Jordan vs Syria
Jordan vs Syria: Government debt
Government debt: 83.6% of GDP in Jordan in 2025 and 31.2% of GDP in Syria in 2009, by IMF estimates. In 2009 the value was higher in Jordan, by 20.6 percentage points, or 1.66 times that in Syria.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Jordan has been higher since 2005, when it overtook Syria.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Jordan at 75.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Syria at 30% of GDP in 2010.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Jordan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83.6 | – |
| 2024 | 82.1 | – |
| 2023 | 81 | – |
| 2022 | 80.7 | – |
| 2021 | 79.9 | – |
| 2020 | 77.9 | – |
| 2019 | 69.4 | – |
| 2018 | 67.9 | – |
| 2017 | 69.1 | – |
| 2016 | 70.7 | – |
| 2015 | 71.4 | – |
| 2014 | 68.2 | – |
| 2013 | 68.8 | – |
| 2012 | 64 | – |
| 2011 | 56.1 | – |
| 2010 | 53.4 | 30 |
| 2009 | 51.8 | 31.2 |
| 2008 | 47.9 | 37.3 |
| 2007 | 58.2 | 42.7 |
| 2006 | 60 | 45 |
| 2005 | 66.1 | 50.7 |
| 2004 | 73.8 | 113 |
| 2003 | 80.4 | 133.4 |
| 2002 | 85.9 | 132.4 |
| 2001 | 85.5 | 144.5 |
| 2000 | 89.9 | 152.1 |
| 1999 | 98.7 | 147.7 |
| 1998 | 96.3 | 151.2 |
| 1997 | 94.7 | 147.6 |
| 1996 | 101.2 | 141.5 |
| 1995 | 102.4 | 152.6 |
| 1994 | 112.1 | 163 |
| 1993 | 122.2 | 171.9 |
| 1992 | 134.7 | 173.6 |
| 1991 | 180.5 | 182.4 |
| 1990 | 197.7 | 189.8 |
| 1989 | 190.3 | – |
| 1988 | 159.7 | – |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Jordan | Syria |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 82.5 | – |
| 2027 | 81.4 | – |
| 2028 | 79.9 | – |
| 2029 | 78.4 | – |
| 2030 | 76.9 | – |
| 2031 | 75.7 | – |
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 Syria
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Syria: 72.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Syria: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Syria: 16.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Syria: 3.58% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Syria: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Syria: 23.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Syria: 4.92% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Syria: 2.71 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Syria: 72.1% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Syria: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Syria: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Syria: 32.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025Syria: 4.06% of GDP in 2010
- Military spending per personJordan: $221 in 2025Syria: $110 in 2011
- Military share of state spendingJordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025Syria: 13.6% of government spending in 2010
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Syria: 269,000 people in 2020
- National powerJordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Syria: 0.29% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Syria: 5.44% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Syria: 2 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024Syria: 30 million TIV in 2010