Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Jordan instead of Costa Rica, you would:

Health

live 3.6 years less

In Costa Rica, the average life expectancy is 80 years (77 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Jordan, that number is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

be 38.1% more likely to be obese

In Costa Rica, 25.7% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Jordan, that number is 35.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 38.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Costa Rica, 25.5% live below the poverty line as of 2022. In Jordan, however, that number is 15.7% as of 2018.

make 63.6% less money

Costa Rica has a GDP per capita of $25,800 as of 2023, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $9,400 as of 2023.

be 2.2 times more likely to be unemployed

In Costa Rica, 8.3% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Jordan, that number is 17.9% as of 2023.

pay a 33.3% higher top tax rate

Costa Rica has a top tax rate of 15.0% as of 2016. In Jordan, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

have 2.1 times more children

In Costa Rica, there are approximately 10.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Jordan, there are 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 86.4% more likely to die during childbirth

In Costa Rica, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Jordan, 41.0 women do as of 2020.

be 65.7% more likely to die during infancy

In Costa Rica, approximately 8.4 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Jordan, on the other hand, 13.9 children do as of 2022.

Expenditures

spend 52.2% less on education

Costa Rica spends 6.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Jordan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

Geography

see 98.0% less coastline

Costa Rica has a total of 1,290 km of coastline. In Jordan, that number is 26 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Directorate General of Taxation of Costa Rica.

Jordan: At a glance

Jordan is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 88,802 sq km. Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain demarcated a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s. The area gained its independence in 1946 and thereafter became The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country's long-time ruler, King HUSSEIN (1953-99), successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population. Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. King HUSSEIN in 1988 permanently relinquished Jordanian claims to the West Bank; in 1994 he signed a peace treaty with Israel. King ABDALLAH II, King HUSSEIN's eldest son, assumed the throne following his father's death in 1999. He implemented modest political and economic reforms, but in the wake of the "Arab Revolution" across the Middle East, Jordanians continue to press for further political liberalization, government reforms, and economic improvements. In January 2014, Jordan assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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