In its latest report on the situation of payment of energy subsidies in the world, the international monetary body has introduced Iran as the sixth subsidizer in the world for the consumption of fossil fuels.
According to this report, provided based on the statistics in 2022, the Iranian government has paid $62.7 billion in direct energy subsidies to its citizens in the reported year, which is more than any other country in the world except China, Indonesia, Russia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia.
The IMF put the amount of subsidies paid by the Iranian government to its citizens on electricity consumption in 2022 at $13.9 billion.
In addition, Iran paid $48.8 billion worth of direct subsidies to its citizens on consumption of gasoline and other oil products, the report added.
In general, six countries including Iran, Russia, China, Indonesia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia accounted for almost half of the total energy subsidies in the world.
They paid a total of $673 billion worth of direct subsidies to their citizens for fuel consumption, the IMF added.