Iran vs the United Kingdom: Economic Indicators Comparison

The United Kingdom with a GDP of $2.9T ranked the 5th largest economy in the world, while Iran ranked 29th with $454B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the United Kingdom and Iran ranked 126th vs 102nd and 23rd vs 105th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatIranUnited Kingdom
GDP$454B$2.9T
GDP growth, 1 year-3.9%1.4%
GDP growth, 5-years average2.8%2.1%
Population80M66M
GDP per capita$5.6k$43k
GDP per capita growth2.33%0.73%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor9035.960.7
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.270.93
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$20k$46k
GNI, Atlas method$441B$2.8T
GNI per capita$5.5k$42k
GNI, PPP adjusted$1.7T$3T
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$21k$45k

Financial system and Human development

StatIranUnited Kingdom
Income Tax Rate35%45%
Corporate Tax Rate25%20%
Inflation, consumer prices31.2%2.5%
Inflation, GDP deflator12.2%1.9%
Unemployment12%4%
Economic Freedom Index49.279.3
Personal Freedom Index4.839.08
Human Freedom Index5.298.55
Property Rights Index36.992.2
Judical Effectiveness Index37.182.7
Business Freedom Index57.394.7
Fiscal Health Index86.578.1
Labor Freedom Index50.773.1
Investment Freedom Index580
Financial Freedom Index1080
Trade Freedom Index54.686.4
Monetary Freedom Index4980.3
Government Spending Index89.249.5
Tax Burden Index8164.7
Government Integrity Index33.589.9
Corruption Perceptions Index2880
Life expectancy at birth, years76.381.2
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people4.18.9
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people20.53.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people2.51.2
International tourism, number of arrivals7.3M36.3M

Government debt & reserves

StatIranUnited Kingdom
Central government debt, % of GDP33.2%86.9%
External debt stocks, % of GNI1.5%N/A
External debt stocks$6.3BN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves62.1%N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income0.8%N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI8.2%5.5%
Gross savings, % of GDP37.7%13.4%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP34.7%17.3%
Total reserves including gold$7.7B$172.7B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$3.5B$35.1B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatIranUnited Kingdom
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP24.9%30%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP23.8%31.8%
Current account balance (balance of payments)$12.5B-$123.1B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP25.4%35.3%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$65MN/A
Personal remittances received$1.3B$4.4B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP34.9%17.5%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP9.5%0.6%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$13.5B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$21.7B
Expense, % of GDP19.6%36%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP19%41%

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
Sri Lanka
$4.1k
21.4M

United Kingdom vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Iceland
$73k
357k
Qatar
$69k
2.64M
Singapore
$65k
5.89M
United States
$63k
325M
Denmark
$61k
5.83M
Australia
$57k
24.5M
Sweden
$55k
10.3M
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
Germany
$48k
83.1M
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Kuwait
$34k
4.6M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k
South Korea
$31k
51.5M
Spain
$30k
46.7M
Malta
$30k
465k
Cyprus
$28k
1.14M
Slovenia
$26k
2.07M
Taiwan
$25k
23.6M