Tax revenue in Jordan
Jordan: Tax revenue was 15.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue in Jordan, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 15.5% for tax revenue in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in Jordan peaked at 24.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 13.2%, in 2011.
Jordan ranks 87th of 157 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Tax revenue in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 18.0% | — |
| 1991 | 17.9% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 23.0% | +28.0% |
| 1993 | 20.9% | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 20.0% | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 20.7% | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 21.7% | +4.7% |
| 1997 | 19.1% | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 18.1% | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 18.1% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 19.0% | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 18.7% | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 17.5% | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 18.2% | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 24.4% | +16.3% |
| 2006 | 24.6% | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 24.7% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 15.2% | -38.6% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 13.9% | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 13.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 14.0% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 13.6% | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 13.7% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 13.5% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 13.6% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 14.6% | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 15.6% | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 15.9% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 15.5% | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19.8% | 17.9% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.8% | 14.8% | 24.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.6% | 13.2% | 14.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.4% | 14.6% | 15.9% | 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 tax revenue in Jordan?
- Tax revenue in Jordan was 15.5% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.2% in 2011.
- How does Jordan rank for tax revenue?
- Jordan ranks 87th out of 157 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.