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Jordan

At a glance

  • Jordan has a population of about 11.5M; its total GDP of $61.6B ranks #89 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 89,180 km² is about 47% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Forest area stands out most against the median: 1.1% — rank #156 of 169 countries with data.

Jordan: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 11.5M (2025) #83 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.0×
Population growth -0.3% (2025) #155 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 93.2% (2025) #8 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.5×
Population aged 65+ 4.8% (2025) #112 / 169 median 7.4% · 64%
Fertility rate 2.6 (2024) #62 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.2×
Birth rate 20.5‰ (2024) #63 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.3×
Death rate 3.1‰ (2024) #164 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 44%
Net migration -303.3K (2025) #163 / 169 N/A
Surface area 89,180 km² #115 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 47%
Population density derived 129/km² (2025) #46 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.8×
Economy
GDP (total) $61.6B (2025) #89 / 168 median $80.7B · 76%
GDP per capita $5,348 (2025) #95 / 168 median $6,834 · 78%
GNI per capita $5,260 (2025) #95 / 168 median $6,350 · 83%
GDP growth (annual) 2.8% (2025) #93 / 168 median 3.1% · 92%
Inflation rate 1.8% (2025) #119 / 162 median 3.3% · 53%
Unemployment rate 16.5% (2025) #12 / 168 median 5.1% · 3.2×
Gini index 33.7 (2010) #92 / 153 median 35.3 · 95%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.1% (2010) #134 / 153 median 2.5% · 4%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 54.2% (2007) #36 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.6×
Imports share of GDP 91.8% (2007) #10 / 163 median 40.2% · 2.3×
Agriculture share of GDP 5.6% (2025) #96 / 168 median 7.2% · 77%
Manufacturing share of GDP 17.4% (2025) #30 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.6×
International tourist arrivals 1.2M (2020) #78 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.1×
Tourism receipts $1.7B (2020) #59 / 165 median $705M · 2.5×
Health & education
Life expectancy 78.0 years (2024) #49 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 12.0‰ (2024) #89 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 92%
Under-five mortality 12.9‰ (2024) #93 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 82%
DPT immunization 96.0% (2024) #38 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.1×
Hospital beds 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) #107 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 70%
Health spending share of GDP 7.7% (2023) #61 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.2×
Secondary school enrollment 91.8% (2024) #78 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Education spending share of GDP 3.2% (2024) #117 / 165 median 4.1% · 78%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.754 (2023) #83 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 95.6% (2024) #19 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 69.6 per 100 (2024) #148 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 60%
Fixed broadband 7.0 per 100 (2024) #101 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 58%
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #37 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 2.1 t (2024) #93 / 165 median 2.6 t · 79%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 24.1 Mt (2024) #79 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.1×
Renewable electricity share 24.9% (2021) #97 / 169 median 34.1% · 73%
Renewable energy consumption 11.5% (2021) #131 / 169 median 26.9% · 43%
Forest area 1.1% (2023) #156 / 169 median 32.4% · 3%
Agricultural land 11.5% (2023) #145 / 169 median 41.7% · 28%
Arable land 2.3% (2023) #139 / 168 median 11.0% · 21%
PM2.5 exposure 32.6 µg/m³ (2023) #39 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 1.6×
Military spending 4.8% (2024) #15 / 157 median 1.8% · 2.7×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Jordan's true-shape outline

Jordan's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 89,180 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).