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Government debt in Jordan

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Jordan's government debt is 82.80 % — #96 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

82.80%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.8 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Jordan over time

197.70 %122.80 %47.90 %197.70 % · 199047.90 % · 20081988: 159.70 %1989: 190.30 %1990: 197.70 %1991: 180.50 %1992: 134.70 %1993: 122.10 %1994: 112.10 %1995: 102.40 %1996: 101.20 %1997: 94.70 %1998: 96.30 %1999: 98.70 %2000: 89.90 %2001: 85.50 %2002: 85.90 %2003: 80.40 %2004: 73.80 %2005: 66.10 %2006: 60.00 %2007: 58.20 %2008: 47.90 %2009: 51.80 %2010: 53.40 %2011: 56.10 %2012: 64.00 %2013: 68.80 %2014: 68.20 %2015: 71.40 %2016: 70.70 %2017: 69.10 %2018: 67.90 %2019: 69.40 %2020: 77.90 %2021: 79.90 %2022: 80.70 %2023: 81.00 %2024: 82.10 %2025: 82.80 %19882007202582.80 %
38 official observations, 1988 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#96 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
23 %
28 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.70 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
114.90 pp
peak 197.70 % in 1990
Full series
▼ 76.90 pp
since 1988

In Asia: #30 of 37vs median 54.55 %: +28.25 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Jordan: ahead of 23 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtJordan 82.80 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Jordan is ahead of 23 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Jordan
94 Austria80.50 %−2.30 pp
95 Tunisia81.30 %−1.50 pp
96 Jordan82.80 %—
97 India84.10 %+1.30 pp
98 Trinidad and Tobago84.20 %+1.40 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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