AMMAN — Pension expenditure rose by 3% during the first eight months of 2026, reaching approximately JD1.227 billion, compared with the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Finance’s monthly financial bulletin.

 

The bulletin, cited by Al Mamlaka, showed that pension payments to retired individuals totalled JD1.041 billion, marking an increase of approximately 3 per cent year-on-year. Meanwhile, payments to beneficiaries and heirs of deceased pensioners rose by 3.7 per cent to JD185.2 million.

 

The increase in expenditure was accompanied by growth in the number of pension recipients.

 

The total number of retirees and beneficiaries reached 433,949 by the end of the first eight months of the year, up 2.6 per cent from 423,047 during the same period in 2025.

 

The number of retired individuals stood at 281,170, representing a 2.4 per cent increase year-on-year, while the number of beneficiaries and heirs of deceased pensioners reached 152,779, up approximately 3 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.

 

On an annual basis, pension expenditure accounted for 4.1 per cent of Jordan’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025. It also represented 16.5 per cent of total current expenditure and 14.3 per cent of overall government expenditure, underscoring the significant share of pension obligations in public spending.