Baku, Azerbaijan, May 2
By Ilgar Emil – Trend:
Iran’s GDP growth will stand at 3.3 percent in 2017, the International Monetary Fund forecast May 2.
“Iran’s nominal GDP would stand at $368.5 billion in the current year,” IMF said in its outlook for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) report.
IMF says Iran is expected to see non-oil growth accelerate from 0.75 percent in 2016 to almost 3.5 percent in 2017.
Iran |
2000–13 average |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
GDP growth (%) |
3.8 |
4.0 |
-1.6 |
6.5 |
3.3 |
4.3 |
Nominal GDP (Billion $) |
324.4 |
415 |
374.3 |
376.8 |
368.5 |
385.4 |
Oil and gas condensate export (mb/d) |
2.22 |
1.16 |
1.42 |
2.42 |
2.5 |
2.59 |
Inflation (%) |
17.6 |
15.6 |
11.9 |
8.9 |
11.2 |
11 |
Export of goods and services (Billion $) |
18.7 |
32.1 |
25.6 |
23.8 |
27.7 |
28.6 |
Import of goods and services (Billion $) |
14.6 |
26.5 |
22.3 |
21.1 |
24.1 |
24.8 |