International Rankings of Jordan 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Jordan, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Jordan, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	125	4.29	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	90	457496	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	96	66.79 %	2018
Internet users - total	72	6.985 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	164	3.33	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	104	355537	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	174	72.91	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	100	7.779 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	90	11.510 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	92	9.462 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	76	5.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	141	1.222 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	82	32.088 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	82	56	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	57	69	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	73	85	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	53	79	2020
Exports	90	13.109 billion US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	94	44.568 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	99	34.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	50	19.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	37	80.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	128	58.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	66	22.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	48	0.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	109	4.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	73	28.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	68	66.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	88	34 %	2010
Gross national saving	105	16	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	67	28.70 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2010
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	17	3.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	83	19.669 billion US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	73	1.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	83	0.30 %	2019
Labor force	148	731000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	131	2 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	68	20 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	25	78 %	2013
Population below poverty line	112	16 %	2018
Public debt	21	95.90 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	89	101.738 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	85	2.00 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	138	10071 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	67	15.560 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	102	23.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	26	19.10 %	2019
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	77	27.390 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	49	67980	2015
Crude oil - production	87	22	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	87	1.000 million	2018
Electricity - consumption	75	16.820 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	86	50.000 million kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	12	87	2016
Electricity - from other renewable sources	29	12	2017
Electricity - imports	85	334.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	83	4.764 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	77	18.600 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	56	5.238 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	39	1.359 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	32	6.456 billion cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	77	121.800 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	80	6.031 billion	2018
Refined petroleum products - consumption	70	139000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	69	68460 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	73	67240 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	77	25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	114	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	48	32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	159	11	2018
Land use - arable land	139	2	2018
Land use - forest	172	1	2018
Land use - other	13	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	114	8	2018
Total renewable water resources	158	937.000 million	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	102	554.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	125	32.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	80	456.900 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	17	92	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	68	2.530 million tons	2013
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	70	177100 tons	2014
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	65	7.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	111	88802 sq km	N/A
Area - total	111	89342 sq km	N/A
Area - water	116	540 sq km	N/A
Coastline	167	26 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	99	1854 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	54	431 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	39	812 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	94	964 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	96	1744 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	159	11	2018
Land use - arable land	139	2	2018
Land use - forest	172	1	2018
Land use - other	13	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	75	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	114	8	2018
Total renewable water resources	157	937.000 million	2017
Population Density	88	122.85 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	9	5 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	39	19.77	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	131	38.39	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	162	5.11	N/A
Birth rate	52	22.79 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	71	51.80 %	1718
Current Health Expenditure	33	8 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	190	3.44 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	111	6.30 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	40	16.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	67	58.20 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	57	52.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	94	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	91	1 % of population	2017
Education expenditures	47	3 % of GDP	2019
Hospital bed density	54	1.50 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	101	13.00 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	108	15.43 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	104	14.25 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	105	77 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	77	74 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	98	76 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	83	46.00	2017
Median age - female	129	23 years	2020
Median age - male	111	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	119	24 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	42	25	1718
Net migration rate	178	11.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	13	35.50 %	2016
Physicians density	67	2.32 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	83	10.910 million	2021
Population growth rate	98	0.82 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	14	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	105	4 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	103	2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2012
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	9	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	13	1.11	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	9	1.18	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	12	1.11	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	15	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	8	1.11 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	45	3.00 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	13	49	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	11	35	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	13	37	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	110	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	17	92	2021
Transportation
Airports	105	18	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	34	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	1	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	19	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	62	16	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	94	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	25	1	2012
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	52	175.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	68	3.384 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	62	54.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	102	509 km	2014
Roadways - paved	82	7203 km	2011
Roadways - total	114	7203 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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