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Jordan: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2024
31.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+0.7 pointsfrom 30.7%
Average, 2015–2024
29.4%10 years
Record high and low
38.2% (1988)low 22.9% (2010)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203130.9Forecast
203030.5Forecast
202930.2Forecast
202830.5Forecast
202730.8Forecast
202630.8Forecast
202530.7Forecast
202431.4
202330.7
202229.6
202130.5
202029.7
201927.8
201828.5
201728.3
201628.6
201528.5

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1985–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1985–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2008–2023
  • Arab Monetary Fund2013–2020
  • 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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