Jordan vs Morocco
Jordan vs Morocco: Government debt
Government debt in 2025: 83.6% of GDP in Jordan and 66.6% of GDP in Morocco, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Jordan, by 17 percentage points, or 1.26 times that in Morocco.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2025, Jordan ranked 29 and Morocco ranked 43 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Jordan at 75.7% of GDP and Morocco at 61.6% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Jordan | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.6 | 66.6 |
| 2024 | 82.1 | 67 |
| 2023 | 81 | 68.4 |
| 2022 | 80.7 | 71.4 |
| 2021 | 79.9 | 69.4 |
| 2020 | 77.9 | 72.3 |
| 2019 | 69.4 | 60.3 |
| 2018 | 67.9 | 60.5 |
| 2017 | 69.1 | 60.3 |
| 2016 | 70.7 | 60.1 |
| 2015 | 71.4 | 58.4 |
| 2014 | 68.2 | 58.6 |
| 2013 | 68.8 | 57.1 |
| 2012 | 64 | 52.3 |
| 2011 | 56.1 | 48.6 |
| 2010 | 53.4 | 45.3 |
| 2009 | 51.8 | 42.6 |
| 2008 | 47.9 | 42 |
| 2007 | 58.2 | 47.1 |
| 2006 | 60 | 50.6 |
| 2005 | 66.1 | 54.8 |
| 2004 | 73.8 | 54.4 |
| 2003 | 80.4 | 56.9 |
| 2002 | 85.9 | 59.4 |
| 2001 | 85.5 | 60.4 |
| 2000 | 89.9 | 64.9 |
| 1999 | 98.7 | 63.4 |
| 1998 | 96.3 | 64.5 |
| 1997 | 94.7 | 68 |
| 1996 | 101.2 | 65.3 |
| 1995 | 102.4 | 72.2 |
| 1994 | 112.1 | 69.3 |
| 1993 | 122.2 | 74.7 |
| 1992 | 134.7 | 67 |
| 1991 | 180.5 | 59.1 |
| 1990 | 197.7 | 70.5 |
| 1989 | 190.3 | – |
| 1988 | 159.7 | – |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Jordan | Morocco |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82.5 | 66.6 |
| 2027 | 81.4 | 66.2 |
| 2028 | 79.9 | 65.3 |
| 2029 | 78.4 | 63.9 |
| 2030 | 76.9 | 62.6 |
| 2031 | 75.7 | 61.6 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Jordan vs Morocco
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Morocco: 75.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Morocco: 1.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Morocco: 14.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJordan: 85.7% in 2022Morocco: 74.8% in 2022
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Morocco: 5.41% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Morocco: 7.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Morocco: 37.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Morocco: 1% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Morocco: 2.23 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Morocco: 63.1% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Morocco: 29.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Morocco: 7.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Morocco: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025Morocco: 3.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsJordan: $2.5B in 2025Morocco: $5.88B in 2025
- Military spending per personJordan: $221 in 2025Morocco: $166 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingJordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025Morocco: 10.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Morocco: 246,000 people in 2020
- National powerJordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Morocco: 0.4% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Morocco: 2.07% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Morocco: 392 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024Morocco: 26 million TIV in 2024