Iran, Islamic Rep. — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Iran, Islamic Rep., 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
42.17%
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) · annual % · +329.3% since 1960
Inflation for Iran, Islamic Rep. was 42.17% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 49.66% in 1995. The lowest was -0.39% in 1966 (about -108.6× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.27% per year.
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 4 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 2%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 2.08%, so Iran, Islamic Rep. sits above it. It peaked in 1995 and has fallen 15% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 238%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
42.17%
First (1960)
9.82%
Change
+329.3%
Highest
49.66%
in 1995
Lowest
-0.39%
in 1966
Average
17.59%
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.27%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.17% |
| 2024 | 32.46% |
| 2023 | 44.58% |
| 2022 | 43.49% |
| 2021 | 43.39% |
| 2020 | 30.59% |
| 2019 | 39.91% |
| 2018 | 18.01% |
| 2017 | 8.04% |
| 2016 | 7.25% |
| 2015 | 12.48% |
| 2014 | 16.61% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services. A negative value means deflation. 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
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.