Iran — Combined government deficit (% of GDP)

% of GDP · Annual · 1959–2030 · 72 observations

About this series

The combined government deficit series records the period's fiscal balance under the source's accounting and sign convention. A deficit indicates a shortfall; the series is a flow, not a debt stock. WED's combined-government scope requires source metadata. This series expresses that measure as a percentage of GDP for the matching period.

In Iran, the combined government deficit reading was −4.43% of GDP in 2025, compared with −3.83% of GDP in 2024. The period change was −0.61 percentage points. The latest reading was below the selected 10-year average of −3.05% of GDP.

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Latest observations

2016–2030

PeriodValue
2030-3.36 % of GDP
2029-3.49 % of GDP
2028-3.68 % of GDP
2027-3.85 % of GDP
2026-4.27 % of GDP
10 earlier values, back to 2016
2025-4.43 % of GDP
2024-3.83 % of GDP
2023-2.54 % of GDP
2022-2.64 % of GDP
2021-3.01 % of GDP
2020-4.87 % of GDP
2019-4.3 % of GDP
2018-1.59 % of GDP
2017-1.55 % of GDP
2016-1.7 % of GDP
Data release 2026_08_27_1049, published 30 Sept 2026.