BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 15. The volume of loans issued by banks and financial institutions in Iran increased by 40.6 percent during the five months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through August 22, 2025), compared to the same period of the previous year (from March 20 through August 21, 2024).
Data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank (CBI) indicates that Iranian banks and financial institutions issued loans worth 24.4 quadrillion rials (about $42.4 billion) across various sectors during this period, while in the same period last year, the figure stood at 17.4 quadrillion rials (about $30.1 billion)
The report notes that the country's loans amounted to 10.7 quadrillion rials (about $18.5 billion) in the industry and mining sector alone.
Meanwhile, the data shows that loans worth 8.62 quadrillion rials (about $15 billion) were issued in the services sector, while the trade sector received 3.06 quadrillion rials (about $5.31 billion).
The information adds that in the agricultural sector, 1.26 quadrillion rials (about $2.2 billion) were allocated, while in the housing and construction sector, loans totaled 791 trillion rials (about $1.37 billion).
Moreover, various other sectors received 2.12 trillion rials (around $3.7 million) in loans during the same period.
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