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Iran: Government debt (% of GDP)

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

Government debt (% of GDP)

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ForecastPercent 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

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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