Jordan vs Lower middle income: Interest payments
Interest payments over time
- Jordan
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 18.6% against 9.0% in Lower middle income, a difference of 9.6%.
That makes Jordan's figure about 2.1 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Jordan ranks 22nd and Lower middle income ranks 22nd of 155 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Lower middle income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.5% | 8.5% | 1.0% | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 7.1% | 4.6% | Jordan |
| 2020s | 17.5% | 9.7% | 7.7% | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher interest payments, Jordan or Lower middle income?
- Jordan, at 18.6% against 9.0% in Lower middle income as of 2023.
- What is the difference in interest payments between Jordan and Lower middle income?
- 9.6%, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Lower middle income?
- 19 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2021.
- How do Jordan and Lower middle income rank globally for interest payments?
- Jordan ranks 22nd and Lower middle income ranks 22nd of 155 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as Interest payments (% of revenue). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Interest payments include interest payments on government debt (including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments) to domestic and foreign residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.