Iran External Debt

Iran external debt data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 2.21 percent of GNI.
COUNTRY: Iran
UNIT: percent of GNI
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
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UPDATED: 2026-09-28 05:29:55
Economy Data Rating
Iran · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
59 / 100
Moderate risk · limited data
Fiscal stability 22.7 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 5.1 / 20
External stability 9.3 / 15
Financial robustness 8.3 / 15
Structural stability 3.9 / 10
Future capacity 6.9 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.2 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 69% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1980–2024 1980– 2024
1980 2024
Selected year: 2024 · Value: n/a 2024

Iran · total external debt stocks as a percentage of gni.

1980–2024
2.21 percent of GNI
2.45 percent of GNI
1.9 percent of GNI
56 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1980 1989 1998 2007 2016 2024
external debt rate reference line

Countries by external debt

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Lebanon 331.65
Mongolia 181.86
Laos 115.4
Bhutan 114.5
Ukraine 101.27
Jordan 90.13
Georgia 79.68
Tunisia 77.7

Interpretation

short note

This external-sector indicator helps assess cross-border flows, reserves and external vulnerability.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Iraq 6.23
Jordan 90.13
Lebanon 331.65
China 13
Brazil 28.66

Related indicators

internal links
Current Account Balance BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS
Exports NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS
Imports NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS
Trade Openness NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: DT.DOD.DECT.GN.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-09-28 05:29:55

Iran Snapshot

country profile
GDP n/a
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 42.17%
Currency n/a
Region Middle East
Income group Upper middle income

Iran External Debt: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is External Debt for Iran. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: iran external debt rate, external debt data iran, iran external debt statistics, iran percent of gni, total external debt stocks as a percentage of gni..