A comparative study of the structure and spending model of Iran's cultural budget

Iran and the worldGovernance of the creative industriesFinancing1405 (2026/27)

This report compares Iran's cultural budget in the 1405 (2026/27) budget bill with the cultural budgets of five countries. According to the report, cultural agencies receive 1.75 percent of the general budget, and most of this appropriation goes to current spending.

1.75%Cultural bodies' share of general budget spending, 1405 bill
104thousand billion tomans for cultural bodies
4.8%The same share in Saudi Arabia, 2025

Persian PDF (24 pages) on namafar.irIran's cultural budget share compared with five countries

Compared with countries in the region and some leading countries

This report compares Iran's cultural budget in the 1405 (2026/27) budget bill with the cultural budgets of five countries. According to the report, cultural agencies receive 1.75 percent of the general budget, and most of this appropriation goes to current spending.

Namafar wrote this report for the Islamic Parliament Research Center of Iran. The center published it under serial number 21565. It appeared in Khordad 1405 (May–June 2026). The report has 24 pages.

The official text of the report is also available on the Majlis Research Center website in Persian.

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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

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