AMMAN — The Parliamentary Finance
Committee’s report on the 2023 budget, based on the government’s final
financial accounts for 2022, showed that the interest on public debt for last
year increased by 10 percent to reach JD1.755 billion.
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Meanwhile, the Kingdom’s total public debt
rose to JD38.587 billion by the end of 2022.
The report, which was reviewed by Al-Mamlaka
TV, showed an increase in the public debt-to-GDP ratio, to reach 111.4 percent
at the end of 2022.
While the 2022 Budget Law estimated the budget
deficit would stand at JD1.740 billion by the end of the year, the actual
figure was JD1.860 billion, or 5 percent of GDP.
Meanwhile, Jordan’s gross domestic product
grew by 2.7 percent by the end of 2022.
Current
year targetsFor 2023, the target growth for the gross
domestic product is set at 2.7 percent, and, according to the committee’s
analysis, government spending is expected to grow by 0.6 percent, investments
by 2.3 percent, exports by 5 percent, and consumption by 5.3 percent.
The Finance Committee held meetings with 104
ministries and agencies whose budgets were included in the Draft Budget Law for
2023 to discuss and study their allocations. It also held a round of meetings
with various economic sectors in the Kingdom.
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