Iran, Islamic Rep. — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Iran, Islamic Rep., 1960–2025.
GDP for Iran, Islamic Rep. was 362.68 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 644.02 billion in 2012. The lowest was 4.20 billion in 1960 (about 86.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 7.10% per year.
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 44 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 21%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 109.60 billion, so Iran, Islamic Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 2012 and has fallen 44% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 11%. Within Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan it ranks 6 of 23 economies; Algeria (287.03 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 71% in 1974. That is 13% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1968; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 10 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 32nd of 111 in 1960 → 28th of 146 in 1970 → 19th of 163 in 1980 → 27th of 192 in 1990 → 36th of 204 in 2000 → 22nd of 212 in 2010 → 42nd of 210 in 2020 → 43rd of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 362,682,115,433.36 | -23.7% |
| 2024 | 475,252,089,215.42 | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 457,510,482,317.48 | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 422,662,261,525.67 | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 407,350,685,583.34 | +45.0% |
| 2020 | 280,934,329,279.72 | -19.3% |
| 2019 | 347,988,400,958 | -15.5% |
| 2018 | 411,903,303,606.04 | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 510,239,893,417.65 | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 478,618,064,871 | +17.0% |
| 2015 | 409,191,686,496.68 | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 462,284,793,280.83 | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 500,399,839,839.88 | -22.3% |
| 2012 | 644,019,315,003.54 | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 629,082,257,472.37 | +29.2% |
| 2010 | 487,069,570,463.77 | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 414,059,094,949.06 | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 406,070,949,553.88 | +16.1% |
| 2007 | 349,736,591,832.42 | +31.7% |
| 2006 | 265,602,187,403.64 | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 224,970,371,324.67 | +19.8% |
| 2004 | 187,754,571,247.67 | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 151,911,222,119.49 | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 128,626,917,503.72 | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 126,878,750,295.94 | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 109,591,707,802.22 | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 113,848,450,088.35 | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 110,276,913,362.51 | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 113,919,163,421.16 | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 120,403,931,885.44 | +24.9% |
| 1995 | 96,419,225,743.67 | +34.2% |
| 1994 | 71,841,461,172.6 | +12.7% |
| 1993 | 63,743,623,232.01 | -46.8% |
| 1992 | 119,768,691,216.67 | -9.0% |
| 1991 | 131,637,664,958.01 | +5.5% |
| 1990 | 124,813,263,926.23 | +3.6% |
| 1989 | 120,496,362,916.27 | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 123,057,861,333.91 | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 134,009,995,923.17 | -35.9% |
| 1986 | 209,094,561,833.48 | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 180,183,629,599.68 | +11.0% |
| 1984 | 162,276,728,619.52 | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 156,365,156,618.24 | +24.1% |
| 1982 | 125,948,756,439.49 | +25.3% |
| 1981 | 100,499,312,749.92 | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 94,362,275,580.02 | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 90,391,877,325.93 | +15.9% |
| 1978 | 77,994,316,621.48 | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 80,600,122,701.96 | +18.4% |
| 1976 | 68,055,295,080.75 | +31.4% |
| 1975 | 51,776,222,349.89 | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 46,209,092,072.14 | +70.6% |
| 1973 | 27,081,698,249.51 | +57.9% |
| 1972 | 17,153,463,263.11 | +24.9% |
| 1971 | 13,731,802,833.04 | +25.1% |
| 1970 | 10,976,245,153.59 | +12.7% |
| 1969 | 9,743,089,607.5 | +13.0% |
| 1968 | 8,623,172,959.9 | +14.1% |
| 1967 | 7,555,383,690.16 | +11.3% |
| 1966 | 6,789,938,671.75 | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 6,197,319,929.04 | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 5,379,845,647.7 | +9.2% |
| 1963 | 4,928,628,018.39 | +5.0% |
| 1962 | 4,693,566,416.48 | +6.0% |
| 1961 | 4,426,949,094.84 | +5.4% |
| 1960 | 4,199,134,389.9 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Iran, Islamic Rep.’s GDP in 1961?
4,426,949,094.84 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Iran, Islamic Rep.’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Iran, Islamic Rep.’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +8537.1% in total — about 7.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 362,682,115,433.36; 2024: 475,252,089,215.42; 2023: 457,510,482,317.48; 2022: 422,662,261,525.67; 2021: 407,350,685,583.34. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). 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.