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Iran: General government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
7.79%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−5.5 pointsfrom 13.3%
Average, 2016–2025
11.1%10 years
Record high and low
29.4% (1981)low 7.27% (2020)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20319.36Forecast
20309.25Forecast
20299.10Forecast
20288.96Forecast
20279.26Forecast
20267.89Forecast
20257.79
202413.3
20239.75
202210.2
202110.3
20207.27
20199.26
201813.2
201714.9
201614.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1962–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2009
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • 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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