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Jordan: General government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1985–2024 · 40 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef_GDP

2024
−7.27%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.8 pointsfrom −6.49%
Average, 2015–2024
−4.91%10 years
Record high and low
2.76% (2007)low −13.4% (1987)

General government deficit (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031-4.30Forecast
2030-4.12Forecast
2029-4.11Forecast
2028-4.30Forecast
2027-5.32Forecast
2026-5.45Forecast
2025-6.35Forecast
2024-7.27
2023-6.49
2022-4.90
2021-6.62
2020-7.03
2019-3.35
2018-2.43
2017-3.22
2016-2.62
2015-5.18

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1985–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2008–2023
  • Arab Monetary Fund2018–2020
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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