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Iran

IR · IRN · #17 · 21 cities

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Key indicators

GDP per capita (PPP) (2031)
$18,185
GDP (2031)
$364.0B
GDP growth (2031)
2.1% →
Inflation (2031)
25.0% →
Unemployment (2031)
9.0% →
Population (2031)
92.5M
Population growth (2031)
1.0% →
Gini index (2023)
35.9
Government debt (2031)
44.1% of GDP
Current account (2031)
2.7% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$1.4B
Life expectancy (2024)
77.9 yrs
Health spending (2023)
6.0% of GDP
Internet users (2024)
85.3%
Mobile subscriptions (2024)
174.1/100
Trade openness (2025)
60.2% of GDP
Exchange rate (2023)
42,000.00/USD
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2031.

GDP overview

Nominal GDP and real growth. Dashed = IMF forecast.

GDP per capita (PPP)

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

Inflation (CPI)

Unemployment

ILO modeled estimate

Population

Fiscal and trade

Government debt (2031)
44.1% of GDP
Current account (2031)
2.7% of GDP
FDI inflows (2024)
$1.4B

Income inequality (Gini)

Gini index (2023)
0.36
Assessment
Moderate inequality
Source: World Bank PIP via OWID. 0 = perfect equality, 1 = maximum inequality.

Business environment

New business density (2020)
0.60/1k
Tax revenue (2009)
7.4% of GDP
Services sector (2025)
47.1% of GDP

Financial access and costs

ATMs per 100k (2018)
83.6
Bank branches per 100k (2018)
29.3
Goods and services tax (2009)
0.9%

Historical data

Historical economic data
Year GDP GDP/cap PPP Growth Inflation Unemp. Population Gini Debt Curr. acct FDI Life exp. Health Internet FX rate
2031 * $364.0B $18,185 2.1% 25.0% 9.0% 92.5M - 44.1% 2.7% - - - - -
2030 * $349.5B $17,641 2.1% 25.0% 9.0% 91.5M - 43.0% 2.3% - - - - -
2029 * $335.5B $17,103 1.8% 28.8% 9.0% 90.6M - 41.6% 1.7% - - - - -
2028 * $323.1B $16,640 1.5% 33.7% 9.0% 89.7M - 39.8% 0.9% - - - - -
2027 * $313.3B $16,298 3.2% 39.6% 9.0% 88.8M - 38.2% -0.2% - - - - -
2026 * $300.3B $15,777 -6.1% 68.9% 9.2% 87.9M - 37.3% -1.8% - - - - -
2025 $371.2B $19,699 -1.5% 50.9% 8.0% 87.1M - 37.3% 0.6% - - - - -
2024 $416.7B $19,903 3.7% 32.5% 7.6% 86.2M - 31.2% 3.2% $1.4B 77.9 - 85.3% -
2023 $421.5B $18,933 5.3% 40.7% 8.1% 85.3M 35.9 29.6% 2.0% $1.4B 77.7 6.0% 83.7% 42,000.00
2022 $403.3B $17,543 4.4% 45.8% 9.0% 84.7M 34.8 34.5% 3.5% $1.5B 76.8 5.6% 81.7% 42,000.00
2021 $307.3B $15,884 4.1% 40.2% 9.2% 84.1M 35.5 39.9% 3.6% $1.4B 73.8 4.9% 78.6% 42,000.00
2020 $209.5B $15,119 4.4% 36.5% 9.6% 84.0M 35.8 47.1% -1.7% $1.3B 74.1 5.0% 75.6% 42,000.00
2019 $252.1B $13,928 -2.4% 34.8% 10.7% 83.1M 36.5 44.6% -0.7% $1.5B 76.9 6.2% 72.5% 42,000.00
2018 $343.7B $15,324 -3.7% 26.9% 12.1% 82.1M 37.4 41.6% 7.6% $2.4B 76.6 6.6% 70.2% 40,864.33
2017 $507.8B $15,719 3.0% 8.2% 12.1% 81.1M 36.7 43.2% 2.9% $5.0B 76.4 7.7% 64.0% 33,226.30
2016 $477.6B $15,195 6.5% 6.8% 12.4% 79.9M 35.9 45.9% 2.8% $3.4B 76.2 7.8% 53.2% 30,914.85
2015 $471.4B $14,274 -1.4% 11.1% 11.0% 78.9M 35.3 32.1% 0.3% $2.1B 75.9 8.4% 45.3% 29,011.49
2014 $532.1B $16,065 5.0% 14.5% 10.6% 78.0M 34.8 10.9% 2.6% $2.1B 75.6 6.8% 39.4% 25,941.66
2013 $494.5B $16,215 -1.5% 32.9% 10.4% 77.0M 34.0 10.2% 5.1% $3.0B 75.4 5.7% 30.0% 18,414.45
2012 $487.1B $17,021 -3.7% 29.3% 12.1% 76.0M 34.4 11.7% 4.8% $4.7B 75.0 6.1% 22.7% 12,175.55
2011 $722.1B $19,275 5.7% 25.3% 12.3% 75.2M 34.7 10.6% 8.1% $4.3B 74.7 6.1% 19.0% 10,616.31
2010 $598.6B $18,628 5.8% 12.3% 13.5% 74.2M - 12.8% 4.6% $3.6B 74.4 6.3% 15.9% 10,254.18
2009 $509.1B $17,615 1.0% 10.8% 11.9% 73.2M 42.1 11.5% 1.9% $3.0B 74.0 6.1% 13.8% 9,864.30
2008 $498.7B $17,549 0.3% 25.3% 10.4% 72.3M - 10.6% 4.6% $2.0B 73.7 5.0% 12.0% 9,428.53
2007 $430.5B $17,384 8.2% 18.4% 10.5% 71.5M - 13.5% 7.6% $2.0B 73.3 4.9% 9.5% 9,281.15
2006 $326.5B $15,907 5.0% 12.0% 11.3% 70.5M 44.8 15.2% 6.3% $2.3B 72.9 5.2% 8.8% 9,170.94
2005 $276.4B $15,016 3.2% 10.3% 11.5% 69.4M 43.6 18.3% 5.6% $2.9B 72.5 5.3% 8.1% 8,963.96
Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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