Jordan ranked first in the Arab world and 32nd globally on the budget transparency, according to the Open Budget Survey (OBS) 2021, which was published by the International Budget Partnership.
Jordan scored 61 out of 100, exceeding the global average of 45 out of 100, according to the International Budget Partnership.
On the Public participation in the budget process, Jordan continued its decline in this edition to get a score of four out of 100 after its scored seven out of 100 in the previous edition, to rank fourth in the Arab world after Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.
On the Budget oversight, Jordan scored a composite score of 39 out of 100 representing legislative oversight (44 out of 100) and auditing of the Audit Bureau (22 out of 100), while it scored 43 out of 100 in the previous edition.
Georgia ranked first, South Africa second and Sweden third on the list. The survey highlighted Georgia’s progress in improving its Financial Management Information System, which enabled the country to withstand the challenges posed by the pandemic and “the government was well positioned to operate online when pandemic restrictions forced officials to work remotely”.
Since 2008, transparency scores have increased more than 20 percent, the OBS said and added that 31 percent of countries provide sufficiently detailed information to understand how their budget addresses poverty, while 14 percent of governments present their expenditures by gender.