Iran - Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP)

Revenue, excluding grants (% of GDP) in Iran was 25.38 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 46.09 in 1975, while its lowest value was 12.13 in 1988.

Definition: Revenue is cash receipts from taxes, social contributions, and other revenues such as fines, fees, rent, and income from property or sales. Grants are also considered as revenue but are excluded here.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1972 24.78
1973 26.27
1974 45.67
1975 46.09
1976 39.49
1977 38.55
1978 31.60
1979 27.95
1980 21.17
1981 23.90
1982 25.37
1983 21.95
1984 20.04
1985 18.75
1986 12.60
1987 12.93
1988 12.13
1989 14.06
1990 17.42
1991 15.58
1992 17.08
1993 20.66
1994 22.15
1995 22.75
1996 22.84
1997 21.50
1998 17.32
1999 22.49
2000 21.63
2001 21.95
2002 23.99
2003 24.06
2004 24.69
2005 30.92
2006 29.96
2007 28.46
2008 26.44
2009 25.38

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance