Jordan's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) was 18.15% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 10.04 percentage points from 8.11% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 18.15% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 19.21% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 8.11% | 2014 |
| Highest | 41.6% | 1988 |
| Lowest | 4.88% | 1976 |
| Average since 2015 | 18.3% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 7.92% | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Jordan's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 1.91 percentage points on 2023 (from 16.24% to 18.15%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.34 percentage points in 2008 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.75 percentage points in 1989. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 20% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Jordan had the 36th highest value of the 109 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | 18.15% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 12.7% | 2024 |
Closest to Jordan in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Total debt service to exports of goods, services and primary income. Total debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term debt, interest paid on short-term debt, and repayments (repurchases and charges) to the IMF.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 53 values
| Year | Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 18.15 |
| 2023 | 16.24 |
| 2022 | 23.12 |
| 2021 | 21.39 |
| 2020 | 27.36 |
| 2019 | 19.21 |
| 2018 | 13.96 |
| 2017 | 12.3 |
| 2016 | 17.15 |
| 2015 | 14.14 |
| 2014 |
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 2.67% (2020)
- Algeria — 0.8% (2024)
- Djibouti — 2.53% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 49.23% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0.28% (2024)
- Iraq — 2.96% (2024)
- Lebanon — 21.05% (2024)
- Morocco — 12.93% (2024)
- Pakistan
More economic policy & debt data for Jordan
- Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$26.56 billion (2025)
- Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$16.32 billion (2025)
- Grants, excluding technical cooperation (BoP, current US$) — US$2.12 billion (2023)
- Technical cooperation grants (BoP, current US$) — US$225.31 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Germany (current US$) — US$395.02 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United Kingdom (current US$) — US$34.75 million (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Total (current US$) — US$2.28 billion (2023)
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, United States (current US$) — US$1.25 billion (2023)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jordan's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income)?
- 18.15% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is up 10.23 percentage points from 7.92% in 1972. The highest value was 41.6% in 1988 and the lowest 4.88% in 1976.
- How does Jordan rank?
- 36th highest of 109 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) unusual for Jordan?
- In 2024, Jordan's total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) rose 1.91 percentage points on 2023 (from 16.24% to 18.15%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.16 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.TDS.DECT.EX.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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