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Jordan vs Palestine

97 shared metrics.

JordanLeads in 59

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PalestineLeads in 38

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Jordan

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Jordan touches the Dead Sea, where the surface sits nearly 400 m below sea level.

NASA

Palestine

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Name origin: name refers to the location of the British Mandate of Palestine that was occupied and administered by Jordan in 1948, on the west bank of the Jordan River.

CIA 2026

Geography

Size snapshot: slightly smaller than Delaware.

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Analysis

Jordan leads in 59 of 97 shared metrics, while Palestine leads in 38.

Jordan's Electricity Generation is 21.1x that of Palestine (22.57 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Jordan's Electric Generating Capacity is 18.6x that of Palestine (6.89M kW vs 352.0K kW).

Jordan's Land Area is 13.7x that of Palestine (88.8K km² vs 6.0K km²).

Jordan's Tourist Arrivals is 12.3x that of Palestine (1.24M vs 93.0K).

Jordan's Forest Area is 8.6x that of Palestine (975 km² vs 101.4 km²).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationJordan leads

Jordan

22.57 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityJordan leads

Jordan

6.89M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

Land AreaJordan leads

Jordan

88.8K km²

Palestine

6.0K km²

Tourist ArrivalsJordan leads

Jordan

1.24M

Palestine

93.0K

Forest AreaJordan leads

Jordan

975 km²

Palestine

101.4 km²

Scientific PublicationsJordan leads

Jordan

5.2K

Palestine

714.58

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Jordan

22.57 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

2113% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Jordan

6.89M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

1858% higher

Land Area

Jordan

88.8K km²

Palestine

6.0K km²

1374% higher

Tourist Arrivals

Jordan

1.24M

Palestine

93.0K

1233% higher

Forest Area

Jordan

975 km²

Palestine

101.4 km²

862% higher

Scientific Publications

Jordan

5.2K

Palestine

714.58

635% higher

Irrigated Land

Jordan

875 km²

Palestine

201 km²

335% higher

Government Debt (% GDP)

Jordan

102.8% of GDP

Palestine

23.8% of GDP

332% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Jordan

$53,352,289,577.46

Palestine

$13,711,100,000

289% higher

Land Border Length

Jordan

1.7K km

Palestine

478 km

265% higher

Firms Asked for Bribes

Jordan

3.9% of firms

Palestine

1.1% of firms

261% higher

Population

Jordan

11.31M

Palestine

3.31M

242% higher

Water Stress (%)

Jordan

139.28%

Palestine

41.23%

238% higher

Mobile Money Accounts

Jordan

20.56% of adults

Palestine

6.2% of adults

234% higher

Food Waste per Person

Jordan

156.15 kg/person/yr

Palestine

53.56 kg/person/yr

192% higher

Road Traffic Death Rate

Jordan

13.6 per 100k

Palestine

4.7 per 100k

189% higher

Water Withdrawal

Jordan

0.95 B m³

Palestine

0.33 B m³

184% higher

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Jordan

3.1% of GDP

Palestine

1.2% of GDP

159% higher

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Jordan

$10,821.49

Palestine

$4,371.11

148% higher

Liberal Democracy Index

Jordan

0.27

Palestine

0.11

140% higher

Comparison of Jordan and Palestine across 97 metrics
				Winner
Electricity Generation	22.57 TWh	1.0 TWh	2113% higher	Jordan
Electric Generating Capacity	6.89M kW	352.0K kW	1858% higher	Jordan
Land Area	88.8K km²	6.0K km²	1374% higher	Jordan
Tourist Arrivals	1.24M	93.0K	1233% higher	Jordan
Forest Area	975 km²	101.4 km²	862% higher	Jordan
Scientific Publications	5.2K	714.58	635% higher	Jordan
Irrigated Land	875 km²	201 km²	335% higher	Jordan
Government Debt (% GDP)	102.8% of GDP	23.8% of GDP	332% higher	Jordan
GDP (Nominal)	$53,352,289,577.46	$13,711,100,000	289% higher	Jordan
Land Border Length	1.7K km	478 km	265% higher	Jordan
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.9% of firms	1.1% of firms	261% higher	Jordan
Population	11.31M	3.31M	242% higher	Jordan
Water Stress (%)	139.28%	41.23%	238% higher	Jordan
Mobile Money Accounts	20.56% of adults	6.2% of adults	234% higher	Jordan
Food Waste per Person	156.15 kg/person/yr	53.56 kg/person/yr	192% higher	Jordan
Road Traffic Death Rate	13.6 per 100k	4.7 per 100k	189% higher	Jordan
Water Withdrawal	0.95 B m³	0.33 B m³	184% higher	Jordan
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	159% higher	Jordan
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$10,821.49	$4,371.11	148% higher	Jordan
Liberal Democracy Index	0.27	0.11	140% higher	Jordan
Vehicles per 1,000 People	150.15 per 1k people	62.85 per 1k people	139% higher	Jordan
CO2 Per Capita	2.0 t/person/yr	0.87 t/person/yr	131% higher	Jordan
Women in Senior Management	52.31% of managers	23.53% of managers	122% higher	Jordan
Exports (% GDP)	42.61% of GDP	21.04% of GDP	103% higher	Jordan
Inflation Rate	1.6%	53.7%	97% lower	Palestine
Population Density	128.83 /km²	857.39 /km²	85% lower	Palestine
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0.60 per 1M people	85% lower	Palestine
Digital Payments Used	38.23% of adults	20.83% of adults	83% higher	Jordan
Agricultural Land (%)	11.53%	64.93%	82% lower	Palestine
Highest Elevation	1.9K m	1.0K m	82% higher	Jordan
Border Neighbors	5.0	3.0	67% higher	Jordan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	14.23% of firms	42.22% of firms	66% lower	Palestine
GNI Per Capita	$4,430	$2,710	63% higher	Jordan
Homicide Rate	0.99 per 100k	0.62 per 100k	59% higher	Jordan
Solar Electricity Share	16.6%	39.39%	58% lower	Palestine
Freedom of Expression Index	0.56	0.35	58% higher	Jordan
Child Mortality	13.2 per 1k births	26.3 per 1k births	50% lower	Palestine
Teen Birth Rate	18.43 per 1k	36.04 per 1k	49% lower	Palestine
Protected Land (%)	5.4%	10%	46% lower	Palestine
Firms Making Informal Payments	8.2% of firms	14.48% of firms	43% lower	Palestine
Women's Political Empowerment	0.67	0.47	42% higher	Jordan
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	5.0 sites	40% higher	Jordan
Firms with Female Top Manager	1.8% of firms	2.7% of firms	36% lower	Palestine
Forest Coverage (%)	1.1%	1.7%	35% lower	Palestine
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.5% of GDP	5.4% of GDP	35% lower	Palestine
Electoral Democracy Index	0.28	0.21	32% higher	Jordan
Health Spending (% GDP)	6.8% of GDP	9.7% of GDP	30% lower	Palestine
Electricity Carbon Intensity	529.79 gCO2/kWh	414.14 gCO2/kWh	28% higher	Jordan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	29.31 per 100k	23.18 per 100k	26% higher	Jordan
Unemployment Rate	18%	24.42%	26% lower	Palestine
Dependency Ratio	54.3% of working-age pop.	72.07% of working-age pop.	25% lower	Palestine
Renewable Energy (%)	11.5%	15.4%	25% lower	Palestine
Median Age	24.3 years	19.8 years	23% higher	Jordan
Birth Rate	21.9 per 1k	27.24 per 1k	20% lower	Palestine
University Enrollment Rate	35.92%	44.49%	19% lower	Palestine
Life Expectancy	77.8 years	65.2 years	19% higher	Jordan
Youth Population (%)	30.67%	38.05%	19% lower	Palestine
Fertility Rate	2.8 children/woman	3.4 children/woman	18% lower	Palestine
Elderly Population (%)	4.5%	3.8%	18% higher	Jordan
Health Spending Per Capita	$295.14	$350.64	16% lower	Palestine
Average Weekly Work Hours	48.13 hrs/week	41.9 hrs/week	15% higher	Jordan
Infant Mortality	12.2 per 1k births	14.3 per 1k births	15% lower	Palestine
Credit Card Ownership	6.8% of adults	7.8% of adults	14% lower	Palestine
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.1%	1.8%	13% higher	Jordan
Human Development Index	0.75	0.67	12% higher	Jordan
Broadband Access (%)	7.0 per 100 people	8.0 per 100 people	12% lower	Palestine
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.9 per 1k	3.3 per 1k	12% lower	Palestine
Informal Employment Share	54.22% of employed people	48.8% of employed people	11% higher	Jordan
Safe Drinking Water (%)	88.95%	80.64%	10% higher	Jordan
Obesity Rate	35.61%	32.82%	9% higher	Jordan
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.46	9% lower	Palestine
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	70 per 100 people	77 per 100 people	9% lower	Palestine
Death Rate	3.5 per 1k	3.2 per 1k	9% higher	Jordan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	28.77 µg/m³	26.36 µg/m³	9% higher	Jordan
Insufficient Physical Activity	28.12% of adults	30.85% of adults	9% lower	Palestine
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	8% higher	Jordan
Suicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.65 per 100k	8% lower	Palestine
Youth Unemployment Rate	38.88% of youth labor force	36.09% of youth labor force	8% higher	Jordan
Capital Elevation	776 m	847 m	8% lower	Palestine
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.61% of adults	97.68% of adults	8% lower	Palestine
Internet Users (%)	93%	87%	7% higher	Jordan
Urban Population (%)	92.95%	87.12%	7% higher	Jordan
Imports (% GDP)	57.07% of GDP	60.27% of GDP	5% lower	Palestine
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	4.7 pts	5% lower	Palestine
Hypertension Prevalence	38.5% of adults	39.5% of adults	3% lower	Palestine
Adult Literacy Rate	94.85%	97.94%	3% lower	Palestine
Sanitation Access (%)	96.41%	99.39%	3% lower	Palestine
Tobacco Use Prevalence	34.1% of adults	34.8% of adults	2% lower	Palestine
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	3.0 time zones	equal	Jordan
Coastline Length	26 km	0 km	ranked higher	Jordan
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Jordan
Wind Electricity Share	7.4%	0%	ranked higher	Jordan
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Jordan
Armed Forces Personnel	116.0K	0	ranked higher	Jordan
GDP Growth Rate	2.5%	-26.56%	ranked higher	Jordan
Lowest Elevation	-431 m	-431 m	ranked higher	Jordan
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Jordan

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Analysis

Jordan leads in 59 of 97 shared metrics, while Palestine leads in 38.

Jordan's Electricity Generation is 21.1x that of Palestine (22.57 TWh vs 1.0 TWh).

Jordan's Electric Generating Capacity is 18.6x that of Palestine (6.89M kW vs 352.0K kW).

Jordan's Land Area is 13.7x that of Palestine (88.8K km² vs 6.0K km²).

Jordan's Tourist Arrivals is 12.3x that of Palestine (1.24M vs 93.0K).

Jordan's Forest Area is 8.6x that of Palestine (975 km² vs 101.4 km²).

Key Comparisons

Electricity GenerationJordan leads

Jordan

22.57 TWh

Palestine

1.0 TWh

Electric Generating CapacityJordan leads

Jordan

6.89M kW

Palestine

352.0K kW

Land AreaJordan leads

Jordan

88.8K km²

Palestine

6.0K km²

Tourist ArrivalsJordan leads

Jordan

1.24M

Palestine

93.0K

Forest AreaJordan leads

Jordan

975 km²

Palestine

101.4 km²

Scientific PublicationsJordan leads

Jordan

5.2K

Palestine

714.58

Electricity Generation

22.57 TWh

1.0 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

6.89M kW

352.0K kW

Land Area

88.8K km²

6.0K km²

Tourist Arrivals

1.24M

93.0K

Forest Area

975 km²

101.4 km²

Scientific Publications

5.2K

714.58

Irrigated Land

875 km²

201 km²

Government Debt (% GDP)

102.8% of GDP

23.8% of GDP

GDP (Nominal)

$53,352,289,577.46

$13,711,100,000

Land Border Length

1.7K km

478 km

Firms Asked for Bribes

3.9% of firms

1.1% of firms

Population

11.31M

3.31M

Water Stress (%)

139.28%

41.23%

Mobile Money Accounts

20.56% of adults

6.2% of adults

Food Waste per Person

156.15 kg/person/yr

53.56 kg/person/yr

Road Traffic Death Rate

13.6 per 100k

4.7 per 100k

Water Withdrawal

0.95 B m³

0.33 B m³

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

3.1% of GDP

1.2% of GDP

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

$10,821.49

$4,371.11

Liberal Democracy Index

0.27

0.11

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Land Area

Tourist Arrivals

Forest Area

Scientific Publications

Irrigated Land

Government Debt (% GDP)

GDP (Nominal)

Land Border Length

Firms Asked for Bribes

Population

Water Stress (%)

Mobile Money Accounts

Food Waste per Person

Road Traffic Death Rate

Water Withdrawal

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Vehicles per 1,000 People

CO2 Per Capita

Women in Senior Management

Exports (% GDP)

Inflation Rate

Population Density

Nobel Laureates Born per Million People

Digital Payments Used

Agricultural Land (%)

Highest Elevation

Border Neighbors

Firms Hit by Power Outages

GNI Per Capita

Homicide Rate

Solar Electricity Share

Freedom of Expression Index

Child Mortality

Teen Birth Rate

Protected Land (%)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Women's Political Empowerment

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Firms with Female Top Manager

Forest Coverage (%)

Education Spending (% GDP)

Electoral Democracy Index

Health Spending (% GDP)

Electricity Carbon Intensity

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Unemployment Rate

Dependency Ratio

Renewable Energy (%)

Median Age

Birth Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Life Expectancy

Youth Population (%)

Fertility Rate

Elderly Population (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Average Weekly Work Hours

Infant Mortality

Credit Card Ownership

High-Tech Exports (%)

Human Development Index

Broadband Access (%)

Doctors (per 1,000)

Informal Employment Share

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Obesity Rate

Political Corruption Index

Mobile Subscriptions (%)