Investment share of GDP in Iran

Investment in Iran was equal to 41.8% of GDP in 2025.

Iran, 2025 41.8% % of GDP
Change from 2024 −2.6percentage points 2024: 44.3%
World, 2024 26.3% Official aggregate Not the same period as Iran (2025).

Investment share of GDP 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.

Investment (gross capital formation) as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2001 to 2025
Period IranWorld
2025 41.8% –
2024 44.3% 26.3%
2023 43.8% 26.7%
2022 40.7% 27.5%
2021 41.5% 27.2%
2020 47.9% 26.5%
2019 40.2% 26.6%
2018 36.2% 26.7%
2017 35.3% 26.1%
2016 33.9% 25.7%
2015 32.0% 25.9%
2014 36.9% 25.9%
2013 34.9% 25.6%
2012 36.4% 25.5%
2011 36.0% 25.3%
2010 40.3% 24.6%
2009 40.9% 23.4%
2008 41.8% 25.5%
2007 39.7% 25.5%
2006 38.6% 25.0%
2005 38.7% 24.5%
2004 46.0% 24.1%
2003 42.1% 23.4%
2002 39.1% 23.3%
2001 35.3% 23.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.6 percentage points from 44.3% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 32.0%, the figure has changed by +9.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NE.GDI.TOTL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 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: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices