Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Jordan instead of Western Sahara, you would:

Health

live 11.5 years longer

In Western Sahara, the average life expectancy is 64 years (62 years for men, 67 years for women) as of 2020. In Jordan, that number is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

make 3.8 times more money

Western Sahara has a GDP per capita of $2,500 as of 2007, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $9,400 as of 2023.

Life

be 71.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Western Sahara, approximately 47.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2020. In Jordan, on the other hand, 13.9 children do as of 2022.

have 20.7% fewer children

In Western Sahara, there are approximately 28.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2020. In Jordan, there are 22.2 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

Geography

see 97.7% less coastline

Western Sahara has a total of 1,110 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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