Jordan

Country in Asia

In brief

Unemployment: 16.5% (2025). World rank 174 of 186 (1 = best); in Asia, 47 of 49. Youth unemployment, ages 15–24: 38.9% (2025). World rank 179 of 186 (1 = best); in Asia, 49 of 49. Women in work or seeking work: 16% (2025). World rank 179 of 186; in Asia, 44 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $42.4B → $61.6B, GDP per person $4,442 → $5,348, and GDP per person at purchasing power parity $9,852 → $12,632. Worse than all its neighbours (Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria): youth unemployment.

Size and growth

GDP: $61.6B 2025
GDP per person: $5,348 2025
GDP per person at purchasing power parity: $12,632 2025
GDP growth per year: +2.8% 2025

Income and prices

Income level (World Bank): Upper-middle income
Gross national income per person: $5,260 2025
Inflation: +1.8% 2025
Price level, USA = 100: 42 2025

Structure and jobs

Agriculture, share of GDP: 5.6% 2025
Industry, share of GDP: 27.4% 2025
Services, share of GDP: 56.8% 2025
Unemployment: 16.5% 2025
Youth unemployment, ages 15–24: 38.9% 2025
Women in work or seeking work: 16% 2025

Trade and finance

Exports, share of GDP: 54.2% 2007
Imports, share of GDP: 91.8% 2007
Current account balance, share of GDP: -5.3% 2024
Foreign direct investment, share of GDP: +3.3% 2025
Remittances received, share of GDP: 7.6% 2024
Tax revenue, share of GDP: 15.5% 2023
Currency: Jordanian Dinar (JOD)

Poverty and inequality

Gini index (0 = full equality): 33.7 2010
Living on under $3 a day: 0.1% 2010