Iran: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Name: Iran: Government tax revenue (% of GDP)
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Percent of GDP · 1959–2009 · 51 observations · govtax_GDP

2009: 10.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2008: +1.4 pointsfrom 8.57%
Average, 2000–2009: 7.92%10 years
Record high and low: 92.1% (1988)low 1.82% (1993)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

Year	Value
2009	10.0
2008	8.57
2007	8.12
2006	8.17
2005	8.74
2004	7.20
2003	7.21
2002	6.84
2001	7.65
2000	6.63

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This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Iran documentation (PDF)

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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