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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	38 587	43 700	50 814^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	2.5	-1.1	2.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	4 043.0	4 022.0	4 442.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^e,f (% of Gross Value Added)	4.9	5.2	5.4^b
Economy: Industry^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	28.1	26.2	26.9^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,h (% of GVA)	67	68.7	67.7^b
Employment in agricultureⁱ (% of employed)	3.4	3.3	3.2^b
Employment in industryⁱ (% of employed)	21.2	17.6	18.3^b
Employment in servicesⁱ (% employed)	75.4	79.1	78.4^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	13.1	19.2	17.9ⁱ
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	13.6 / 59.3ⁱ	15.0 / 62.8	13.9 / 61.2ⁱ
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	116	101^j	111^j,d
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	104	112^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	7 833	7 943ⁱ	14 404^i,d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	20 475	17 007ⁱ	26 617^i,d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 12 642	- 9 064ⁱ	- 12 212^i,d
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 3 470	- 2 505	- 1 910^b

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	7.2	1.9	-0.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	90.3	91.2^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	5.8^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	3.1	2.8	2.6^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	77.3 / 73.1	78.3 / 73.4	80.5 / 76.1^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	34.8 / 5.2	32.8 / 6.2	30.2 / 7.7^a
International migrant stock^m,n (000/% of total pop.)	4 387.0 / 46.0	4 940.1 / 45.5	5 280.2 / 45.7^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	684.8	748.3	698.9^o,d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	17.5	15.1	13^a
Health: Current expenditure^p (% of GDP)	7.5	7.1ⁱ	6.8^i,q
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	2.7	2.5^c	2.9^q
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	97.9 / 97.3^r	98.6 / 99.3	98.5 / 98.1^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio ⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.7 / 93.0^r	96.7 / 95.3	95.4 / 96.7^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratioⁱ (f/m per 100 pop.)	82.6 / 71.7^r	84.9 / 70.8	88.1 / 77.9^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	1.8	1	1^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12	15.4^s	19.6^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	54.2ⁱ	78.4ⁱ	92.5^t,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	...	0.7^u,v	...
Threatened species (number)	102	121	210^d
Forested area (% of land area)	1.1	1.1	1.1^q
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	24.4 / 2.6	19.6 / 1.8	21.0 / 1.9^q
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	14	33	39^q
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	39	31	32^q
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^w (000)	3 761	1 067	4 277^q
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	9.4	12.7	12.7^d
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	84.1 / ...	84.4 / ...	84.4 / ...^q
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	5.61	7.15	5.63^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		2024
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
h		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
i		Estimate.
j		Base: 2018=100.
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Refers to foreign citizens.
n		Including refugees.
o		The refugee population in Jordan includes 26,800 Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis.
p		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
q		2022
r		2014
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
t		Population aged 5 years and over.
u		Break in the time series.
v		2016
w		Including nationals residing abroad.