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Iran's cultural budget: topics and institutions

Iran's national cultural budget over three years, by topic and by agency. The largest share goes to religious and cultural promotion, followed by media and sport; the arts, books and handicrafts together receive less than five percent.

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Key figures

28%Share of "religious and cultural promotion" in the national cultural budget
259KTotal cultural budget (billion tomans)
389%Growth since 2022/23
18%Share of media and cyberspace
2.3%Share of the arts
106Agencies involved
43Parent organisations

Namafar classified every cultural line of Iran's annual budget bill by topic, sub-topic and agency, for 2022/23 to 2024/25.

The dashboard shows where cultural spending goes, which agencies and parent organisations receive it, the split between government and non-government (sovereign) bodies, the largest programmes, and how each topic grew. Amounts are in billion tomans and nominal.

Live data, updated every night. Interactive charts with filters, tables and export.

What is inside

  • Topics
  • Sub-topics
  • Institutions
  • Programmes and records
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