Iran

Country in Asia

In brief

GDP growth per year: -2.8% (2025). World rank 206 of 209 (1 = best); in Asia, 46 of 47. Price level, USA = 100: 224 (2023). World rank 1 of 198; in Asia, 1 of 45. Women in work or seeking work: 14% (2025). World rank 182 of 186; in Asia, 45 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $409.2B → $362.7B, GDP per person $4,953 → $3,924, and GDP per person at purchasing power parity $14,274 → $19,699. Worse than all its neighbours (Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Türkiye, and Turkmenistan): GDP growth per year.

Size and growth

GDP: $362.7B 2025
GDP per person: $3,924 2025
GDP per person at purchasing power parity: $19,699 2025
GDP growth per year: -2.8% 2025

Income and prices

Income level (World Bank): Upper-middle income
Gross national income per person: $4,650 2025
Inflation: +42.2% 2025
Price level, USA = 100: 224 2023

Structure and jobs

Agriculture, share of GDP: 10.6% 2025
Industry, share of GDP: 39.6% 2025
Services, share of GDP: 47.1% 2025
Unemployment: 8.3% 2025
Youth unemployment, ages 15–24: 21.9% 2025
Women in work or seeking work: 14% 2025

Trade and finance

Exports, share of GDP: 25.8% 2025
Imports, share of GDP: 34.5% 2025
Current account balance, share of GDP: +11.4% 2000
Foreign direct investment, share of GDP: +0.5% 2025
Remittances received, share of GDP: 0.6% 2004
Tax revenue, share of GDP: 7.4% 2009
Currency: Iranian Rial (IRR)

Poverty and inequality

Gini index (0 = full equality): 35.9 2023
Living on under $3 a day: 2.5% 2023