Iran vs Switzerland

Iran vs Switzerland: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: -0.9% a year in Iran and 1.6% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 2.5 percentage points.

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% a year · IMF

Iran vs Switzerland: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: -0.9% a year in Iran and 1.6% a year in Switzerland, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Switzerland, by 2.5 percentage points.
IranSwitzerlandIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Switzerland has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Iran.
  • In 2025, Iran ranked 141 and Switzerland ranked 110 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Iran at 2% a year and Switzerland at 1.2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearIranSwitzerland
2025-0.91.6
20243.71.5
20235.31.1
20224.43.6
20214.16.2
20204.4-2.3
2019-2.41.1
2018-3.73.3
201731.5
20166.51.9
2015-1.41.4
201452.5
2013-1.51.9
2012-3.71.2
20115.71.5
20105.83.2
20091-2
20080.32.5
20078.24
200654.2
20053.23
20044.32.5
20038.6-0.3
20028.10.4
20012.41.6
20005.83.7
199921.6
19982.12.7
19971.42.1
19966.40.6
19952.40.5
1994-1.71.3
1993-1.5-0.1
19923.3-0.1
199112.7-0.9
199013.63.7
19896.14.4
1988-6.13.2
1987-0.21.6
1986-9.81.8
19851.93.8
1984-7.13
198311.10.6
198223.2-1.3
1981-5.71.7
1980-21.65.1
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearIranSwitzerland
2026-7.61.9
20273.61.2
20281.51.9
20291.81.2
203021.8
203121.2

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Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
  • The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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