How does Iran rank for gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?

Iran ranks 29th out of 161 countries with data for 2025.

Is gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Iran?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran

Name: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

Iran: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP was 0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

Change on year

up 12.2%

World rank

29th

of 161 countries

All-time high

2.83 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 1965

All-time low

0.198 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP

in 2012

Years of data

1960–2025

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran, 1960–2025

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

In 2025, gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Iran stood at 0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP.

That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Iran peaked at 2.83 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 1965 and was at its lowest, 0.198 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, in 2012.

Iran ranks 29th of 161 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran, year by year

Annual values for Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran, 1960 to 2025.
Year	constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	Change
1960	2.36 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	—
1961	2.47 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.9%
1962	2.15 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.1%
1963	2.41 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.2%
1964	2.38 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.4%
1965	2.83 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+19.2%
1966	2.59 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-8.4%
1967	2.82 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+8.9%
1968	2.81 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.5%
1969	2.68 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-4.5%
1970	2.75 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+2.3%
1971	2.58 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.1%
1972	2.42 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.2%
1973	1.75 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.6%
1974	1.23 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-29.6%
1975	1.5 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+21.7%
1976	1.61 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.5%
1977	1.16 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-28.0%
1978	1.12 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.9%
1979	0.6795 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-39.2%
1980	0.667 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
1981	0.5529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.1%
1982	0.4805 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.1%
1983	0.5314 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+10.6%
1984	0.4569 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-14.0%
1985	0.3453 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-24.4%
1986	0.28 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-18.9%
1987	0.4196 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+49.9%
1988	0.3449 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-17.8%
1989	0.3779 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+9.6%
1990	0.3819 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.0%
1991	0.552 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+44.6%
1992	0.5781 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.7%
1993	0.9352 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+61.8%
1994	0.7309 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-21.8%
1995	0.5083 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-30.5%
1996	0.5111 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+0.6%
1997	0.58 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.5%
1998	0.6085 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.9%
1999	0.6195 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+1.8%
2000	0.6979 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.7%
2001	0.7511 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+7.6%
2002	0.7904 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.2%
2003	0.7119 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-9.9%
2004	0.6215 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.7%
2005	0.5394 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-13.2%
2006	0.4493 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-16.7%
2007	0.3913 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.9%
2008	0.377 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.7%
2009	0.3746 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.6%
2010	0.329 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-12.2%
2011	0.2665 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-19.0%
2012	0.198 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-25.7%
2013	0.2253 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+13.8%
2014	0.2614 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+16.0%
2015	0.2537 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-3.0%
2016	0.2132 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-15.9%
2017	0.1994 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-6.5%
2018	0.208 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+4.3%
2019	0.2333 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.2%
2020	0.3023 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+29.6%
2021	0.2179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-27.9%
2022	0.2294 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+5.3%
2023	0.2253 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-1.8%
2024	0.2253 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	-0.0%
2025	0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	+12.2%

Iran compared with similar countries

Iran's 0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1781 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Iran's 0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1825 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP, 1.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	2.55 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	2.15 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	2.83 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1970s	1.68 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.6795 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	2.75 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1980s	0.4457 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.28 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.667 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
1990s	0.6005 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3819 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.9352 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2000s	0.5704 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3746 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.7904 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2010s	0.2388 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.198 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.329 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	10
2020s	0.2421 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.2179 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	0.3023 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP	6

Countries ranked near Iran

26 Mongolia 0.2567 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
27 Cambodia 0.2554 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
28 Mauritania 0.2529 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
30 Kazakhstan 0.2477 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
31 Samoa 0.2458 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare
32 Brunei 0.2441 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP compare

See the full ranking of 194 places →

More economy & growth data for Iran

Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.48 Percent per annum (2029)
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2 Percent per annum (2029)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.43 % change on previous year (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.019 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 74.73 units per person (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.3978 % change on previous year (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0139 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 54.57 units per person (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.01 % change on previous year (2025)
IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0115 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

All data for Iran →

Frequently asked questions

What is gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Iran?: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp in Iran was 0.2527 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Iran?: The highest recorded value was 2.83 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 1965.
What is the lowest gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp recorded in Iran?: The lowest recorded value was 0.198 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP in 2012.
How does Iran rank for gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp?: Iran ranks 29th out of 161 countries with data for 2025.
Is gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 us$), per unit of gdp rising or falling in Iran?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Iran data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 66 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 25 October 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/gross-fixed-capital-formation-constant-2015-us-per-unit-of-gdp/iran-islamic-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/stat/gross-fixed-capital-formation-constant-2015-us-per-unit-of-gdp/iran-islamic-rep/">Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP in Iran</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) ÷ GDP (current US$)

Computed from

Gross fixed capital formation Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP
Unit: constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 194 places, 8,107 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 September 2026

Gross fixed capital formation (constant 2015 US$) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.