Government Expense / Iran
Iran Government Expense
Iran government expense data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 19.64%.
COUNTRY: Iran
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-22 04:00:10
GM ECONOMY RATING
Iran · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
60 / 100
Moderate stability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
5.1 / 20
External stability
15.0 / 15
Financial robustness
13.0 / 15
Structural stability
11.0 / 15
Future capacity
10.0 / 10
Demographic capacity
2.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 100% of weighted inputs available.
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Iran · government expense data as percent of GDP.
Latest
19.64%
Previous
18.25%
Range avg.
17.93%
Rank
79
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CountryIran
IndicatorGovernment Expense
19.64%2009 · Rank 79
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All indicators
Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
Iran recorded 19.64% for Government Expense in 2009, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2008, the indicator increased by 1.39 percentage points, from 18.25% to 19.64%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (17.93%).
Across the five latest available observations (2005–2009), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 15.59% in 2000 and the high was 20.72% in 2006.
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