Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Partial data: missing GF10, GF0107
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
33.0%
-2.5 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
4.75%
+0.3 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
3.23%
-4.2 pts since 1996
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
83.6%
of GDP · -19 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
11.5m
142.4% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Jordan yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 4.2% to 6.2% of GDP between 2000 and 2009, then fell to 3.4% by 2023.
Defence rose from 4.5% to 6.4% of GDP between 1995 and 2009, then fell to 4.6% by 2025.
Education fell from 7.5% to 3.0% of GDP between 1996 and 2018, then rose to 3.2% by 2024.
Total spending fell from 35.5% to 27.4% of GDP between 1995 and 2011, then rose to 33.0% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 102.4% to 47.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2008, then rose to 83.6% by 2025.
Population grew from 4.8 million in 1995 to 11.5 million in 2025; the UN projects 16.4 million by 2050.