Jordan
Everything Palanor holds about Jordan, in one place: 127 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AsiaMiddle East & North AfricaMiddle East & Africa
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $61.6 billion (2025); record high since 1965; 1y +5.1%.
- Real GDP growth: 2.83% (2025); 40th percentile since 1977; 1y +0.27 pts.
- Consumer price inflation: 1.77% (2025); 23rd percentile since 1970; 1y +0.21 pts.
- Unemployment: 16.5% (2025); 64th percentile since 1991; lowest since 2016; 1y −0.15 pts.
Country Posture
What Jordan’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 2.8 |
| Growth against its three-year average | 0.0 |
| Change in unemployment | -0.2 |
| Change in the employment rate | 0.1 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
202444Moderate buffers
0 = thin buffers · 100 = deep buffers
Moved most by governance (wgi mean) (up) and current account (down) since the year before.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue (2023) | 18.6 | 8 |
| Budget balance (2023) | -4.7 | 28 |
| Reserves, months of imports | 7.8 | 80 |
| Current account | -5.3 | 38 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -0.04 | 72 |
| External debt | 90.1 | 26 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 1.8 |
| Change in inflation | 0.2 |
| Currency move against the dollar | 0.0% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 0.0 |
| Political stability | -0.32 |
| Private credit, three-year change | -5.4 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Country Schemas
Where Jordan is in its cycles
Where Jordan sits in eight long cycles, each read from published statistics against a method fixed before any reading was computed. A stage describes; it is not a rating, and no stage is better or worse than another.
- Development stage
Drive to maturity84% · 2025
Pre-take-offTake-offDrive to maturityHigh mass consumption20002025
- Demographic stage
Late expanding100% · 2025
High stationaryEarly expandingLate expandingLow stationaryDeclining20002025
- Debt cycle stage
Late cycle66% · 2025
Early cycleLeveragingLate cycleDeleveraging20002025
- External balance stage
Mature debtor66% · 2025
Immature debtorMature debtorDebt repayerImmature creditorMature creditorCredit disinvestor20002025
- Export structure stage
Manufacturing exporter72% · 2025
Commodity-reliantDiversifyingManufacturing exporterComplex exporter20002025
- Structural pressure
High88% · 2025
LowBuildingHighAcute20002025
- Middle-class stage
Withheld.
Pre-middle-classEmerging middle classMiddle-class majorityAffluent20002025
Withheld: too little of its evidence is published and fresh.
- Electoral cycle
Mid-term99% · 2026-10
Post-electionMid-termPre-election2020-122026-10
Passport reach
Where a Jordan passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Jordan itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Visit
4.7%rank 127 of 199 · +2.2 pts in a year
short stays without a visa arranged in advance; 3 destinations in full.
Work
13.0%rank 67 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full, 1 at half.
Recorded changes
- 2025-12-13Russia · visit: E-visa before travel → Visa-free source
- 2025-04-05Russia · visit: Visa required → E-visa before travel source
- 2024-09-10United Kingdom · visit: Online travel authorisation → Visa required source
- 2024-02-22United Kingdom · visit: Visa required → Online travel authorisation source
Jordan grants citizenship for a set investment
- Jordanian Citizenship by Investment (Cabinet criteria for granting residency and citizenship to investors, amended July 2026) citizenship · OpenGovernment minimum $705,219 for one person (agent fees excluded).
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Jordan
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF cut its growth forecast for this year by 0.0 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 1.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 61.7 | 64.9 | 68.5 | 84.9 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 145.5 | 154.5 | 164.3 | 199.6 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 5,169 | 5,598 | 5,796 | 6,708 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -5.7 | -7.5 | -5.7 | -4.4 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 83.6 | 82.5 | 81.4 | 75.7 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -6.2 | -6.1 | -5.3 | -4.4 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | -0.6 | -0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Charts
The headline series
Conflict
Organized violence
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Jordan
Palanor’s company graph holds 3 entities headquartered here (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
Signals
Every series about Jordan
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 127 in the Library.
Growth and output8 of 27
- Jordan · Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing Value Added · % of GDP61st percentile since 1965; highest since 1992; 1y +0.32 pts5.56% of GDP2025
- Jordan · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1965; 1y +5.1%$61.6bn2025
- Jordan · Industry (incl. Construction) Value Added · % of GDP84th percentile since 1965; highest since 2015; 1y +0.504 pts27.4% of GDP2025
- Jordan · Manufacturing Value Added · % of GDP91st percentile since 1965; highest since 2013; 1y +0.507 pts17.4% of GDP2025
- Jordan · Services Value Added · % of GDP14th percentile since 1965; lowest since 2022; 1y −0.596 pts56.8% of GDP2025
- Jordan · Real GDP Growth · % y/y40th percentile since 1977; 1y +0.27 pts2.83%2025
- Jordan · Country Strength60th percentile since 1990; highest since 2014; 1y +14.3%48.8 index2025
- Jordan · GDP per Capita · PPP USDrecord high since 1990; 1y +6.0%12,632 usd2025
Prices1 of 3
- Jordan · Inflation · CPI % y/y23rd percentile since 1970; 1y +0.21 pts1.77%2025
Jobs and people at work3 of 4
- Jordan · Female Labor Force Participation · %96th percentile since 1990; highest since 2017; 1y +0.02 pts16%2025
- Jordan · Male Labor Force Participation · %43rd percentile since 1990; 1y +0.16 pts62.5%2025
- Jordan · Unemployment Rate · %64th percentile since 1991; lowest since 2016; 1y −0.15 pts16.5%2025
Money, rates and credit1 of 2
- Jordan · Central Bank Policy Rate (IMF)85th percentile since Feb 2004; 1y −0.75 pts5.5%2026-07-01
Government and debt8
- Jordan · Budget Balance · % GDP30th percentile since 1985; highest since 2022; 1y +1.10-6.17 pct_gdp2025
- Jordan · Government Spending · % GDP62nd percentile since 1985; lowest since 2022; 1y −3.0%33.6 pct_gdp2025
- Jordan · Net Interest · % GDP89th percentile since 1985; highest since 1992; 1y +0.4%5.61 pct_gdp2025
- Jordan · Primary Balance · % GDP40th percentile since 1985; highest since 2017; 1y +1.12-0.57 pct_gdp2025
- Jordan · Government Debt · % GDP59th percentile since 1988; highest since 2002; 1y +1.8%83.6 pct_gdp2025
- Jordan · Budget Balance · % GDP (central govt)28th percentile since 1990; 1y −0.58-4.67 pct_gdp2023
- Jordan · Interest · % of Expense (central govt)90th percentile since 1990; highest since 1992; 1y +2.19 pts16.5%2023
- Jordan · Interest · % of Revenue (central govt)96th percentile since 1990; highest since 1990; 1y +2.60 pts18.6%2023
Trade and capital flows2 of 3
- Jordan · Current Account · % GDP45th percentile since 1972; 1y −2.07-5.33 pct_gdp2024
- Jordan · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)46th percentile since 2000; highest since 2015; 1y +3.98 pts-84.7% of GDP2024
Energy and resources1 of 5
- Jordan · Electric Car Share of New Car Sales83rd percentile since 2017; 1y −9.00 pts12% of new car sales2025
Conflict and geopolitics6 of 12
- Jordan · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y −100.0%0 deaths2025
- Jordan · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)record low since 1989; 1y −100.0%0 deaths2025
- Jordan · Governance · WGI six-dimension mean94th percentile since 1996; highest since 2008; 1y +0.018-0.02 index2025
- Jordan · Political Stability · WGI72nd percentile since 1996; 1y −0.015-0.32 index2025
- Jordan · Regulatory Quality · WGIrecord high since 1996; 1y +30.8%0.33 index2025
- Jordan · Rule of Law · WGI87th percentile since 1996; 1y −1.5%0.19 index2025
Migration3 of 5
- International Migrant Stock: Jordan (UN)record high since 19905,280,168 people2024
- International Migrants as a Share of Population: Jordan (UN)69th percentile since 199045.7% of population2024
- Change in Migrant Share of Population Since 2000: Jordan (UN)11.72024
AI stance and technology1 of 2
- AI User Share: Jordan (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +5.80 pts31.2% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Climate and the physical world4 of 6
- Jordan · Arable Land · % of land29th percentile since 1961; lowest since 2018; 1y −0.03 pts2.26% of land area2024
- Jordan · Renewable Freshwater · m³ per personrecord low since 1961; 1y −1.6%612022
- Jordan · Forest Area · % of landrecord high since 1990; 1y unchanged0.8%2024
- Jordan · PM2.5 Exposure · µg/m³37th percentile since 1990; lowest since 2017; 1y −7.5%28.3 µg/m³2020
Health and living standards8
- Jordan · Life Expectancy at Birth · yearsrecord high since 1960; 1y +0.2%78 years2024
- Jordan · Access to Electricity · % of populationrecord high since 1990; 1y unchanged100%2024
- Jordan · Human Development Index · UNDPrecord high since 1990; 1y +0.4%0.75 index2023
- Jordan · Basic Drinking Water Access · % of populationrecord high since 2000; 1y +0.03 pts99.3%2024
- Jordan · Safely Managed Drinking Water · % of populationrecord high since 2000; 1y +1.83 pts89%2024
- Jordan · Undernourishment · % of population73rd percentile since 2001; lowest since 2017; 1y −1.00 pts12.2%2024
- Jordan · Extreme Poverty ($3.00 a day) · % of population0.1%2010
- Jordan · Poverty at National Lines · % of population15.7%2018
More about this country2 of 16
- Jordan · IMF Credit Outstanding · USD bn (IMF)100th percentile since Nov 1971; 1y +12.9%$2.35bn2026-09-01
- Jordan · IMF Credit Outstanding, % of GDP79th percentile since 1985; highest since 2015; 1y +0.26 pts3.68% of GDP2025
Peers
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