Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Jordan instead of Saudi Arabia, you would:

Economy

make 81.0% less money

Saudi Arabia has a GDP per capita of $49,600 as of 2023, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $9,400 as of 2023.

be 3.7 times more likely to be unemployed

In Saudi Arabia, 4.9% of adults are unemployed as of 2023. In Jordan, that number is 17.9% as of 2023.

Life

have 63.2% more children

In Saudi Arabia, there are approximately 13.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Jordan, there are 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 2.6 times more likely to die during childbirth

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 16.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2020. In Jordan, 41.0 women do as of 2020.

be 13.3% more likely to die during infancy

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 12.3 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.

Basic Needs

be 17.0% less likely to have internet access

In Saudi Arabia, approximately 100.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Jordan, about 83.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 59.0% less on education

Saudi Arabia spends 7.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2020. Jordan spends 3.2% of total GDP on education as of 2021.

spend 31.6% more on healthcare

Saudi Arabia spends 5.7% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Jordan, that number is 7.5% of GDP as of 2020.

Geography

see 99.0% less coastline

Saudi Arabia has a total of 2,640 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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