Jordan: External debt

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 Jordan

External debt, percent of GDP

 Latest value 87.67
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1990 - 2024
 Average 98.06
 Min - Max 57.76 - 221.82
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 87.67 percent, an increase from 87.23 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 132.26 percent, based on data from 119 countries. Historically, the average for Jordan from 1990 to 2024 is 98.06 percent. The minimum value, 57.76 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 221.82 percent was recorded in 1991. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values Jordan: External debt
 2024 87.67
 2023 87.23
 2022 84.43
 2021 90.07
 2020 86.92
 2019 75.15
 2018 73.51
 2017 72.12




Definition: The total debt of public and private borrowers held by non-residents as percent of GDP. Source: Kose, M. Ayhan, Sergio Kurlat, Franziska Ohnsorge, and Naotaka Sugawara. 2022. "A Cross-Country Database of Fiscal Space." Journal of International Money and Finance 128 (November): 102682.

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 Current account, percent of GDP -5.33 2024 percent
 Current account, in dollars -3.13 2024 billion U.S. dollars
 Trade balance, percent of GDP -37.52 2007 percent
 Trade balance, in dollars -7.71 2024 billion U.S. dollars
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 Remittances, percent of GDP 8.31 2024 percent
 Remittances 4,431.13 2024 million U.S. dollars
 Net errors and omissions 1,446.19 2024 million USD
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 Short-term external debt 37.03 2024 percent
 Short-term debt to reserves 79.06 2024 percent
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