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Key facts

  • Currency: Jordanian dinar
  • Capital city: Amman
  • Region: Western Asia
  • Continent: Asia
  • Land area: 88,794 km²
  • Population: 11,285,869
  • Political Leader: Abdullah II (King)

Latest news

Security Forces Clash With Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Jordan, Video Shows

Read: The New York Times

2024-03-27

Jordan thrash Pakistan 7-0 as Musa Al-Taamari scores hat-trick

Read: Nation PK

2024-03-27

Jordan thrash Pakistan in second FIFA qualifier

Read: The News

2024-03-26

Pakistan look to build on home performance away in Jordan

Read: Dawn

2024-03-26

Jordan, Comer threaten Garland with contempt over Hur materials

Read: The Hill

2024-03-25

UN's Guterres begins solidarity mission to Egypt and Jordan amid regional crises

Read: United Nations

2024-03-23

Jordan North: How safe is vaping?

Read: BBC

2024-03-23

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 75.97 % of GDP
Expense 28.17 % of GDP
GDP 48,653,400,000.00 current US$
Inflation 4.23 annual %
Self-employed 11.67 % of total employment
Tax revenue 15.98 % of GDP
Unemployment 19.19 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 8.54 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 10,230.00 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy 1.92 % of total energy use
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 20,974.10 kt
Electricity production from coal sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources 48.44 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 0.28 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources 50.59 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 0.69 % of total
Net energy imports 96.81 % of energy use
Fertility rate 2.83 births per woman
Forest area 975 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption 97.61 % of total
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 4,947.63 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 19.70 years
Methane emissions 6,678.10 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 1,225.86 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 5,438,953
Male Population 5,846,915
Renewable energy consumption 11.04 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 86,673.40 km²
Rural population 922,394
Urban land area 2,170.09 km²
Urban population 10,363,475
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 0.04 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 21.95 per 1,000 people
Death rate 3.87 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 298.64 current US$
Health expenditure 7.47 % of GDP
Hospital beds 1.47 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 74 years
Suicide mortality rate 1.60 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 99.90 % of population
Individuals using the Internet 86.00 % of population
Net migration -141,192
Press freedom 1.81


Politics

Armed forces personnel 116,000
Democracy score 3.93
Democracy type Authoritarian
Military expenditure 4.84 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 12.31 %


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Datasets

Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

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