Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Jordan
Jordan: Taxes on income, profits and capital gains was 19.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Jordan, 1990–2023
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of revenue.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 19.3% for taxes on income, profits and capital gains in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 62.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Jordan peaked at 19.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2004.
Jordan ranks 99th of 153 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.
Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % of revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 13.2% | — |
| 1991 | 9.4% | -29.2% |
| 1992 | 8.8% | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 9.3% | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 10.2% | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 10.1% | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 10.9% | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 9.9% | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 8.8% | -11.2% |
| 1999 | 8.8% | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 9.2% | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 10.7% | +16.2% |
| 2002 | 10.1% | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 9.3% | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | +28.1% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 12.7% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 16.9% | +32.8% |
| 2010 | 13.4% | -20.8% |
| 2011 | 12.3% | -8.0% |
| 2012 | 13.6% | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 10.5% | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 12.6% | +19.8% |
| 2016 | 13.4% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 12.6% | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 11.9% | -5.8% |
| 2019 | 13.2% | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 15.7% | +19.3% |
| 2021 | 14.5% | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 17.4% | +19.7% |
| 2023 | 19.3% | +11.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 19.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 22.7%, 85% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 19.3% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 19.3%, 1.0× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.9% | 8.8% | 13.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.9% | 7.9% | 16.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.5% | 10.5% | 13.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 14.5% | 19.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 96 Andorra 19.4% compare
- 97 Iran, Islamic Republic of 19.3% compare
- 98 Lao People's Democratic Republic 19.3% compare
- 100 Guinea-Bissau 19.0% compare
- 101 Hungary 18.9% compare
- 102 Uzbekistan 18.8% compare
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 taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Jordan?
- Taxes on income, profits and capital gains in Jordan was 19.3% in 2023, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 19.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest taxes on income, profits and capital gains recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2004.
- How does Jordan rank for taxes on income, profits and capital gains?
- Jordan ranks 99th out of 153 countries with data for 2023.
- Is taxes on income, profits and capital gains rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.9%. 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 Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are taxes payable on the actual or presumed incomes, profits and capital gains. 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.