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Fast Facts of Jordan

Jordan 2017

Posted on March 8, 2021April 24, 2022 by mathgeneral

Yearbook 2017

Jordan. The Swedish embassy in the capital Amman was suspected in March for black trade with passports. A woman who applied for a residence permit in Sweden was offered SEK 100,000 priority in the queue. In May, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported the case and the embassy started an investigation together with the Swedish Migration Board. During the year there were more indications of black trade in passports, including in Sudan and Turkey. See ABBREVIATIONFINDER for frequently used acronyms and abbreviations related to as well as country profile of Jordan.

Fast Facts of Jordan

Economy

Inflation rate 3.30%
Unemployment rate 18.3%
Gross domestic product (GDP) $ 89,000,000,000
GDP growth rate 2.00%
GDP per capita $ 9,200
GDP by sector
Agriculture 4.50%
Industry 28.80%
Service 66.60%
State budget
Revenue 4.463 billion
Expenditure 5.491 billion
Proportion of the population below the national poverty line 14.2%
Distribution of household income
Top 10% 28.7
Lower 10% 3.4
Industrial production growth rate 1.80%
Investment volume 30.3% of GDP
National debt 95.90% of GDP
Foreign exchange reserves $ 15,980,000,000
Tourism 2014
Number of visitors 3,990,000
Revenue $ 5,537,000,000

 

According to Countryaah.com, Jordan was one of the countries affected by the British and US ban from bringing larger electronic items than mobile phones on air from March. However, the country was not covered by US President Donald Trump’s entry ban in January.

In early February, Jordan conducted air raids in southern Syria against the Islamic State (IS). The military says the raids were carried out to the two-year anniversary of the Jordanian pilot who was shot down by IS and brutally killed. The bombings destroyed, among other things, a weapons stockpile.

In March, the head of the UN agency UNESCWA (West Asia Economic and Social Commission), Jordanian Rima Khalaf, resigned after the organization published a report that Israel introduced an apartheid system against the Palestinians. She resigned at the urging of UN chief Ant車nio Guterres.

In July, the Israeli embassy in Amman was attacked when two Jordanians were killed and one Israeli was injured.

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