Tax revenue in Jordan

Central government tax revenue in Jordan was equal to 15.5% of GDP in 2023.

Measure: Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) Unit: % of GDP Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Jordan, 2023 15.5% % of GDP
Change from 2022 −0.4percentage points 2022: 15.9%
World, 2023 13.9% Official aggregate

Tax revenue in Jordan over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Tax revenue as a share of GDP (central government) (% of GDP), 2000 to 2024
Period JordanWorld
2024 – 13.9%
2023 15.5% 13.9%
2022 15.9% 14.5%
2021 15.6% 14.3%
2020 14.6% 13.7%
2019 13.6% 13.8%
2018 13.5% 13.9%
2017 13.4% 14.2%
2016 13.7% 13.9%
2015 13.6% 14.0%
2014 14.0% 14.0%
2013 13.6% 14.0%
2012 13.5% 13.8%
2011 13.2% 13.7%
2010 13.9% 13.3%
2009 14.8% 13.1%
2008 15.2% 14.3%
2007 24.7% 14.8%
2006 24.6% 14.5%
2005 24.4% 14.1%
2004 21.0% 14.5%
2003 18.2% 14.4%
2002 17.5% 14.6%
2001 18.7% –
2000 19.0% –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 15.9% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 13.6%, the figure has changed by +1.9 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 13.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2023 for Jordan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics