Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · Upper middle income
Jordan: the economy in numbers
Per person: $5,348, or $12,632 at purchasing power parity. Population: 11.5 million (2025).
$61.6B+2.8%real GDP growth, 2025
GDP in 2025, current US dollars: #90 of 204 economies. IMF forecast for 2026: +2.7%.
GDP per capita
$5,348
2025 · #131 of 204
GDP per capita, PPP
$12,632
2025 · #129 of 197
Inflation
1.8%
2025 · IMF forecast 2026: 2.5%
Government debt
83.6%
2025 · % of GDP, general government
Population
11.5M
2025 · #83 of 217
Unemployment
16.5%
2025 · ILO estimate
Stock market capitalization
60.7%
2025 · % of GDP · $37.4B
Life expectancy
78.0 years
2024
GDP
Adjusted for US inflation, in 2025 dollars: $6.13 billion in 1965, $61.6 billion in 2025.
GDP per capita
In 2025 dollars: $5,579 per person in 1965, $5,348 in 2025.
GDP per capitaGDP per capita, PPP (international $)
Real GDP growth
Average over 2016–2025: 2.2% a year. Years of falling GDP since 1977: 5 of 49.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Inflation
Consumer prices rose 2.09 times from 2000 to 2025. Highest annual inflation: 25.7% in 1989.
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)
Government debt, % of GDP
Highest since 1988: 197.7% of GDP in 1990. IMF forecast for 2031: 75.7%.
General government (IMF)Central government only (World Bank)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Stock market capitalization, % of GDP
In 2025 listed domestic companies were worth $37.4 billion, or 60.7% of GDP.
Population
1960: 853,471 · 2025: 11.5 million.
Unemployment rate
1991: 21.4% · 2025: 16.5%.
Life expectancy at birth
1960: 52.7 years · 2024: 78.0 years.
Exports of goods and services
1976: 32.4% · 2007: 54.2%.
Data by year
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| Year | GDP | GDP per capita | Per capita, PPP | Real growth | Inflation | Gov. debt, % GDP | Population | Unemployment | Stock market, % GDP | Life expectancy | Exports, % GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2031 | 3.0%f | 2.2%f | 75.7%f | ||||||||
| 2030 | 3.0%f | 2.2%f | 76.8%f | ||||||||
| 2029 | 3.0%f | 2.2%f | 78.4%f | ||||||||
| 2028 | 3.0%f | 2.2%f | 79.9%f | ||||||||
| 2027 | 3.1%f | 2.3%f | 81.4%f | ||||||||
| 2026 | 2.7%f | 2.5%f | 82.5%f | ||||||||
| 2025 | $61.6B | $5,348 | $12,632 | 2.8% | 1.8% | 83.6% | 11.5M | 16.5% | 60.7% | ||
| 2024 | $58.6B | $5,074 | $11,916 | 2.6% | 1.6% | 82.1% | 11.6M | 16.7% | 42.5% | 78.0 | |
| 2023 | $56.1B | $4,906 | $11,451 | 3.1% | 2.1% | 81.0% | 11.4M | 16.6% | 42.6% | 77.8 | |
| 2022 | $53.5B | $4,754 | $10,881 | 2.7% | 4.2% | 80.7% | 11.3M | 18.2% | 47.5% | 77.1 | |
| 2021 | $50.7B | $4,582 | $10,057 | 3.8% | 1.3% | 79.9% | 11.1M | 19.8% | 43.1% | 74.2 | |
| 2020 | $47.9B | $4,411 | $10,507 | −1.2% | 0.3% | 77.9% | 10.9M | 19.2% | 38.0% | 75.6 | |
| 2019 | $48.6B | $4,558 | $10,306 | 1.9% | 0.8% | 69.4% | 10.7M | 16.8% | 43.2% | 76.9 | |
| 2018 | $47.4B | $4,534 | $9,890 | 1.9% | 4.5% | 67.9% | 10.5M | 18.3% | 47.9% | 76.5 | |
| 2017 | $45.5B | $4,449 | $10,140 | 2.5% | 3.3% | 69.1% | 10.2M | 18.1% | 52.6% | 76.1 | |
| 2016 | $43.7B | $4,366 | $9,580 | 2.1% | −0.8% | 70.7% | 10M | 15.3% | 56.2% | 75.5 | |
| 2015 | $42.4B | $4,442 | $9,852 | 2.5% | −0.9% | 71.4% | 9.54M | 13.1% | 60.0% | 75.1 | |
| 2014 | $40.5B | $4,611 | $10,060 | 3.3% | 2.9% | 68.2% | 8.79M | 11.9% | 63.0% | 74.6 | |
| 2013 | $37.9B | $4,739 | $10,791 | 2.7% | 4.8% | 68.8% | 7.99M | 12.6% | 68.0% | 74.3 | |
| 2012 | $34.9B | $4,594 | $10,730 | 2.4% | 4.5% | 64.0% | 7.59M | 12.2% | 77.4% | 74.1 | |
| 2011 | $32.6B | $4,363 | $10,649 | 2.9% | 4.2% | 56.1% | 7.48M | 12.9% | 83.3% | 73.9 | |
| 2010 | $30.2B | $4,139 | $10,393 | 2.6% | 4.8% | 53.4% | 7.3M | 12.5% | 102.2% | 73.8 | |
| 2009 | $27.5B | $3,845 | $10,222 | 5.1% | −0.7% | 51.8% | 7.14M | 12.9% | 115.9% | 73.7 | |
| 2008 | $25.7B | $3,670 | $9,875 | 7.2% | 14.0% | 47.9% | 6.99M | 12.7% | 139.9% | 73.6 | |
| 2007 | $17.1B | $2,506 | $9,251 | 8.2% | 4.7% | 58.2% | 6.83M | 13.1% | 238.7% | 73.4 | 54.2% |
| 2006 | $15.1B | $2,343 | $8,844 | 8.1% | 6.3% | 60.0% | 6.43M | 14.0% | 73.2 | 53.9% | |
| 2005 | $12.6B | $2,088 | $8,461 | 8.1% | 3.5% | 66.1% | 6.03M | 14.8% | 73.0 | 52.7% | |
| 2004 | $11.4B | $1,940 | $7,776 | 8.6% | 3.4% | 73.8% | 5.88M | 14.6% | 72.8 | 52.2% | |
| 2003 | $10.2B | $1,776 | $7,145 | 4.2% | 1.6% | 80.4% | 5.74M | 14.5% | 72.6 | 47.4% | |
| 2002 | $9.58B | $1,706 | $6,878 | 5.8% | 1.8% | 85.9% | 5.62M | 15.3% | 72.4 | 47.4% | |
| 2001 | $8.98B | $1,632 | $6,538 | 5.3% | 1.8% | 85.5% | 5.5M | 14.7% | 72.1 | 42.1% | |
| 2000 | $8.46B | $1,571 | $6,201 | 4.2% | 0.7% | 89.9% | 5.39M | 13.7% | 71.9 | 41.8% | |
| 1999 | $8.15B | $1,545 | $5,938 | 3.4% | 0.6% | 98.7% | 5.28M | 13.8% | 71.7 | 43.3% | |
| 1998 | $7.91B | $1,532 | $5,786 | 3.0% | 3.1% | 96.3% | 5.16M | 13.8% | 71.5 | 44.8% | |
| 1997 | $7.25B | $1,436 | $5,685 | 3.3% | 3.0% | 94.7% | 5.05M | 13.7% | 71.3 | 49.2% | |
| 1996 | $6.93B | $1,410 | $5,557 | 2.1% | 6.5% | 101.2% | 4.91M | 13.7% | 71.1 | 52.9% | |
| 1995 | $6.73B | $1,416 | $5,526 | 6.2% | 2.4% | 102.4% | 4.75M | 14.6% | 70.9 | 51.7% | |
| 1994 | $6.24B | $1,367 | $5,309 | 5.0% | 3.5% | 112.1% | 4.56M | 16.9% | 70.7 | 47.9% | |
| 1993 | $5.61B | $1,289 | $5,195 | 4.5% | 3.3% | 122.1% | 4.35M | 19.7% | 70.6 | 50.3% | |
| 1992 | $5.31B | $1,287 | $5,116 | 14.3% | 4.0% | 134.7% | 4.13M | 19.9% | 70.4 | 50.2% | |
| 1991 | $4.34B | $1,110 | $4,612 | 1.6% | 8.2% | 180.5% | 3.92M | 21.4% | 70.2 | 57.4% | |
| 1990 | $4.16B | $1,149 | $4,746 | −0.3% | 16.2% | 197.7% | 3.62M | 70.1 | 59.8% | ||
| 1989 | $4.22B | $1,260 | −10.7% | 25.7% | 190.3% | 3.35M | 69.9 | 56.1% | |||
| 1988 | $6.28B | $1,966 | 1.5% | 6.6% | 159.7% | 3.19M | 69.6 | 43.4% | |||
| 1987 | $6.76B | $2,217 | 2.3% | −0.2% | 3.05M | 69.3 | 33.1% | ||||
| 1986 | $6.4B | $2,200 | 5.5% | 0.0% | 2.91M | 69.0 | 28.3% | ||||
| 1985 | $4.99B | $1,797 | −2.7% | 3.0% | 2.78M | 68.6 | 39.7% | ||||
| 1984 | $4.97B | $1,871 | 4.3% | 3.8% | 2.65M | 68.2 | 39.1% | ||||
| 1983 | $4.92B | $1,939 | −2.2% | 5.0% | 2.54M | 67.8 | 35.8% | ||||
| 1982 | $4.68B | $1,929 | 7.0% | 7.4% | 2.43M | 67.4 | 40.6% | ||||
| 1981 | $4.38B | $1,885 | 17.2% | 7.7% | 2.33M | 66.9 | 43.6% | ||||
| 1980 | $3.91B | $1,750 | 11.2% | 11.1% | 2.23M | 66.5 | 40.4% | ||||
| 1979 | $3.27B | $1,519 | 20.8% | 14.2% | 2.15M | 66.0 | 34.7% | ||||
| 1978 | $2.6B | $1,249 | 14.7% | 6.9% | 2.08M | 65.6 | 33.5% | ||||
| 1977 | $2.1B | $1,039 | 8.3% | 14.6% | 2.02M | 65.1 | 33.1% | ||||
| 1976 | $1.71B | $873 | 11.5% | 1.96M | 64.7 | 32.4% | |||||
| 1975 | $1.36B | $718 | 12.0% | 1.9M | 64.1 | ||||||
| 1974 | $1.2B | $651 | 19.4% | 1.84M | 63.6 | ||||||
| 1973 | $944M | $531 | 11.1% | 1.78M | 63.1 | ||||||
| 1972 | $788M | $460 | 7.7% | 1.71M | 62.5 | ||||||
| 1971 | $678M | $412 | 4.8% | 1.65M | 61.8 | ||||||
| 1970 | $640M | $409 | 5.9% | 1.57M | 59.8 | ||||||
| 1969 | $699M | $474 | 1.47M | 60.5 | |||||||
| 1968 | $561M | $409 | 1.37M | 59.8 | |||||||
| 1967 | $632M | $497 | 1.27M | 59.0 | |||||||
| 1966 | $658M | $558 | 1.18M | 57.8 | |||||||
| 1965 | $600M | $546 | 1.1M | 57.3 | |||||||
| 1964 | 1.04M | 56.5 | |||||||||
| 1963 | 985K | 55.5 | |||||||||
| 1962 | 941K | 54.6 | |||||||||
| 1961 | 898K | 53.7 | |||||||||
| 1960 | 853K | 52.7 |
e: IMF estimate; f: IMF forecast.
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Rankings
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Data and methods
- GDP: gross domestic product in current US dollars, converted from the local currency at market exchange rates (World Bank); not adjusted for inflation.
- Purchasing power parity (PPP): GDP per person in international dollars, which buy the same basket of goods and services in every country. It compares living standards across countries in the same year; it is not adjusted for inflation over time.
- In 2025 dollars: the charts can remove US inflation (US consumer price index, annual average) so that dollar amounts from different years compare in today's money. Exchange rate swings still show.
- Growth and inflation: World Bank data (calendar years). Years the World Bank does not cover yet, and the estimates and forecasts, come from the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2026): its forecasts start in 2026, and the years after a country's last actual year are IMF estimates.
- Government debt: gross debt of the general government (central, state and local government and social security funds) as a percentage of GDP, IMF. The World Bank's central government debt is narrower and covers fewer countries.
- Stock market capitalization: the end-of-year value of domestic companies listed on the country's exchanges (World Federation of Exchanges via the World Bank; before 2016, Standard & Poor's), as a percentage of GDP: the “Buffett indicator”. Investment funds are excluded, and so are companies listed only abroad; companies from elsewhere that list on an exchange count for its country (Hong Kong lists many mainland Chinese companies).
- Unemployment: ILO modeled estimates (share of the labor force); comparable across countries, but they may differ from national figures.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook (October 2026)