2Forecast
202637.3Forecast
202537.3
202431.2
202329.6
202234.5
202139.9
202047.1
201944.6
201841.6
201743.2
201645.9

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1962–2023
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1970–2015
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1996–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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