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Jordan

Headline economic indicators for Jordan, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 1.8% +0.21 (+13.5%)
Consumer price index · 140.4 +2.44 (+1.8%)
GDP deflator inflation · 2.2% +0.37 (+20.2%)

GDP

GDP — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 2.8% +0.27 (+10.6%)
GDP per capita · 5,347.78 +273.86 (+5.4%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 9,151 +131.58 (+1.5%)
GDP · 61,610,052,535.21 +2,991,671,972 (+5.1%)
GDP, PPP · 145,525,016,938 +7,856,760,671 (+5.7%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 12,632 +715.27 (+6.0%)
GDP per capita growth · 3.1% +1.57 (+101.3%)
GNI per capita · 5,260 +380.00 (+7.8%)
Agriculture to GDP · 5.6% +0.32 (+6.1%)
Industry to GDP · 27.4% +0.50 (+1.9%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 17.4% +0.51 (+3.0%)
Services to GDP · 56.8% -0.60 (-1.0%)
Household consumption to GDP · 86.7% +1.63 (+1.9%)
Gross capital formation to GDP · 30.3% +1.93 (+6.8%)
Gross savings to GDP · 12.8% -4.05 (-24.0%)

Labour

Labour — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 16.5% -0.16 (-0.9%)
Labour force participation rate · 40.1% +0.05 (+0.1%)
Female labour force participation rate · 16.0% +0.02 (+0.1%)
Youth unemployment rate · 38.9% -0.18 (-0.5%)
Employment to population ratio · 33.4% +0.10 (+0.3%)
Employment in agriculture · 3.1% -0.09 (-2.7%)
Employment in industry · 16.1% -0.14 (-0.9%)
Employment in services · 80.8% +0.23 (+0.3%)

Money

Money — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · 5.8% -0.76 (-11.7%)
Broad money to GDP · 105.1% +0.80 (+0.8%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 71.3% -1.65 (-2.3%)
Lending rate · 8.1% -0.38 (-4.5%)
Bank deposit rate · 5.5% -0.56 (-9.3%)
Stock market capitalization to GDP · 60.7% +18.17 (+42.8%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 6.9% +0.00 (+0.0%)
Official exchange rate · 0.71 +0.00 (+0.0%)

Trade

Trade — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -5.3% -2.08 (-63.8%)
Exports to GDP · 54.2% +0.36 (+0.7%)
Imports to GDP · 91.8% +3.89 (+4.4%)
Trade to GDP · 146.0% +4.25 (+3.0%)
Exports of goods and services · 9,279,830,747.53 +1,167,983,075 (+14.4%)
Imports of goods and services · 15,700,423,131.17 +2,469,393,512 (+18.7%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -7,712,253,521.13 -910,281,690 (-13.4%)
Current account balance (annual) · -3,126,507,042.25 -1,299,183,099 (-71.1%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 3.3% +0.49 (+17.7%)
Remittances received to GDP · 7.6% -0.21 (-2.7%)
Total reserves, including gold · 26,557,371,378 +4,618,272,016 (+21.1%)
Reserves in months of imports · 7.8 +0.49 (+6.6%)
External debt to GNI · 90.1% +2.26 (+2.6%)

Government

Government — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
Government debt to GDP · 93.6% +1.67 (+1.8%)
Government revenue to GDP · 21.2% -0.21 (-1.0%)
Government expense to GDP · 25.9% -0.35 (-1.3%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 15.5% -0.40 (-2.5%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -4.7% -0.58 (-14.2%)
Government consumption to GDP · 20.6% -0.04 (-0.2%)
Education spending to GDP · 3.2% -0.28 (-8.0%)
Health spending to GDP · 7.7% -0.08 (-1.0%)

Demography

Demography — Jordan
Indicator Value Change
Population · 11,520,684 -32,192 (-0.3%)
Population, long-run history · 10,849 +132.26 (+1.2%)
Population growth · -0.3% -1.27 (-128.2%)
Life expectancy · 78.0 +0.17 (+0.2%)
Fertility rate · 2.60 -0.03 (-1.3%)
Birth rate · 20.5 -0.16 (-0.8%)
Death rate · 3.1 +0.07 (+2.4%)
Urban population share · 93.2% +0.26 (+0.3%)
Population aged 65 and over · 4.8% +0.23 (+5.1%)
Under-five mortality rate · 12.9 -0.40 (-3.0%)
Population density · 130.1 +1.28 (+1.0%)
Net migration · -303,267 -146,898 (-93.9%)
Gini index · 33.7 +1.10 (+3.4%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

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