Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
14.2%
-6.8 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
2.22%
+0.1 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
35.6%
of GDP · +6 pts since 1996
Population · 2025
92.4m
48.6% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Iran, Islamic Rep. yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 1.8% to 4.2% of GDP between 2000 and 2015, then fell to 2.8% by 2023.
Defence rose from 2.2% to 3.3% of GDP between 1995 and 2006, then fell to 2.1% by 2025.
Education rose from 4.1% to 4.6% of GDP between 1995 and 2007, then fell to 2.8% by 2023.
Total spending fell from 21.0% to 11.4% of GDP between 1995 and 2012, then rose to 14.2% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 29.3% to 10.2% of GDP between 1996 and 2013, then rose to 35.6% by 2025.
Population grew from 62.2 million in 1995 to 92.4 million in 2025; the UN projects 101.9 million by 2050.