Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Jordan
Jordan: Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality was 17.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Jordan, 1982–2023
Source: UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 17.2% for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Jordan peaked at 23.7% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 10.5%, in 1987.
Jordan ranks 116th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Jordan, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 12.1% | — |
| 1983 | 12.6% | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 12.1% | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 12.4% | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 10.6% | -15.1% |
| 1987 | 10.5% | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 10.8% | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 11.2% | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 17.9% | +59.4% |
| 1991 | 17.8% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 22.6% | +26.6% |
| 1993 | 20.6% | -8.7% |
| 1994 | 19.6% | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 20.4% | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 21.3% | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 18.7% | -12.3% |
| 1998 | 17.6% | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 17.5% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 18.4% | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 18.1% | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 17.1% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 17.8% | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 20.6% | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 23.6% | +14.7% |
| 2006 | 23.6% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 23.7% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 17.3% | -27.0% |
| 2009 | 16.6% | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 15.6% | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 14.7% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 15.0% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 15.0% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 15.5% | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 15.0% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 14.7% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 14.8% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 16.0% | +7.8% |
| 2021 | 17.1% | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 17.5% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 17.2% | -2.1% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 17.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.9%, 78% of the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 17.2% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 8.0%, 2.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality in Jordan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +59.4% | 11.2% | 17.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11.5% | 10.5% | 12.6% | 8 |
| 1990s | 19.4% | 17.5% | 22.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.7% | 16.6% | 23.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.0% | 14.7% | 15.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.0% | 16.0% | 17.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More poverty & inequality data for Jordan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,611 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.16 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -2.09 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Jordan?
- Tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality in Jordan was 17.2% in 2023, according to UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 23.7% in 2007.
- What is the lowest tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.5% in 1987.
- How does Jordan rank for tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality?
- Jordan ranks 116th out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tax revenue as share of gdp vs. income inequality rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from UNU-WIDER Government Revenue Dataset (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes include direct and indirect taxes as well as social contributions. The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.