Measuring economic resilience index in Iran (2005-2014)

 We examined the resilience of Iran's economy over the years 2005-2014. To this end, a composite indigenous index comprise of the following variables is calculated: inflation rate, unemployment rate, exchange rate, ratio of budget deficit to gross domestic product, share of oil in the government budget, ratio of non-oil exports to imports, import ratio of intermediate and primary goods to total imports, total government budget to gross domestic product, ratio of government consumption to total consumption of the economy, export and import ratio to gross domestic product, underground economy, ratio of high education graduates to total government employees, Gini coefficient, literacy rates and main insured of social security organization. The empirical results indicate an increase in the Iran's economic resilience index. The highest figure in the index is in 2014 and the lowest is in 2005. The relationship between resilience index and GDP per capita indicates a positive relationship over the course of study, i. e with increasing economic resilience, GDP per capita also increases.