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Jordan
Jordan is a country. The capital city is Amman, located in the Western Asia region of Asia. It has a land area of 88,794 km², a population of 11,439,213 people and uses the currency Jordanian dinar. The King is Abdullah II.
Key facts
- currency: Jordanian dinar
- capital city: Amman
- region: Western Asia
- continent: Asia
- land area: 88,794 km²
- population: 11,439,213 people
- political leader: Abdullah II (King)
Classified as: place
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Location on a map: 31°0′N, 36°0′E
Environment
Jordan is one of the countries in Asia, countries in Western Asia and 194 countries in our database.
- Agricultural land: 10,230.00 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 1.92 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 23.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
- Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 48.44 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 0.28 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 50.59 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.69 % of total
- Net energy imports: 96.81 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 2.79 births per woman
- Forest area: 975 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 97.61 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 33.41 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 20.30
- Methane emissions: 5.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 1.09 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 5,535,962 people
- Male population: 5,903,251 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 11.50 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 86,673.40 km²
- Rural population: 912,849 people
- Urban land area: 2,170.09 km²
- Urban population: 10,526,364 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.04 % of total population
Proportion of transboundary sites in Jordan
Geographical distribution of cities in Jordan by population
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Evolution of historical forest area in Jordan
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Evolution of historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Jordan
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Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions and methane emissions in Jordan
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area in Jordan
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population in Jordan
Evolution of historical land area in Jordan
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Evolution of historical median age in Jordan
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Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan
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Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Jordan
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Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Jordan
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Evolution of historical rural land area in Jordan
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Evolution of historical rural population in Jordan
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Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Jordan
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Relationship between population and date in Jordan
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Jordan
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Jordan
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Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Jordan
Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Jordan
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Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Jordan
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Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Jordan
Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Jordan
Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Jordan
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Jordan
Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and urban population in Jordan
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Jordan
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Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Jordan
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Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Jordan
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Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Jordan
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Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Jordan
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Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Jordan
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Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Jordan
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Evolution of historical net energy imports in Jordan
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Evolution of historical fertility rate in Jordan
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Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Jordan
Distribution of sites in Jordan by inscription year
Geographical distribution of sites in Jordan by area
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Politics
- Armed forces personnel: 116,000 people
- Democracy score: 3.93
- Democracy type: Authoritarian
- Individuals using the internet: 90.50 % of population
- Military expenditure: 4.91 % of GDP
- Net migration: -17,445 people
- Press freedom: 1.81
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 12.31 %
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Relationship between armed forces personnel and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Jordan
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Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Jordan
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Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Jordan
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Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Jordan
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Business
- Central government debt: 100.91 % of GDP
- Expense: 28.80 % of GDP
- Gdp: 50,967,475,352.11 current US$
- Inflation: 2.08 annual %
- Self-employed workers: 11.70 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 17.47 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 17.97 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 8.36 % of total employment
Proportion of CEOs per gender in Jordan
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Distribution of companies in Jordan by foundation year
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Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Jordan
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Health
- Birth rate: 21.62 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 3.96 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 299.07 current US$
- Health expenditure: 7.29 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.38 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 74
- Suicide mortality rate: 1.60 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Jordan
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Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Jordan
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Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Jordan
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Evolution of historical death rate in Jordan
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Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Jordan
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Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Jordan
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Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Jordan
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Diseases in Jordan :
Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Jordan
Proportion of diseases in Jordan by mortality rate
Distribution of diseases in Jordan by start date
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Sports
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Distribution of athletes from Jordan by birth date
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Distribution of competitions in Jordan by start date
Proportion of medals won by Jordan in the Olympics
Culture
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Distribution of artists from Jordan by birth year
Proportion of artists per gender in Jordan
Geographical distribution of museums in Jordan by visitors
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Research
Geographical distribution of universities in Jordan by total students
Distribution of universities in Jordan per foundation year
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In literature
There are 260 books written about Jordan in the database
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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
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