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Iran, Islamic Rep. — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Iran, Islamic Rep., 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-2.83%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -127.2% since 1961
GDP growth for Iran, Islamic Rep. was -2.83% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 23.17% in 1982. The lowest was -21.60% in 1980 (about 7.6× the latest value).
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 209 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 99%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.93%, so Iran, Islamic Rep. sits below it. It peaked in 1982 and has fallen 112% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 98%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-2.83%
First (1961)
10.39%
Change
-127.2%
Highest
23.17%
in 1982
Lowest
-21.60%
in 1980
Average
3.95%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -2.83% |
| 2024 | 3.66% |
| 2023 | 5.33% |
| 2022 | 4.35% |
| 2021 | 4.13% |
| 2020 | 4.44% |
| 2019 | -2.36% |
| 2018 | -3.75% |
| 2017 | 3.03% |
| 2016 | 8.82% |
| 2015 | -1.42% |
| 2014 | 4.98% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.