Editing Economy of Iran (section)

== National planning ==
{{See also|Management and Planning Organization of Iran|Environment of Iran}}

[[Politics of Iran#Budget|Iran's budget]] is established by the [[Management and Planning Organization of Iran]] and proposed by [[Government of Iran|the government]] to the parliament before [[Iranian calendar|the year's end]]. Following approval of the budget by [[Majlis of Iran|Majlis]], the [[Central Bank of Iran|central bank]] presents a detailed [[Central Bank of Iran#Inflation and monetary policy|monetary and credit policy]] to the [[Central Bank of Iran#Money and Credit Council|Money and Credit Council]] (MCC) for approval. Thereafter, major elements of these policies are incorporated into the five-year economic development plan.<ref name="LOC5">{{Cite book |last1 = Curtis |first1 = Glenn |url = https://archive.org/details/irancountrystudy00curt_2/page/195 |last2 = Hooglund |first2 = Eric |title = Iran, a country study |place = Washington, D.C., USA |publisher = [[Library of Congress]] |date = April 2008 |page = [https://archive.org/details/irancountrystudy00curt_2/page/195 195] |isbn = 978-0-8444-1187-3 }}</ref> The plan is part of "Vision 2025", a strategy for long-term sustainable growth.<ref>{{Cite book |last1 = Ayse |first1 = Valentine |url = http://www.investiniran.ir/en/filepool/26?redirectpage=%2fen%2febook |last2 = Nash |first2 = Jason John |last3 = Leland |first3 = Rice |title = The Business Year 2013: Iran |place = London, U.K. |publisher = The Business Year |date = January 2013 |page = 41 |isbn = 978-1-908180-11-7 |access-date = March 14, 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161227193349/http://www.investiniran.ir/en/filepool/26?redirectpage=%2Fen%2Febook |archive-date = December 27, 2016 }}</ref>

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|+ Fifth Economic Development Plan (2010–15)
! Item!! 2010 (achieved) !!2010–15 (target)
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| [[International rankings of Iran#Economy|GDP world ranking]] || 18th [[List of countries by GDP (PPP)|largest economy by PPP]]<ref name="IMF2">[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2010/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2009&ey=2009&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=512,941,914,446,612,666,614,668,311,672,213,946,911,137,193,962,122,674,912,676,313,548,419,556,513,678,316,181,913,682,124,684,339,273,638,921,514,948,218,943,963,686,616,688,223,518,516,728,918,558,748,138,618,196,522,278,622,692,156,694,624,142,626,449,628,564,228,283,924,853,233,288,632,293,636,566,634,964,238,182,662,453,960,968,423,922,935,714,128,862,611,716,321,456,243,722,248,942,469,718,253,724,642,576,643,936,939,961,644,813,819,199,172,184,132,524,646,361,648,362,915,364,134,732,652,366,174,734,328,144,258,146,656,463,654,528,336,923,263,738,268,578,532,537,944,742,176,866,534,369,536,744,429,186,433,925,178,746,436,926,136,466,343,112,158,111,439,298,916,927,664,846,826,299,542,582,967,474,443,754,917,698,544&s=PPPGDP&grp=0&a=&pr.x=64&pr.y=7 World Economic Outlook Database – Report for Selected Countries and Subjects]. International Monetary Fund (2009). Retrieved November 29, 2010.</ref> ||12th in 2015{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| [[Central Bank of Iran#GDP growth|Annual growth rate]] || 2.6% || 8% on average (based on $1.1 trillion domestic and [[Foreign Direct Investment in Iran|FDI]]);<ref name="AFP">[http://www.france24.com/en/20100111-iran-five-year-plan-targets-annual-8-growth?quicktabs_1=0 Iran five-year plan targets annual 8% growth] {{Dead link|date=November 2016}}. Agence France Presse, January 11, 2010. Retrieved July 23, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/97131-iran-approves-16b-of-foreign-investment-plans Iran approves $1.6b of foreign investment plans] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425075105/http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/97131-iran-approves-16b-of-foreign-investment-plans |date=April 25, 2012 }}. ''Tehran Times'', April 21, 2012. Retrieved April 21, 2012.</ref> [http://www.businessmonitor.com/ BMI] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131000540/http://www.businessmonitor.com/ |date=January 31, 2011 }} forecast: 3.6% on average (2009–14)<ref>[http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/62a3b3/iran_commercial_ba Iran Commercial Banking Report] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213221752/http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/62a3b3/iran_commercial_ba |date=February 13, 2012 }}. Business Monitor International (Q1 2009). Retrieved July 10, 2010.</ref>
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| [[#Labor force|Unemployment]] || 11.8% according to government; unofficially: 12–22%;<ref>[https://archive.today/20120731194259/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/27/cracks-start-irans-economy-touts-sanctions/ Cracks Start to Show in Iran's Economy as U.S. Touts Sanctions]. Foxnews, December 27, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2010.</ref> 30% according to opposition<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-subsidies-20101223,0,5543095.story?track=rss Prices in Iran rise after lifting of subsidies]. ''Los Angeles Times'', December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 27, 2010.</ref>|| 7% by 2015, by creating 1 million new jobs each year<ref name="AFP"/>
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| [[Central Bank of Iran#Inflation and monetary policy|Inflation rate]] || 15% (as of January 2010) || 12% on average<ref name="AFP"/>
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| [[Labor and tax laws in Iran#Indirect Taxes (sales, VAT)|Value Added Tax]] || 3% || 8%<ref name="Turquoise2">[http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Dec10.pdf ''Iran Investment Monthly''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306000343/http://www.turquoisepartners.com/iraninvestment/IIM-Dec10.pdf |date=March 6, 2012 }}. Turquoise Partners (December 2010). Retrieved December 27, 2010.</ref>
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|[[Privatization in Iran|Privatization]]|| {{NA}}  || 20% of state-owned firms to be privatized each year<ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/115671-iran-to-privatize-186-state-run-companies-official Iran to privatize 186 state-run companies: official] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528055805/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/115671-iran-to-privatize-186-state-run-companies-official |date=May 28, 2014 }}. ''Tehran Times'', May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 27, 2014.</ref>
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| [[Cooperative|Share of cooperative sector]] (% GDP) || < 5%<ref>[http://financialtribune.com/articles/economy-domestic-economy/16303/cooperatives-share-meager-economy Cooperatives Share Meager in Economy]. ''Financial Tribune'', May 9, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.</ref> || 25%<ref name="OIETA2">[http://www.investiniran.ir/en/filepool/27?redirectpage=%2fen%2febook Invest in Iran]. Organization for Investment, Economic and Technical Assistance of Iran, Winter 2011. Retrieved March 28, 2014.</ref>
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| [[Science and technology in Iran#Budget|R&D]] (% GDP) || 0.87% || 2.5%<ref name="Ministry of Commerce" />
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| [[#International trade|Share of non-oil exports]] || 20% || 30% ($83 billion) by 2016<ref name="AFP"/><ref name="Turquoise2" /><ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/98163-iran-plans-160-billion-annual-trade-turnover-by-2016 Iran plans $160 billion annual trade turnover by 2016] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527094544/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/98163-iran-plans-160-billion-annual-trade-turnover-by-2016 |date=May 27, 2012 }}. ''Tehran Times'', May 23, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2012.</ref>
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| [[Oil price]] & [[Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)#Revenues from crude oil|revenues]] [[Government of Iran#Revenues|in budget]] || $60 per barrel || $65 per barrel on average<ref name="AFP"/> / $250 billion in [[Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)#Revenues from crude oil|oil and gas revenues]]<ref name="oil" /> in 2015 once the [[South Pars#South Pars development|current projects]] come on stream; [[International Monetary Fund]] projections: ~$60 billion only<ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2010/cr1074.pdf 2010 Staff report]. IMF (March 2010). Retrieved December 27, 2010.</ref>
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| [[National Development Fund]] || {{N/A}} || 30% of [[Ministry of Petroleum (Iran)#Revenues from crude oil|oil revenues]] to be allocated to the [[National Development Fund]] by 2015<ref>[http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/116908-irans-ndf-allocates-7b-to-upstream-oil-projects Iran's NDF allocates $7b to upstream oil projects] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212942/http://tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/116908-irans-ndf-allocates-7b-to-upstream-oil-projects |date=July 14, 2014 }}. ''Tehran Times'', July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 12, 2014.</ref>
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| [[Petroleum industry in Iran#Oil production and reserves|Oil production]] || 4.1 million&nbsp;bpd || 5.2 million&nbsp;bpd (with some 2,500 oil and gas wells to be drilled and commissioned)<ref>[http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010170497 Oil Minister: Iran Self-Sufficient in Drilling Industry] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606031356/http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010170497 |date=June 6, 2013 }}. Fars News Agency, January 9, 2012. Retrieved February 5, 2012.</ref>
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| [[Petroleum industry in Iran#Natural gas|Natural gas]] production|| {{N/A}}  || 900&nbsp;million cubic meter/day{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| [[Petroleum industry in Iran|R&D projects in oil industry]]|| {{N/A}}  ||Implementation of 380 research projects by 2015 covering the enhancement of the recovery rate, gas conversion and hydro conversion<ref>[http://www.iran-daily.com/1391/1/24/MainPaper/4207/Page/4/Index.htm# Oil Industry Will Carry Out 380 Research Projects]. ''Iran Daily'', April 12, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2012.</ref>
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| Investment in [[Petroleum industry in Iran|oil and gas industry]]|| {{N/A}} || $20&nbsp;billion a year in private and [[Foreign Direct Investment in Iran|foreign investment]], in part to boost [[National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company#New facilities|oil refining capacity]]<ref name="AFP"/><ref>[http://www.payvand.com/news/10/jun/1138.html South Pars attracts $15b in domestic investment]. Mehr News Agency, June 15, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.</ref>
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| [[National Iranian Petrochemical Company#Expansion of the petrochemical industry|Petrochemical output]] || ~50 million&nbsp;tpy || 100 million&nbsp;tpy<ref name=NIPC>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=212109 Iran to build 46 new petchem units]. ''[[Tehran Times]]'', January 13, 2010. Retrieved January 30, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/Index_view.asp?code=230826 $44b investment for 64 petchem projects]. ''Tehran Times'', November 23, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2010.</ref>
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| [[National Iranian Oil Company#Subsidiary companies|Bunkering]] || 25% market share in [[Persian Gulf]] || 50% market share or 7.5 million&nbsp;tpy of liquid fuel<ref>[http://www.iran-daily.com/1389/8/4/MainPaper/3810/Page/4/Index.htm# Bunkering Sector Flourishing]. ''Iran Daily'', October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.</ref>
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| [[National Iranian Oil Company#Strategic petroleum reserves|Oil products storage capacity]] || 11.5 billion&nbsp;liters || 16.7 billion&nbsp;liters{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| [[South Pars gas field|Natural gas storage capacity]] || {{N/A}} || 14 billion&nbsp;cubic meters{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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| [[List of power stations in Iran|Electricity generation capacity]] || 61,000&nbsp;MW || 86,000&nbsp;MW<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111030025107/http://www.tehrantimes.com/index.php/economy-and-business/3959-iran-to-boost-power-generation-capacity-by-25000mw Iran to boost power generation capacity by 25,000MW]. ''Tehran Times'', October 26, 2011. Retrieved October 30, 2011.</ref>
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| [[List of power stations in Iran|Efficiency of power plants]] || 38% || 45%<ref>[https://archive.today/20130209230849/http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20110414044704 Iran Top Producer of Hydroelectric Power Plants]. ''Zawya'', April 14, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2011.</ref>
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| Investment in [[Industry of Iran|mining and industry]]|| {{N/A}}|| $70&nbsp;billion / 700,000&nbsp;billion [[Iranian rial|rials]]<ref name="Plan">[http://www.iran-daily.com/1389/4/13/MainPaper/3720/Page/4/Index.htm Mining Sector Exports Hit $8b]. ''Iran Daily'', July 4, 2010. Retrieved July 10, 2010.</ref>
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|[[Mining in Iran#Steel|Crude steel production]] || ~10 million&nbsp;tpy || 42 million&nbsp;tpy by 2015<ref name="Plan" />
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|[[Mining in Iran#Iron ore|Iron ore production]]||~27 million&nbsp;tpy || 66 million&nbsp;tpy by 2015<ref name="Plan" />
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|[[Mining in Iran#Cement|Cement]]||~71 million&nbsp;tpy|| 110 million&nbsp;tpy<ref name="Plan" />
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|[[Limestone]]||{{N/A}}|| 166 million&nbsp;tpy<ref name="Plan" />
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| [[Industry of Iran#Small and medium enterprises|Industrial parks]] ||{{N/A}} || 50 new industrial parks to be built by 2015<ref>[http://www.ngdir.ir/News/NewsDetail.asp?PID=16132 Economy, News. National Geoscience Database of Iran (2010)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323060308/http://www.ngdir.ir/News/NewsDetail.asp?PID=16132 |date=March 23, 2020 }}. Retrieved July 24, 2010.</ref>
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|[[Transport in Iran#Ports and harbors|Ports capacity]]||150 million&nbsp;tons|| 200 million&nbsp;tons<ref>[http://www.iran-daily.com/1389/10/6/MainPaper/3855/Page/4/Index.htm# Ports Capacity to Increase]. ''Iran Daily'', December 27, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2010.</ref>
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|[[Iranian Railways|Railways]]||10,000&nbsp;kilometers<ref>[http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/94182-iran-to-extend-rail-network-to-15000-kilometers-by-2015 Iran to extend rail network to 15,000 kilometers by 2015] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204213235/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/94182-iran-to-extend-rail-network-to-15000-kilometers-by-2015 |date=February 4, 2012 }}. ''Tehran Times'', January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2012.</ref>|| 15,000&nbsp;kilometers by 2015 at a cost of $8 billion per annum<ref name="Turq6" />
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|[[Transport in Iran#Transit statistics|Transit]]|| 7 million&nbsp;tons|| 40 million&nbsp;tons of goods<ref>[http://www.investiniran.ir/en/sectors/transportation Transportation]. [[Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance (Iran)#Organization for Investment and Economic and Technical Assistance|Organization for Investment and Technical Assistance of Iran]], 2012. Retrieved March 14, 2014.</ref>
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|[[Electronic commerce in Iran|Electronic trade]]||{{N/A}}|| 20% of domestic trade, 30% of foreign trade and 80% of government transactions to be made electronically<ref>[http://www.iran-daily.com/1390/7/14/MainPaper/4070/Page/4/Index.htm Electronic trade up]. ''Iran Daily'', October 6, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.</ref>
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{{Clear}}
;Sixth development plan (2016–2021)
The sixth five-year development plan for the 2016–2021 period places emphasis on "guidelines" rather than "hard targets".<ref name="lexology">{{cite web |last1=Kordvani |first1=Amir |last2=Berenjforoush |first2=Poulad |title=Iran approves the Sixth Development Plan to boost investment |url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9a25e9cc-44d0-45fa-9a54-905de434fc66 |website=lexology |date=April 21, 2017 |access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref>  It defines only three priorities: 
* [[Resistance economy#Iran|the development of a resilient economy]];
* [[Science and technology in Iran#Science policy|progress in science and technology]];
* and [[Culture of Iran|the promotion of cultural excellence]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/iran/overview|title=Overview|work=World Bank|access-date=October 21, 2017|language=en}}</ref>