Goods and services expense in Jordan
Jordan: Goods and services expense was 9.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Goods and services expense in Jordan, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of expense.
Analysis
In 2023, goods and services expense in Jordan stood at 9.8%.
That represents a change of down 21.1% on the previous year and up 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, goods and services expense in Jordan peaked at 12.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 1990.
Jordan ranks 104th of 154 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Goods and services expense in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % of expense | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4.0% | — |
| 1991 | 5.8% | +45.6% |
| 1992 | 6.2% | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 8.3% | +32.2% |
| 1994 | 7.5% | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 6.7% | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 5.7% | -15.1% |
| 1997 | 5.5% | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 7.1% | +29.1% |
| 1999 | 6.6% | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 6.3% | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 6.5% | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 5.4% | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 5.8% | +7.0% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 4.6% | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 6.5% | +43.5% |
| 2007 | 4.9% | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 11.2% | +103.8% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | -20.3% |
| 2012 | 5.4% | -25.0% |
| 2013 | 6.5% | +20.9% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | +44.9% |
| 2015 | 7.7% | -18.8% |
| 2016 | 7.9% | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 7.1% | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 7.9% | +11.6% |
| 2019 | 8.8% | +12.0% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 9.9% | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 12.4% | +24.9% |
| 2023 | 9.8% | -21.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.3% | 4.0% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.3% | 4.6% | 11.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.7% | 5.4% | 9.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.1% | 8.4% | 12.4% | 4 |
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More public sector data for Jordan
- Arms imports 24.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.08 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0004 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 50 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 24.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 221.61 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0437 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.56 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 180.19 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is goods and services expense in Jordan?
- Goods and services expense in Jordan was 9.8% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest goods and services expense recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 12.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest goods and services expense recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 1990.
- How does Jordan rank for goods and services expense?
- Jordan ranks 104th out of 154 countries with data for 2023.
- Is goods and services expense rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Goods and services expense (% of expense). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Goods and services include all government payments in exchange for goods and services used for the production of market and nonmarket goods and services. Use of goods and services for own account capital formation is excluded. This indicator is expressed as percentage of total expenses which is any decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction.