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IndicatorJORJordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.67rank #83
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile53.4rank #74
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.27rank #91
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.21rank #105
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.56rank #97
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile55.5rank #84
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.67rank #83
Military spending% GDP4.8%rank #11
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.13rank #116
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile59.9rank #132
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile59.2rank #70
Rule of Law0-100 percentile59.9rank #90
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.77rank #49
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.28rank #104
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.27rank #95
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile44.4rank #135
Women in parliament% seats19.6%rank #117
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.67rank #98
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment3.1%rank #142
Agriculture value added% GDP5.6%rank #86
Annual working hours per workerhours2,483.2rank #4
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker143,872rank #85
Current account balance% GDP-5.3%rank #128
Employment-to-population ratio%33.6%rank #176
External debt stocks% GNI90.1%rank #101
FDI net inflows% GDP2.8%rank #82
GDPcurrent US$61.61Brank #89
GDP growth%2.8%rank #110
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$5,347.8rank #115
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $10,794.2rank #119
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $9,221.9rank #122
Government expenditure% GDP25.9%rank #47
Gross capital formation% GDP30.3%rank #46
Gross savings% GDP12.8%rank #134
High-technology exports% manuf. exports2.1%rank #122
Human capital indexindex2.9rank #62
Industry value added% GDP27.4%rank #58
Inflation%1.8%rank #50
Labour force participation rate%40.1%rank #172
Personal remittances received% GDP7.6%rank #36
R&D expenditure% GDP0.7%rank #44
Researchers in R&Dper million576rank #58
Tax revenue% GDP15.5%rank #67
Total factor productivity (current PPPs, USA=1)index (USA=1)0.82rank #31
Trade openness% GDP146%rank #18
Unemployment% labor force16.5%rank #170
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%16.2%rank #169
Vulnerable employment% employment7.9%rank #27
Youth unemployment% ages 15-2438.9%rank #174
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-2438.8%rank #173
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop99.3%rank #43
Basic sanitation access% pop96.4%rank #72
Child mortalityper 1001.3rank #59
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,556rank #145
DTP3 immunization coverage%96%rank #4
Health spending% GDP7.7%rank #67
Infant mortalityper 1k births12rank #60
Life expectancyyears78rank #71
Maternal mortalityper 100k31rank #24
Measles immunization% children99%rank #1
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%99%rank #1
Physiciansper 1k2.9rank #53
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m332.6rank #161
Road traffic deathsper 100k17rank #74
Smoking prevalence% adults34.1%rank #123
Suicide mortality rateper 100k0.6rank #3
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k3.5rank #20
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births12.9rank #91
Undernourishment% pop14.3%rank #47
Education
Adult literacy%94.4%rank #14
Education spending% GDP3.2%rank #33
Expected years of schoolingyears13.1rank #110
Mean years of schoolingyears10.2rank #84
Primary completion rate% relevant age97%rank #48
Primary enrollment% gross98.6%rank #73
Secondary enrollment% gross91.8%rank #58
Tertiary enrollment% gross35.9%rank #62
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00020.5rank #71
Fertility ratebirths/woman2.6rank #73
Median age of populationyears24.3rank #152
Net migration rateper 1,000-1.5rank #151
Populationpeople11.52Mrank #83
Population growth%-0.28%rank #191
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years82.1rank #73
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands16,367.4rank #79
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age55.2rank #105
Urban population%93.2%rank #13
Climate
CO₂ emissionst23.22Mrank #83
CO₂ per capitat2rank #126
Electricity access% pop100%rank #1
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation0.08%rank #137
Electricity from solar% generation16.6%rank #20
Electricity from wind% generation7.4%rank #39
Electric power consumptionkWh per capita1,857.9rank #88
Forest area% land1.1%rank #194
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita3.1rank #62
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh529.8rank #113
Renewable electricity%24.1%rank #100
Renewable energy share%11.5%rank #126
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e35.8rank #89
Society
Asylum seekerspeople10,736rank #122
Extreme poverty% pop0.1%rank #2
Female labor participation%16%rank #176
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1007rank #107
Gender Development Indexratio0.86rank #98
Gender Inequality Index0-10.43rank #100
Gini indexindex33.7rank #34
Homicide rateper 100k0.99rank #28
Human Development Index0-10.75rank #79
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.64rank #65
Internet users% pop95.6%rank #21
Life satisfaction0-104.5rank #116
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.71rank #42
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #20
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0rank #7
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.01rank #42
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.1rank #94
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people436,226rank #20
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people5,471rank #101
Youth NEET rate%30.9%rank #160
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year3rank #3
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-104.2rank #36
Human hazard & exposure0-105rank #41
INFORM risk score0-104.4rank #33
Lack of coping capacity0-103.3rank #25
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-102.5rank #22
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-104rank #19
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.4rank #21
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year3rank #3
Socio-economic vulnerability0-104.2rank #43
Vulnerability0-106.3rank #51
Vulnerable groups0-107.8rank #67
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