Jordan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 11.5M (2025). World rank 83 of 216; in Asia, 26 of 49. Area: 89,342 km². World rank 113 of 249; in Asia, 31 of 50. Life expectancy: 78 years (2024). World rank 70 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 16 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 9.5M → 11.5M, GDP $42.4B → $61.6B, and GDP per person $4,442 → $5,348.
State
- Official name
- Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Local name
- الأردن
- Capital
- Amman
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Abdullah II
- Head of government
- Jafar Hassan
- Independence
- May 25, 1946
- Women in parliament
- 19.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 11,520,684 2025
- Area
- 89,342 km²
- GDP
- $61.6B 2025
- GDP per person
- $5,348 2025
- Life expectancy
- 78 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +962
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- B, C, F, G, J
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 26
- Neighbours
- Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria
- Agricultural land
- 11.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Jabal Umm ad Dami, 1,854 m
- Lowest point
- Dead Sea, -431 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 812
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 21
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 30°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 11°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 111 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 129 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- -0.3% 2025
- Living in cities
- 93.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -303.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 45.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 30.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 65.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.8% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 80.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.9 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 2.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 20.5 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 3.1 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 97.1% and Christian 2.1% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 61.8 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 54.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 54.6 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 61.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 44 2025
Size and growth
- 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
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.7 2010
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.1% 2010
Education
- Adult literacy
- 94.4% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 98.5% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 91.8% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 35.9% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.2% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $342 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 34.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.9 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 3.3 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 99% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 12.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 31 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 20.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 69.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 34.1% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 96.4% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 1 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 17 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 0.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 60.1 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, floods, and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 32.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 0.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 5.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 61 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 105% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 95.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 70 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 7 2024
- Internet domain
- .jo الاردن.
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 1,962 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 11.5% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 24.9% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 77.9% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 3,731,345 2023
- Airports
- 18 2025
- Railways, km
- 509 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.7% 2016
- Researchers per million people
- 576 2017
- Scientific articles per year
- 5,419 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 14 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 2.1% 2023