Iran: General government deficit (% of GDP)
Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 47 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP
- 2025
- −5.65%percent of GDP
- Change on 2024
- −3.0 pointsfrom −2.68%
- Average, 2016–2025
- −3.10%10 years
- Record high and low
- 5.42% (2000)low −10.7% (1981)
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Percent of GDP
| Year | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| 2031 | -3.61 | Forecast |
| 2030 | -3.84 | Forecast |
| 2029 | -4.07 | Forecast |
| 2028 | -4.28 | Forecast |
| 2027 | -4.71 | Forecast |
| 2026 | -5.19 | Forecast |
| 2025 | -5.65 | |
| 2024 | -2.68 | |
| 2023 | -3.04 | |
| 2022 | -2.64 | |
| 2021 | -3.01 | |
| 2020 | -4.87 | |
| 2019 | -4.30 | |
| 2018 | -1.59 | |
| 2017 | -1.55 | |
| 2016 | -1.70 |
Sources
- IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1962–2023
- IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
- IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2009
- IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031
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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