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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Iran economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Iran best banks and safest banks are also available.
With good demographics and potential opportunities for FDI in a range of sectors, Iran is poised to make the most of further relaxing of economic sanctions.
The Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran
USD 452.3 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 1,610.7 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
6.7% | -0.1% | 0% | 5.7% | 3.1% | -7.7% | -0.3% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | ||
3.2% | -1.6% | 12.5% | 3.7% | -3.9% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
1.28% | 1.32% | 1.27% | 1.42% | 1.1% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
11.9% | 9.1% | 9.6% | 30.5% | 35.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
11% | 12.4% | 12.1% | 14.5% | 16.8% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
38.4% | 47.5% | 39.5% | 32.2% | 30.7% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-1.8% | -2.3% | -1.8% | -2.5% | -4.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 111.4 billion | USD 108.6 billion | USD 143.5 billion |
4.1 % (2018 estimate)
24.9% (2017)
0.55% (2017)
0.20% (2016)
Petroleum 60%, chemical and petrochemical products, fruits and nuts, carpets, cement, ore
Industrial supplies, capital goods, foodstuffs and other consumer goods, technical services
China 27.5%, India 15.1%, South Korea 11.4%, Turkey 11.1%, Italy 5.7%, Japan 5.3% (2017)
UAE 29.8%, China 12.7%, Turkey 4.4%, South Korea 4%, Germany 4% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 3,372 million | USD 5,019 million | USD 3,480 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 104 million | USD 76 million | USD 75 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 120 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Overall ranking: 127 out of 190 countries
Starting a Business: 178 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 73 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 113 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 70 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 104 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 128 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 144 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 123 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 90 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 133 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2019
99 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 155 / Score: 51.1 (Mostly unfree)
(2019)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Persian (official), Azeri Turkic and Turkic dialects, Kurdish, Gilaki and Mazandarani, Luri, Balochi, Arabic
Muslim (official) 99.4% (Shia 90-95%, Sunni 5-10%), other (includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian) 0.3%, unspecified 0.4% (2011 est.)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
54.5 million | 64.22 million | 74.16 million | 79.48 million | 84.15 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
33.7% | 49.7% | 64% | 74.9% |
Total population: 85.5%
Male: 90.4%
Female: 80.8%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)
2.5% (last available estimate, 2016)
40 (last available estimate, 2016)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Not Free
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 37.3% Mobile: 108.5% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)