The Q3 2026 findings documented a sustained rise in Iran’s annual consumer price inflation. Inflation rose for 13 straight months, from 38.8% in May 2025 to 88.6% in June 2026, more than doubling over that period.
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Iran, Islamic Rep.
Upper-middle income · Hydrocarbon exporter · Data availability: partial
A large, diversified economy — oil, gas, petrochemicals, agriculture, manufacturing — operating under heavy international sanctions that constrain trade, banking, and investment. Chronic high inflation and currency depreciation shape daily economic life.
Vitals
Core figures — the latest value each source holds, the previous reading and the bloc median.
GDP
$362.7B
as of 2025
down from $475.3B (2024)
MENA median $133.4B
Real GDP growth
-2.8%
as of 2025
down from 3.7% (2024)
MENA median 3.3%
Inflation, year-on-year
89.0%
as of Aug 2026
up from 87.9% (Jul 2026)
MENA median 3.2%
GDP per person
$3,924
as of 2025
down from $5,190 (2024)
MENA median $5,730
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Quarterly report
Written once from the quarter's findings, then frozen.
Q3 2026 · Iran, Islamic Rep.
IRN — Q3 2026 brief
Signals & patterns
Everything MENACodex detects for this economy — the lead finding charted, the rest filtered by pattern and sector.
RecordIran's annual inflation reached 88.6% in June 2026, its highest level in records going back to January 2001.
Multi-year lowIran's gross domestic savings as a share of GDP fell to 33.0% in 2025, their lowest level since 2015.
RecordIran's imports of goods and services as a share of GDP reached 34.5% in 2025, its highest level in records going back to 1990.
TrendIran's real effective exchange rate index has risen for 10 straight years, from 97.8 in 2015 to 862 in 2025: nearly nine times higher. The rise goes back to 2014.
ReversalIran's GNI, atlas method rose for 4 straight years, from $349 billion in 2020 to $469.4 billion in 2024, then fell to $429.4 billion in 2025.
Briefs
Analysis pieces on Iran, Islamic Rep., every number checked against the source.
Agenda Watch
Official decisions and what the news is reporting, with the original source named.
| Date | Headline | Reported by |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2026 | The US imposed new Iran-related sanctions on 16 people and 11 entities. | Africanews (africanews.com) |
Explore the data
Every series we hold for Iran, Islamic Rep., by sector — open one in the Database to chart it against its neighbours.
Economy & growth
GDP, output, investment, savings · 233 series
Open indicators →Prices & moneyInflation, policy rate, money, exchange rate · 19 series
Open indicators →Trade & externalExports, imports, reserves, current account · 51 series
Open indicators →Public financeRevenue, spending, debt, balance · 48 series
Open indicators →Financial sectorCredit, banks, markets · 41 series
Open indicators →Energy & environmentOil, gas, power, emissions · 98 series
Open indicators →Technology & infrastructureInternet, mobile, transport · 34 series
Open indicators →PeoplePopulation, jobs, health, education · 51 series
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