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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Jordan economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Jordan best banks and safest banks are also available.
Frontier Markets Report | Jordan
Jordan is working hard to build its attractiveness to foreign investors, but regional instability presents a serious downside.
USD 14.6 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 42.4 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 93.4 billion (2018, estimate)
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
8.2% | 7.2% | 5.5% | 2.3% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.8% |
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
3.1% | 2.4% | 2% | 2.1% | 2% |
*Estimate
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2019* |
0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.07% |
*Estimate
(2018)
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-0.9% | -0.8% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 2% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019 |
13.1% | 15.3% | 18.1% | 18.3 | N/A |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
92.4% | 93.8% | 94.3% | 94.4% | 94.6% |
*Estimate
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
-8.5% | -3.7% | -3.7% | -4.8% | -3.4% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: B+
Moody's: B1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 24.6 billion | USD 24.0 billion | USD 22.7 billion |
-7.0 % (2018 estimate)
35.6% (2018)
0.04% (2018)
0.12% (2018)
Textiles, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals
Crude oil, refined petroleum products, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals
US 24.9%, Saudi Arabia 12.8%, India 8.2%, Iraq 8.2%, Kuwait 5.4%, UAE 4.6% (2017)
China 13.6%, Saudi Arabia 13.6%, US 9.9%, UAE 4.9%, Germany 4.4% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 1,553 million | USD 2,030 million | USD 950 million |
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 3.2 million | USD 6.6 million | USD -7.6 million |
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
N/A | USD 17 million | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
75 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 120 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 138 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 69 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 78 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 4 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 105 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 62 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 75 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 110 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 112 out of 190 countries
70 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 53 / Score: 66.5 (Moderately free)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)
Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk <0.
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
3.56 million | 5.1 million | 7.18 million | 9.16 million | 10.21 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
50.9% | 60% | 78.3% | 91% |
Total population: 95.4%
Male: 97.7%
Female: 92.9%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
2.1% (last available estimate, 2010)
33.7 (last available estimate, 2010)
Partly Free
Political Rights: 5
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 3.2% Mobile: 87.6% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)