Here are the main figures of Iran's economy, each with a line on what it means in daily life. The chart shows how the dollar moved before and after the big events.
270,000toman
Latest quote: 5 Oct 2026, 16:48 Tehran time · 0.63% higher than 24 hours earlier
What people pay in the market for one US dollar. The free market has no single official rate, so each source gives a slightly different figure.
89.8%
A fixed basket of goods cost almost 90 percent more in Shahrivar 1405 than a year earlier.
Shahrivar 1405 (August–September 2026) · Source: آفتابنیوز، شفقنا اقتصادی
-10.1%
Iran's economy was ten percent smaller in spring 1405 than a year earlier. Oil and gas fell most (26 percent); without oil the fall is 4.6 percent.
Spring 1405 (March–June 2026) · Source: خبرآنلاین به نقل از مرکز آمار ایران
0barrels a day
In September no tanker loaded crude at Iranian ports, for the first time since the war began. In August about 250,000 barrels a day were loaded.
The Bloomberg report itself could not be opened; the figure comes from outlets that reprinted it. Loading is not the same as crossing the blockade line.
September 2026 · Source: briefs.co، OilPrice.com
1,530trillion toman
This year the government plans to spend about 1,530 trillion toman more than it earns, and fills the gap by selling bonds and drawing on the National Development Fund. One hemmat is a thousand billion toman.
24 Sep 2026 · Source: نماد اقتصاد
This chart shows only 18 days: the days on which we read the dollar's price in a source ourselves. The line only joins the dots; we have no figure for the days in between and have guessed none. The free market has no single rate, and the price depends on the hour. Where a source quoted rials, we converted to toman (one toman is ten rials).
| Date | One dollar | Event | Source | As the source put it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Jun 2025 | about 94,000 toman | Start of the twelve-day war | Eghtesad Online | about 94,000 toman, unofficial trading |
| 28 Sep 2025 | 110,010 toman | UN sanctions return | Eghtesad Online | 110,010 toman, at 11:18 |
| 30 Sep 2025 | about 117,000 toman | — | Iran International | record of 1.17 million rials |
| 29 Dec 2025 | about 141,000 toman | Change of central bank governor announced | Iran International | about 1.41 million rials |
| 27 Jan 2026 | 150,000 toman | — | Al Jazeera | record low of 1,500,000 |
| 28 Feb 2026 | 165,370 toman | Start of the war | Ettelaat | 1,653,700 rials, at 08:00 |
| 28 Mar 2026 | 158,545 toman | — | Shargh, quoting Eghtesad24 | 158,545 toman, at 08:50 |
| 13 Apr 2026 | 156,570 toman | — | Eghtesad Online | 1,565,700 rials |
| 29 Apr 2026 | about 181,000 toman | — | Al Jazeera | 1.81 million rials |
| 4 May 2026 | about 190,000 toman | — | Iran International | previous record of 1,900,000 |
| 18 Jun 2026 | 156,510 toman | One day after the memorandum of understanding was signed | Eghtesad Online | 156,510 toman |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 181,285 toman | — | Eghtesad Online | 181,285 toman |
| 17 Jul 2026 | 191,800 toman | — | Iran International | record of 1,918,000 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | about 225,000 toman | — | Iran International | about 2.25 million rials |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 243,500 toman | Two days after the seven-day Hormuz plan was rejected | Eghtesad Online | 243,500 toman, at 19:27 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 252,475 toman | — | Eghtesad Online | 252,475 toman, at 13:23 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 253,800 toman | — | Eghtesad Online | 253,800 toman, at 11:20 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 264,500 toman | — | Tabnak | 264,500 toman, at 12:05 |
73.6%
Average price rise over the past twelve months against the twelve months before. This figure moves more slowly than point-to-point inflation.
Shahrivar 1405 (August–September 2026) · Source: آفتابنیوز، اکوایران
4.2%
Prices rose this much in a single month. Food rose 2.3 percent, non-food goods and services 5.7 percent.
Shahrivar 1405 (August–September 2026) · Source: شفقنا اقتصادی
121.8%
Food has more than doubled in price in a year. Non-food goods and services rose 71.9 percent over the same period.
Shahrivar 1405 (August–September 2026) · Source: شفقنا اقتصادی
175,228toman
The rate importers get from the currency exchange centre. It is about a third cheaper than the free market, and that gap is itself a sign of scarce foreign currency.
3 Oct 2026 · Source: تابناک، ۱۱ مهر ۱۴۰۵
2.48million barrels a day
Iran produced about 2.5 million barrels of crude a day in July. In August daily output fell by 399,000 barrels, because oil that cannot be sold has nowhere to be stored.
July 2026 · Source: Tehran Times (OPEC secondary sources)، Peak Oil Barrel, OPEC report for September 2026
about 6billion US dollars
Lloyd's List estimates the naval blockade cut about 6 billion dollars from Iran's oil income in two months alone. Exports fell from 1.84 million barrels a day in March to under 300,000 in May.
April and May 2026 · Source: Al Jazeera, citing Lloyd's List
about 135million litres a day
About 135 million litres of petrol are burned each day, but refineries make 112 million. Around 14 million litres a day are imported or drawn from the strategic reserve.
13 Aug 2026 · Source: اقتصادآنلاین، به نقل از رئیس سازمان بهینهسازی انرژی
1,500 / 3,000 / 10,000toman a litre
Three prices: the first 60 litres a month at 1,500 toman, the next 50 at 3,000, and anything above at 10,000 (since 8 September 2026). The government says 80 to 85 percent of people never reach the third price.
8 Sep 2026 · Source: اقتصادآنلاین، اعلام سخنگوی دولت
13,640megawatts
At the peak of the summer heat, power plants supplied about 13,600 megawatts less than the country needed, which means rolling cuts for homes and factories.
14 Jul 2026 · Source: همشهری آنلاین، به نقل از مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس
about 30billion US dollars
The fund was meant to keep part of the oil money for the future. Of the 164 billion dollars paid into it, about 30 billion remain, and only 10 to 12 billion of that can be turned into cash.
Figures are as of December 2024; no newer figure was found.
31 Dec 2024 · Source: خبرآنلاین، به نقل از رئیس صندوق
26.1billion US dollars
The foreign currency the central bank holds on paper. Much of it is frozen in foreign banks because of sanctions; how much is usable is not known.
31 Dec 2024 · Source: FRED, series IRNFAFARUSD (IMF)
-6.1%
The IMF expects Iran's economy to shrink by about 6 percent in 2026, with average inflation of 69 percent.
The IMF document itself was not seen.
17 Jul 2026 · Source: Iran International, citing the IMF
550trillion toman
The central bank dissolved this bank with accumulated losses of 550 trillion toman and moved its deposits to Bank Melli. This one bank accounted for 42 percent of all banks' debt to the central bank.
23 Oct 2025 · Source: عصر ایران، بیانیهٔ بانک مرکزی، باشگاه خبرنگاران جوان
about 7,167,000points
The stock exchange was shut for about 80 days from the first day of the war. Since reopening the index has almost doubled; with inflation near 90 percent that mostly means money fleeing the rial, not a boom.
22 Sep 2026 · Source: اقتصادآنلاین، شهرآرانیوز
32billion US dollars
Non-oil exports were 15 billion dollars and imports 17 billion, each about a quarter lower than a year earlier.
18 Aug 2026 · Source: Nournews, citing the head of Iran's customs
21.21billion US dollars
The UAE was the largest gateway for goods entering Iran. Since 19 August 2026 it has stopped all trade and financial transactions with Iran.
Ten months to January 2026 · Source: AFP via The Korea Times, citing Iran's customs، Al Jazeera, UAE embargo
26,546,900toman
0.92% higher than 24 hours earlier
271,515,000toman
0.23% higher than 24 hours earlier
303,160toman
0.07% higher than 24 hours earlier
We do not yet have an unemployment figure that we have read at its source and that carries a clear date, so we print no number here and guess nothing.
One of the three goals of Divan's advisors is that Iran becomes the first power of its region. These few figures show the starting point: Iran's place among 9 states, in the latest year for which the World Bank has a figure.
The value of all the goods and services the country produced in a year, in US dollars at that year's prices.
Source: National statistics offices and central banks, OECD national accounts and World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank Open Data · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Indicator page at the World Bank · Raw data
The same output, adjusted for the different price levels between countries; better suited to comparing the size of economies than conversion at exchange rates.
Source: International Comparison Program (World Bank), the PPP programmes of Eurostat and the OECD, OECD national accounts, the IMF's World Economic Outlook and World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank Open Data · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Indicator page at the World Bank · Raw data
The value of the goods and services the country sold abroad in a year, in US dollars at that year's prices.
Source: National statistics offices, central banks' national accounts and World Bank staff estimates, via World Bank Open Data · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Indicator page at the World Bank · Raw data
Everyone living in the country, whatever their citizenship; a mid-year estimate.
Source: UN Population Division (World Population Prospects), national statistics offices, Eurostat and the UN Statistics Division, via World Bank Open Data · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Indicator page at the World Bank · Raw data
How many of every million inhabitants work in research and development.
No data available: Israel
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank Open Data · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Indicator page at the World Bank · Raw data
Science and engineering articles in a selection of the peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings in Scopus; a joint article is shared between countries in proportion to its authors.
Source: Science and Engineering Indicators, US National Science Foundation (NSF), via World Bank Open Data · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Indicator page at the World Bank · Raw data
These are only a few indicators from one open source, World Bank Open Data. The years differ; the newest figure in this block is for 2025. So none of them reflects the war that began on 28 Feb 2026. Rank means Iran's place among these 9 states, which Divan chose; a state with no figure from 2018 on is not counted. Figures are rounded for reading; ranks and bar lengths are counted from the full values, which are under “Raw data”. The World Bank last updated these series on 13 Jul 2026; we read them on 5 Oct 2026.
The offices that decide in this field, and what an AI would decide in each.
I would send parliament a wartime budget amendment: stop non-essential spending and put that money straight onto the tables of low-income families.
I would narrow the gap between the two rates on a schedule announced in advance, and at the same time stop lending to the government and to unsound banks.
I would set a wartime fiscal rule: a ceiling on the deficit, and a published list of every tax exemption and budget line.
I would cut output to a plan so the wells are not damaged, and close the petrol gap by managing demand, not by importing.
Each figure on this page is as of the date shown on its own card and comes from the source named beside it. Live prices and stories come from Manshur and are refreshed about every ten minutes.