Iran vs Sri Lanka: Economic Indicators Comparison

Iran with a GDP of $454B ranked the 29th largest economy in the world, while Sri Lanka ranked 65th with $88.9B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Iran and Sri Lanka ranked 102nd vs 51st and 105th vs 120th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatIranSri Lanka
GDP$454B$88.9B
GDP growth, 1 year-3.9%3%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.8%4.2%
Population80M21.4M
GDP per capita$5.6k$4.1k
GDP per capita growth2.33%2.13%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor9035.9649.49
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.3
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$20k$13k
GNI, Atlas method$441B$87.9B
GNI per capita$5.5k$4.1k
GNI, PPP adjusted$1.7T$284.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$21k$13k

Financial system and Human development

StatIranSri Lanka
Income Tax Rate35%24%
Corporate Tax Rate25%28%
Inflation, consumer prices31.2%4.3%
Inflation, GDP deflator12.2%4.3%
Unemployment12%4.4%
Economic Freedom Index49.257.4
Personal Freedom Index4.835.24
Human Freedom Index5.295.69
Property Rights Index36.947.7
Judical Effectiveness Index37.139.2
Business Freedom Index57.376.5
Fiscal Health Index86.539.3
Labor Freedom Index50.758.6
Investment Freedom Index540
Financial Freedom Index1040
Trade Freedom Index54.667.6
Monetary Freedom Index4971.1
Government Spending Index89.288.9
Tax Burden Index8184.8
Government Integrity Index33.534.7
Corruption Perceptions Index2838
Life expectancy at birth, years76.376.6
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.114.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people20.514.9
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people2.52.3
International tourism, number of arrivals7.3M2.3M

Government debt & reserves

StatIranSri Lanka
Central government debt, % of GDP33.2%84.1%
External debt stocks, % of GNI1.5%60.8%
External debt stocks$6.3B$52.6B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves62.1%118.2%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income0.8%36%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI8.2%28.5%
Gross savings, % of GDP37.7%25.5%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP34.7%28.6%
Total reserves including gold$7.7B$6.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$3.5B$1.6B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatIranSri Lanka
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP24.9%22.8%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23.8%30.1%
Current account balance (balance of payments)$12.5B-$2.8B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP25.4%13.3%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$65M$182.6M
Personal remittances received$1.3B$7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP34.9%27%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP9.5%7.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/AN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/AN/A
Expense, % of GDP19.6%16.2%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP19%19.2%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Iran vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M
Belarus
$6.3k
9.41M
Fiji
$6.3k
906k
Suriname
$6.2k
563k
North Macedonia
$6.1k
2.08M
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$6.1k
3.51M
Namibia
$5.9k
2.53M
Iraq
$5.8k
38.3M
Paraguay
$5.8k
6.81M
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Jordan
$4.2k
10.4M
Armenia
$4.2k
2.93M
Samoa
$4.2k
196k
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M
Algeria
$4.1k
41.3M
El Salvador
$4.1k
6.42M

Sri Lanka vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Jordan
$4.2k
10.4M
Armenia
$4.2k
2.93M
Samoa
$4.2k
196k
Eswatini
$4.1k
1.37M
Mongolia
$4.1k
3.08M
Algeria
$4.1k
41.3M
El Salvador
$4.1k
6.42M
Indonesia
$3.9k
264M
Marshall Islands
$3.8k
53.1k
Tuvalu
$3.7k
11.2k
Cape Verde
$3.6k
546k
Bolivia
$3.5k
11.1M
Tunisia
$3.4k
11.6M
Angola
$3.4k
29.8M
Bhutan
$3.2k
808k
Morocco
$3.2k
36M
Moldova
$3.2k
2.55M
Palestine
$3.2k
4.68M
Vanuatu
$3.1k
276k
Philippines
$3.1k
105M
Ukraine
$3.1k
42.6M
Djibouti
$3.1k
957k