COUNTRY / INDICATOR
Iran, Islamic Rep. Tax Revenue
Iran, Islamic Rep. tax revenue: latest available value for 2009, historical series from 1972, ranking context and source documentation.
Series overview
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 7,36 | 1,16 |
| 2008 | 6,20 | 0,26 |
| 2007 | 5,94 | -0,28 |
| 2006 | 6,22 | -0,44 |
| 2005 | 6,66 | 1,46 |
| 2004 | 5,20 | -0,01 |
| 2003 | 5,20 | 0,21 |
| 2002 | 4,99 | -0,75 |
| 2001 | 5,75 | -0,11 |
| 2000 | 5,86 | -2,47 |
| 1999 | 8,33 | -0,32 |
| 1998 | 8,64 | -1,51 |
| 1997 | 10,16 | 2,21 |
| 1996 | 7,95 | 1,73 |
| 1995 | 6,22 | 1,85 |
| 1994 | 4,37 | 0,51 |
| 1993 | 3,86 | -3,02 |
| 1992 | 6,88 | 0,72 |
| 1991 | 6,16 | 0,59 |
| 1990 | 5,57 | 0,20 |
| 1989 | 5,37 | -0,06 |
| 1988 | 5,43 | -0,57 |
| 1987 | 6,01 | -0,78 |
| 1986 | 6,78 | -0,55 |
| 1985 | 7,33 | 0,89 |
| 1984 | 6,44 | 0,40 |
| 1983 | 6,03 | 0,11 |
| 1982 | 5,92 | -1,06 |
| 1981 | 6,98 | 1,81 |
| 1980 | 5,17 | -0,82 |
| 1979 | 5,99 | -2,88 |
| 1978 | 8,87 | 0,65 |
| 1977 | 8,22 | 0,65 |
| 1976 | 7,56 | -0,63 |
| 1975 | 8,19 | 2,78 |
| 1974 | 5,42 | -2,13 |
| 1973 | 7,55 | -0,72 |
| 1972 | 8,27 | — |
Source methodology
World Development IndicatorsIndicator note: Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.
Source organization: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Metadata fetched: 2026-09-27 07:20:36. Open original metadata response.
Revision history
12 detected changesSource revisions are retained before the current observation is replaced. This table documents the previous and replacement value for reproducibility.
| Detected | Data year | Previous value | Replacement value | Source | Source update |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 07:34:17 | 2004 | 5,20 | 5,20 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 07:34:17 | 2005 | 6,66 | 6,66 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 07:34:17 | 2006 | 6,22 | 6,22 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 07:34:17 | 2007 | 5,94 | 5,94 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 07:34:17 | 2008 | 6,20 | 6,20 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-09-29 07:34:17 | 2009 | 7,36 | 7,36 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:24:41 | 2004 | 5,20 | 5,20 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:24:41 | 2005 | 6,66 | 6,66 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:24:41 | 2006 | 6,22 | 6,22 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:24:41 | 2007 | 5,94 | 5,94 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:24:41 | 2008 | 6,20 | 6,20 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
| 2026-08-08 04:24:41 | 2009 | 7,36 | 7,36 | World Bank Indicators API | 2026-07-13 02:00:00 |
Country-specific interpretation
Automatically derived from the displayed seriesIran, Islamic Rep. recorded 7,36 percent of GDP in 2009, the latest year available in this series.
Compared with 2008, the tax revenue increased by 1,16.
Across the latest five-year comparison window, the series shows an upward direction.
Across 38 observations from 1972 to 2009, the average was 6,55; the minimum was 3,86 in 1993 and the maximum was 10,16 in 1997.
Iran, Islamic Rep. ranks 147 out of 161 countries with a current value in the portal ranking.
The latest value is below the available average for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan.
It is also below the available average for the Upper middle income group.
Tax capacity and public financing base.