Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Jordan instead of Iran, you would:

Health

live 0.8 years longer

In Iran, the average life expectancy is 75 years (74 years for men, 77 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 37.6% more likely to be obese

In Iran, 25.8% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Jordan, that number is 35.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 16.0% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Iran, 18.7% live below the poverty line as of 2007. In Jordan, however, that number is 15.7% as of 2018.

make 42.0% less money

Iran has a GDP per capita of $16,200 as of 2023, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $9,400 as of 2023.

be 97.1% more likely to be unemployed

In Iran, 9.1% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Jordan, that number is 17.9% as of 2023.

Life

be 10.9% more likely to be literate

In Iran, the literacy rate is 88.7% as of 2021. In Jordan, it is 98.4% as of 2021.

have 55.2% more children

In Iran, there are approximately 14.3 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 Iran, approximately 22.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Jordan, 41.0 women do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 11.1% less on education

Iran spends 3.6% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Jordan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 41.5% more on healthcare

Iran spends 5.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Jordan, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 98.9% less coastline

Iran has a total of 2,440 km of coastline. In Jordan, that number is 26 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

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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