4th highest working hours2,483 hours · #4 of 130 · 2023
10th lowest rainfall80 mm · #10 of 187 · 2016–2025 avg
13th highest unemployment16.5% · #13 of 186 · 2025
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COUNTRYDUEL ASIA
Surprising facts about Jordan
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Jordan’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Jordan among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Jordan sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Jordan across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Jordan
vs Iraq 
vs Israel 
vs Palestine 
vs Saudi Arabia 
vs Syria