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[February 24, 2013]

Jordan's public debt rise 23.7 percent in 2012

AMMAN, Feb 24, 2013 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Jordan's public debt rose by 23.7 percent in 2012 compared to 2011, official figures showed on Sunday.

Overall public reached 16.5 billion dinars about (23 billion U.

S. dollars) in 2012, according to the figures by the Ministry of Finance, which indicated that public debt in 2012 represented 75 per cent of the gross domestic product.


According to the figures of which a copy was obtained by Xinhua, the ministry said the increase in public debt is due to an increase in internal debt by 30.7 percent, adding that internal debt reached 11.684 billion dinars in 2012.

It added that external debt rose by 38.2 percent in 2012 compared to 2011.

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