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Jordan: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1959–2024 · 66 observations · forecasts to 2031 · 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
42.7% (1979)low 20.7% (1972)

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

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

Jordan documentation (PDF)

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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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