Jordan
Government debt in Jordan
Government debt in Jordan: 159.7% of GDP in 1988 and 83.6% of GDP in 2025, by IMF estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 83.6% of GDP
- Since 1988
- −76.1 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 29 of 149
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2031
- 75.7% of GDP
- IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts it at 75.7% of GDP in 2031.
- The highest was 197.7% of GDP in 1990, the lowest 47.9% of GDP in 2008.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Jordan |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2009 | 51.8 |
| 2008 | 47.9 |
| 2007 | 58.2 |
| 2006 | 60 |
| 2005 | 66.1 |
| 2004 | 73.8 |
| 2003 | 80.4 |
| 2002 | 85.9 |
| 2001 | 85.5 |
| 2000 | 89.9 |
| 1999 | 98.7 |
| 1998 | 96.3 |
| 1997 | 94.7 |
| 1996 | 101.2 |
| 1995 | 102.4 |
| 1994 | 112.1 |
| 1993 | 122.2 |
| 1992 | 134.7 |
| 1991 | 180.5 |
| 1990 | 197.7 |
| 1989 | 190.3 |
| 1988 | 159.7 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Jordan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 82.5 |
| 2027 | 81.4 |
| 2028 | 79.9 |
| 2029 | 78.4 |
| 2030 | 76.9 |
| 2031 | 75.7 |
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.
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- Military spending4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per person$221 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel116,000 people in 2020
- National power0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exports226 million TIV in 2024