Jordan - Expense (% of GDP)

Expense (% of GDP) in Jordan was 26.25 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 35.65 in 2005, while its lowest value was 24.68 in 1992.

Definition: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 29.69
1991 28.96
1992 24.68
1993 25.90
1994 24.92
1995 26.14
1996 28.80
1997 28.42
1998 28.52
1999 26.77
2000 27.12
2001 26.99
2002 28.34
2003 29.47
2004 32.14
2005 35.65
2006 32.75
2007 33.88
2008 30.47
2009 29.21
2010 26.24
2011 28.85
2012 28.87
2013 26.24
2014 27.49
2015 25.71
2016 25.86
2017 25.68
2018 26.56
2019 26.25

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance