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Iran: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 53 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
13.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−2.5 pointsfrom 16.0%
Average, 2016–2025
14.2%10 years
Record high and low
31.9% (1980)low 11.4% (2012)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203113.0Forecast
203013.1Forecast
202913.2Forecast
202813.2Forecast
202714.0Forecast
202613.1Forecast
202513.4
202416.0
202312.8
202212.8
202113.4
202012.1
201913.6
201814.8
201716.4
201616.3

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1962–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2001–2009
  • 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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