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Iran: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2025 · 67 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
47.4% (1975)low 7.27% (2020)

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

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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