Development & Industry
Population: 7,558,000
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $11,660
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 14%
Women as % of Parliament: 6%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 6,050,000
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 74%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 99%
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: n/a
Economy: Big Mac Index: $3.66
Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -9.8%
Economy: Human Development Index: 0.75
Economy: Technology Index: 4.02
Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 6.9
Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): n/a
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 19.93
Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: n/a
Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $199.9
Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000:
Health: Physicians Per 1000:
Media: Televisions (total number):
Media: Per Capita Televisions :
% of GDP as Industry: 29.9%
Total Labor Force: 1.898 million
% of Labor Force in Industry: 20%
Unemployment Rate: 14%
Public Debt % of GDP: 79.1%
Inflation Rate: 5.9%
Industries: clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism
Value of Exports: $7.914 billion
Export Commodities: clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals
Export Partners and %: US 16.6%, Iraq 15.1%, Saudi Arabia 11%, India 10.5%, Indonesia 4.2%
Value of Imports: $18.61 billion
Import Commodities: crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals
Import Partners and %: Saudi Arabia 23.6%, China 9.4%, US 6.7%, Italy 4.7%, Turkey 4.6%
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: Jordanian dinars (JOD) per US dollar -0.709
Electricity Production: 14.64 billion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 13.54 billion kWh
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 99.4% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 0.4% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 0.2% of total installed capacity
Refined Oil Production: 72,190 bbl/day
Refined Oil Consumption: 107,000 bbl/day
Natural Gas Production: 230 million cu m
Natural Gas Consumption: 1.4 billion cu m
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 435,000
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 8.984 million
# of Internet Hosts: 69,473
# of Internet Users: 1.642 million
# of Airports (total): 18
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 16
# of km of Roadways (total): 7,203 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: 7,203 km
# km of Waterways: n/a
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Al 'Aqabah
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $11,660
Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 14%
Women as % of Parliament: 6%
CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 6,050,000
Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 74%
Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 99%
Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: n/a
Economy: Big Mac Index: $3.66
Economy: Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): -9.8%
Economy: Human Development Index: 0.75
Economy: Technology Index: 4.02
Education: Average Years of School for Adults: 6.9
Education: Education Spending (as % of GDP): n/a
Education: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 19.93
Education: Teachers as % of Labor Force: n/a
Health: Expenditure Per Capita: $199.9
Health: Hospital Beds Per 1000:
Health: Physicians Per 1000:
Media: Televisions (total number):
Media: Per Capita Televisions :
% of GDP as Industry: 29.9%
Total Labor Force: 1.898 million
% of Labor Force in Industry: 20%
Unemployment Rate: 14%
Public Debt % of GDP: 79.1%
Inflation Rate: 5.9%
Industries: clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism
Value of Exports: $7.914 billion
Export Commodities: clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals
Export Partners and %: US 16.6%, Iraq 15.1%, Saudi Arabia 11%, India 10.5%, Indonesia 4.2%
Value of Imports: $18.61 billion
Import Commodities: crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals
Import Partners and %: Saudi Arabia 23.6%, China 9.4%, US 6.7%, Italy 4.7%, Turkey 4.6%
Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: Jordanian dinars (JOD) per US dollar -0.709
Electricity Production: 14.64 billion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 13.54 billion kWh
Electricity from Fossil Fuels: 99.4% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Hydroelectric Plants: 0.4% of total installed capacity
Electricity from Renewable Sources: 0.2% of total installed capacity
Refined Oil Production: 72,190 bbl/day
Refined Oil Consumption: 107,000 bbl/day
Natural Gas Production: 230 million cu m
Natural Gas Consumption: 1.4 billion cu m
# of Land/Main Line Telephones: 435,000
# of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 8.984 million
# of Internet Hosts: 69,473
# of Internet Users: 1.642 million
# of Airports (total): 18
# of Airports with Paved Runways: 16
# of km of Roadways (total): 7,203 km
# of km of Roadways Paved: 7,203 km
# km of Waterways: n/a
Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Al 'Aqabah