AMMAN: The Kingdom’s public debt by the end of January, 2018 was estimated at JD27.443 billion, constituting 95.6 per cent of the gross domestic product (GDP) compared to JD27.296 billion in the same period of 2017, the Finance Ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said that the debts of the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) and the Water Authority of Jordan (WAJ), reached JD3.7 billion by the end of January this year.
The net public debt stood at JD25.790 billion at the end of January 2018 which constituted 89.8 per cent of the 2017 GDP.
