International Rankings of Jordan 2022, 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	47	6.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	84	630545	2020
Internet users - percent of population	38	67.00 %	2019
Internet users - total	78	6.768 million	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	51	4.00	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	99	391486	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	104	68.00	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	105	6.988 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	88	11.510 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	90	9.462 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	72	5.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	136	1.222 billion US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	80	32.088 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	87	16.290 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	92	44.568 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	95	34.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	45	19.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	36	80.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	123	58.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	64	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	104	4.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	69	28.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	64	66.60 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	87	34 %	2010
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	77	22.040 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	72	1.40 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	82	0.30 %	2019
Labor force	145	731000 US Dollars	2020
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	124	2 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	65	20 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	24	78 %	2013
Population below poverty line	107	16 %	2018
Public debt	21	95.90 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	86	100.160 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP growth rate	81	2.00 %	2019
Real GDP per capita	113	9800 US Dollars	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	66	15.560 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	97	23.60 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	25	19.10 %	2019
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	7	54.50	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	7	40.50	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	7	43.00	N/A
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	92	381000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	66	7.303 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	76	15.786 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	81	23.470 million	2019
Coal - consumption	87	219000 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	73	219000 metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	73	17.366 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	87	98.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	96	239.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	81	5.644 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	81	2.249 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	48	83.50 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	124	0.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	4	11.70 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	42	4.60 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	103	39.331 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	64	4.651 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - exports	43	375.849 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	35	4.911 billion cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - production	75	115.872 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	78	6.031 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	54	47400 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	84	1.000 million bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	76	114800 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	68	68460 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	71	67240 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	75	25 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	112	6 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	47	32 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	154	11	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2	2018
Land use - forest	163	1	2018
Land use - other	13	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	107	8	2018
Total renewable water resources	154	937.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	99	554.700 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	123	32.500 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	78	456.900 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	15	92	2023
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	63	7.00 %	2014
Geography
Area - land	109	88802 sq km	N/A
Area - total	109	89342 sq km	N/A
Area - water	114	540 sq km	N/A
Coastline	154	26 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	96	1854 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	51	431 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	37	812 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	96	833 sq km	2020
Land boundaries - total	94	1744 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	154	11	2018
Land use - arable land	132	2	2018
Land use - forest	163	1	2018
Land use - other	13	88	2018
Land use - permanent crops	69	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	107	8	2018
Population Density	87	123.85 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	10	5 % of GDP	2021
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	37	19.77	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	124	38.39	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	152	5.11	N/A
Birth rate	51	22.58 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	78	3 %	2012
Contraceptive prevalence rate	67	51.80 %	1718
Current health expenditure	36	8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	174	3.45 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	127	5.80 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	29	17.10 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	75	57.10 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	57	51.20 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	9	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	88	2 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	90	1 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	53	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	52	3 % of GDP	2021
Hospital bed density	55	1.50 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	97	12.69 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	102	15.04 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	100	13.90 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	99	78 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	76	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	83	76 years	N/A
Literacy - female	17	98 %	2018
Literacy - male	14	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	15	98 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	82	46.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	124	23 years	2020
Median age - male	109	24 years	N/A
Median age - total	113	24 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	45	25	1718
Net migration rate	172	11.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	11	35.50 %	2016
Physicians density	59	2.66 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	82	10.999 million	2022
Population growth rate	88	0.81 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	12	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	95	2 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	101	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	81	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2020
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	10 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	15	1.08	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	8	1.17	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	10	1.12	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	15	0.84 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	8	1.10 male(s)/female	N/A
Tobacco use - female	45	13 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	3	57 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	14	35 %	2020
Total fertility rate	43	2.96 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	107	0.98	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	15	92	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	7	54.50	2020
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	7	40.50	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	7	43.00	N/A
Transportation
Airports	105	18	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	42	2	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	33	5	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	18	8	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	60	16	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	92	2	N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	108	35	N/A
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	51	175.840 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	67	3.384 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	61	54.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	24	4	2020
Railways - total	103	509 km	2020
Roadways - paved	82	7203 km	2011
Roadways - total	113	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Jordan on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Jordan 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Jordan 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.