Current account balance in Iran

The current account balance of Iran was 11.4% of GDP in 2000. The value for 2000 is the highest since 1979.

Measure: Current account balance (World Bank) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1976 to 2000 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Iran is for 2000. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Iran, 2000 11.4% % of GDP
Change from 1999 +5.6percentage points 1999: 5.8%

Current account balance in Iran over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Current account balance (World Bank) (% of GDP),
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In short

  • That is a change of +5.6 percentage points from 5.8% in 1999.
  • Since 1990, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by +11.1 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1976 to 2000 for Iran
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics