Iran Government Debt Over Time (1996–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Gross Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 134 / 184

Data table

1996	29.3%	2007	13.5%	2017	43.2%
1997	30.9%	2008	10.6%	2018	41.6%
1998	29.6%	2009	11.5%	2019	44.6%
1999	22.2%	2010	12.8%	2020	47.1%
2000	18.2%	2011	10.6%	2021	39.9%
2001	21%	2012	11.7%	2022	34.5%
2002	23.4%	2013	10.2%	2023	29.6%
2003	22%	2014	10.9%	2024	31.2%
2004	21.1%	2015	32.1%	2025	37.3%
2005	18.3%	2016	45.9%	2026	37.3%
2006	15.2%

Government Gross Debt (Local currency - IRR)

Data table

1996	99.29T	2007	537.8T	2017	7.54Q
1997	121.8T	2008	504.9T	2018	9.29Q
1998	130.1T	2009	580.2T	2019	12.74Q
1999	130.9T	2010	790.7T	2020	20.59Q
2000	142.6T	2011	845.4T	2021	28.32Q
2001	192.3T	2012	1.07Q	2022	38.53Q
2002	301.5T	2013	1.25Q	2023	47.94Q
2003	351.9T	2014	1.54Q	2024	67.21Q
2004	424.1T	2015	4.48Q	2025	118.1Q
2005	457.5T	2016	6.9Q	2026	192.1Q
2006	456.9T

Government Net Debt (% of GDP)

Global rank: 58 / 86

Data table

1996	26.1%	2007	1.9%	2017	31.6%
1997	27.9%	2008	1.1%	2018	30.5%
1998	25.9%	2009	5.3%	2019	35.3%
1999	18.8%	2010	4.9%	2020	40.8%
2000	13.6%	2011	1.5%	2021	34.6%
2001	10.5%	2012	3.1%	2022	29.3%
2002	13.4%	2013	-2.9%	2023	24.7%
2003	12.4%	2014	-3%	2024	26.8%
2004	11.8%	2015	18.7%	2025	33.5%
2005	7.2%	2016	34.9%	2026	34.3%
2006	4.7%

Government Net Debt (Local currency - IRR)

Data table

1996	88.25T	2007	77.12T	2017	5.51Q
1997	110T	2008	51T	2018	6.82Q
1998	113.8T	2009	269.7T	2019	10.07Q
1999	110.9T	2010	301T	2020	17.84Q
2000	106.7T	2011	116.9T	2021	24.52Q
2001	96.05T	2012	284.6T	2022	32.73Q
2002	173.4T	2013	-359.8T	2023	39.94Q
2003	199.4T	2014	-421.8T	2024	57.66Q
2004	238.5T	2015	2.62Q	2025	106.2Q
2005	179.9T	2016	5.24Q	2026	176.8Q
2006	140.6T