February 21, 2025
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasts Iran’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year will rise by 3.1 percent. That is the same forecast it gave in its last quarterly report. But it places Iran’s growth rate slightly below the new global growth rate projection of 3.3 percent and the Middle East regional growth projection of 3.6 percent.
The January IMF update also continues to project that Iran’s growth will fall next year to 2.8 percent although it expects global growth will continue at 3.3 percent while the regional growth rate is projected to speed up to 3.9 percent, leaving Iran far behind.
