Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran
Iran: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 66.7% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran, 1972–2009
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of total taxes.
Analysis
Iran recorded 66.7% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2009. That is the highest value across all 38 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 69.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran peaked at 66.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 15.9%, in 1980.
That places Iran 8th out of 153 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 38 years of available data.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran, year by year
| Year | % of total taxes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 23.6% | — |
| 1973 | 25.0% | +5.7% |
| 1974 | 31.3% | +25.2% |
| 1975 | 43.2% | +38.0% |
| 1976 | 40.2% | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 37.3% | -7.3% |
| 1978 | 43.2% | +15.9% |
| 1979 | 39.7% | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 15.9% | -59.9% |
| 1981 | 43.6% | +174.6% |
| 1982 | 31.2% | -28.5% |
| 1983 | 28.2% | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 29.6% | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 34.3% | +16.1% |
| 1986 | 39.7% | +15.8% |
| 1987 | 39.3% | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 40.5% | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 31.3% | -22.6% |
| 1990 | 31.0% | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 30.2% | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 32.4% | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 58.2% | +79.6% |
| 1994 | 58.1% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 42.4% | -27.0% |
| 1996 | 39.3% | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 32.5% | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 39.1% | +20.5% |
| 1999 | 39.3% | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 49.6% | +26.4% |
| 2001 | 50.1% | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 45.4% | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 45.2% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 44.9% | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 59.1% | +31.6% |
| 2006 | 60.6% | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 61.6% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 66.3% | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 66.7% | +0.7% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 66.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 37.1%, 1.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Iran's 66.7% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 38.8%, 1.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +174.6% | 15.9% | 43.6% |
| 1993 | +79.6% | 32.4% | 58.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 35.4% | 23.6% | 43.2% | 8 |
| 1980s | 33.4% | 15.9% | 43.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 40.3% | 30.2% | 58.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 54.9% | 44.9% | 66.7% | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Iran was 66.7% in 2009, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 66.7% in 2009.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.9% in 1980.
- How does Iran rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Iran ranks 8th out of 153 countries with data for 2009.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of total taxes which includes all compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.