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Jordan vs Saudi Arabia

120 shared metrics.

JordanLeads in 46

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Saudi ArabiaLeads in 74

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Jordan

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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.

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Saudi Arabia

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Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Saudi Arabia holds most of the Empty Quarter, the largest continuous sand sea on Earth.

NASA

Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 74 of 120 shared metrics, while Jordan leads in 46.

Jordan's Renewable Energy (%) is 114.0x that of Saudi Arabia (11.5% vs 0.10%).

Jordan's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 20.3x that of Saudi Arabia (14.23% of firms vs 0.67% of firms).

Jordan's Wind Electricity Share is 20.1x that of Saudi Arabia (7.4% vs 0.35%).

Jordan's Electoral Democracy Index is 16.6x that of Saudi Arabia (0.28 vs 0.02).

Jordan's Solar Electricity Share is 8.2x that of Saudi Arabia (16.6% vs 1.8%).

Key Comparisons

Renewable Energy (%)Jordan leads

Jordan

11.5%

Saudi Arabia

0.10%

Firms Hit by Power OutagesJordan leads

Jordan

14.23% of firms

Saudi Arabia

0.67% of firms

Wind Electricity ShareJordan leads

Jordan

7.4%

Saudi Arabia

0.35%

Electoral Democracy IndexJordan leads

Jordan

0.28

Saudi Arabia

0.02

Solar Electricity ShareJordan leads

Jordan

16.6%

Saudi Arabia

1.8%

Population DensityJordan leads

Jordan

17.05% of GDP

Saudi Arabia

8.2% of GDP

108% higher

Comparison of Jordan and Saudi Arabia across 120 metrics
				Winner
Renewable Energy (%)	11.5%	0.10%	11400% higher	Jordan
Firms Hit by Power Outages	14.23% of firms	0.67% of firms	2033% higher	Jordan
Wind Electricity Share	7.4%	0.35%	2011% higher	Jordan
Electoral Democracy Index	0.28	0.02	1662% higher	Jordan
Solar Electricity Share	16.6%	1.8%	817% higher	Jordan
Population Density	128.83 /km²	15.68 /km²	722% higher	Jordan
Firms Making Informal Payments	8.2% of firms	1.0% of firms	701% higher	Jordan
Government Debt (% GDP)	102.8% of GDP	13.1% of GDP	685% higher	Jordan
Freedom of Expression Index	0.56	0.09	504% higher	Jordan
Liberal Democracy Index	0.27	0.05	483% higher	Jordan
Unemployment Rate	18%	3.9%	362% higher	Jordan
Youth Unemployment Rate	38.88% of youth labor force	10.01% of youth labor force	288% higher	Jordan
High-Tech Exports (%)	2.1%	0.54%	283% higher	Jordan
Infant Mortality	12.2 per 1k births	4.9 per 1k births	149% higher	Jordan
Forest Coverage (%)	1.1%	0.45%	142% higher	Jordan
Smoking Rate	35.6%	14.9%	139% higher	Jordan
Tobacco Use Prevalence	34.1% of adults	14.7% of adults	132% higher	Jordan
Imports (% GDP)	57.07% of GDP	25.57% of GDP	123% higher	Jordan
Child Mortality	13.2 per 1k births	6.2 per 1k births	113% higher	Jordan
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	17.05% of GDP	8.2% of GDP	108% higher	Jordan
Coastline Length	26 km	2.6K km	99% lower	Saudi Arabia
Domestic Patents	25	1.4K	98% lower	Saudi Arabia
Land Area	88.8K km²	2.15M km²	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
Water Withdrawal	0.95 B m³	23.38 B m³	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP (Nominal)	$53,352,289,577.46	$1,239,804,533,333.33	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
Total CO2 Emissions	24.14 Mt CO2e	652.51 Mt CO2e	96% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Generation	22.57 TWh	454.64 TWh	95% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electric Generating Capacity	6.89M kW	119.62M kW	94% lower	Saudi Arabia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.67	0.35	93% higher	Jordan
Shipping Traffic	765.7K	10.46M	93% lower	Saudi Arabia
Air Passengers	3.73M	47.98M	92% lower	Saudi Arabia
Merchant Fleet Size	34	433	92% lower	Saudi Arabia
Railway Length	509 km	5.4K km	91% lower	Saudi Arabia
Forest Area	975 km²	9.8K km²	90% lower	Saudi Arabia
CO2 Per Capita	2.0 t/person/yr	20.38 t/person/yr	90% lower	Saudi Arabia
Energy Use (Per Capita)	754.31 kg oil eq/person	7.5K kg oil eq/person	90% lower	Saudi Arabia
Foreign Patents	322	2.6K	88% lower	Saudi Arabia
GNI Per Capita	$4,430	$35,630	88% lower	Saudi Arabia
Irrigated Land	875 km²	7.6K km²	88% lower	Saudi Arabia
Agricultural Land (%)	11.53%	80.77%	86% lower	Saudi Arabia
Water Stress (%)	139.28%	974.17%	86% lower	Saudi Arabia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	1.8K kWh/person	11.8K kWh/person	85% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$10,821.49	$71,375.37	85% lower	Saudi Arabia
Broadband Access (%)	7.0 per 100 people	44 per 100 people	84% lower	Saudi Arabia
Health Spending Per Capita	$295.14	$1,593.37	81% lower	Saudi Arabia
Scientific Publications	5.2K	25.8K	80% lower	Saudi Arabia
Airports	18	89	80% lower	Saudi Arabia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	3.1% of GDP	1.7% of GDP	78% higher	Jordan
Credit Card Ownership	6.8% of adults	30.13% of adults	78% lower	Saudi Arabia
Protected Land (%)	5.4%	18.5%	71% lower	Saudi Arabia
Tourism Revenue	$1,745,000,000	$5,960,000,000	71% lower	Saudi Arabia
Population	11.31M	36.54M	69% lower	Saudi Arabia
Teen Birth Rate	18.43 per 1k	11.11 per 1k	66% higher	Jordan
Birth Rate	21.9 per 1k	13.41 per 1k	63% higher	Jordan
Firms Asked for Bribes	3.9% of firms	9.5% of firms	60% lower	Saudi Arabia
Armed Forces Personnel	116.0K	282.0K	59% lower	Saudi Arabia
Land Border Length	1.7K km	4.3K km	59% lower	Saudi Arabia
Seafood Consumption per Person	4.8 kg/person/yr	11.35 kg/person/yr	58% lower	Saudi Arabia
University Enrollment Rate	35.92%	83.88%	57% lower	Saudi Arabia
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.13 per 100k people	0.31 per 100k people	57% lower	Saudi Arabia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	70 per 100 people	157.78 per 100 people	56% lower	Saudi Arabia
Fertility Rate	2.8 children/woman	1.8 children/woman	54% higher	Jordan
Elderly Population (%)	4.5%	3.0%	53% higher	Jordan
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	1.5 per 1M people	3.2 per 1M people	53% lower	Saudi Arabia
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Jordan
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	29.31 per 100k	58.04 per 100k	50% lower	Saudi Arabia
Digital Payments Used	38.23% of adults	75.72% of adults	50% lower	Saudi Arabia
Dependency Ratio	54.3% of working-age pop.	36.55% of working-age pop.	49% higher	Jordan
Health Spending (% GDP)	6.8% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	48% higher	Jordan
Insufficient Physical Activity	28.12% of adults	54.13% of adults	48% lower	Saudi Arabia
Exports (% GDP)	42.61% of GDP	29.11% of GDP	46% higher	Jordan
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	28.77 µg/m³	53.15 µg/m³	46% lower	Saudi Arabia
Mobile Money Accounts	20.56% of adults	36.5% of adults	44% lower	Saudi Arabia
Highest Elevation	1.9K m	3.0K m	38% lower	Saudi Arabia
Suicide Rate	0.60 per 100k	0.95 per 100k	37% lower	Saudi Arabia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.4 per 1k	2.2 per 1k	36% lower	Saudi Arabia
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	6.8 pts	34% lower	Saudi Arabia
Military Spending	4.8% of GDP	7.3% of GDP	34% lower	Saudi Arabia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	14 days/yr	21 days/yr	33% lower	Saudi Arabia
Vehicles per 1,000 People	150.15 per 1k people	222.77 per 1k people	33% lower	Saudi Arabia
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.5% of GDP	5.1% of GDP	31% lower	Saudi Arabia
Meat Consumption per Person	37.91 kg/person/yr	54.13 kg/person/yr	30% lower	Saudi Arabia
Big Mac Price	$3.53	$5.07	30% lower	Saudi Arabia
Political Corruption Index	0.42	0.33	29% higher	Jordan
Youth Population (%)	30.67%	23.82%	29% higher	Jordan
Border Neighbors	5.0	7.0	29% lower	Saudi Arabia
Capital Elevation	776 m	612 m	27% higher	Jordan
Road Traffic Death Rate	13.6 per 100k	18.5 per 100k	26% lower	Saudi Arabia
GDP Growth Rate	2.5%	2.0%	25% higher	Jordan
Electricity Carbon Intensity	529.79 gCO2/kWh	691.95 gCO2/kWh	23% lower	Saudi Arabia
Median Age	24.3 years	29.2 years	17% lower	Saudi Arabia
Human Development Index	0.75	0.90	16% lower	Saudi Arabia
Doctors (per 1,000)	2.9 per 1k	3.4 per 1k	16% lower	Saudi Arabia
Obesity Rate	35.61%	41.11%	13% lower	Saudi Arabia
Hypertension Prevalence	38.5% of adults	34.2% of adults	13% higher	Jordan
Corruption Perceptions Index	50 pts	57 pts	12% lower	Saudi Arabia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	7.0 sites	8.0 sites	12% lower	Saudi Arabia
Urban Population (%)	92.95%	84.46%	10% higher	Jordan
Milk Consumption per Person	77.68 kg/person/yr	83.65 kg/person/yr	7% lower	Saudi Arabia
Internet Users (%)	93%	100%	7% lower	Saudi Arabia
Can Raise Emergency Money	89.61% of adults	95.89% of adults	7% lower	Saudi Arabia
Inflation Rate	1.6%	1.7%	6% lower	Saudi Arabia
Food Waste per Person	156.15 kg/person/yr	148.88 kg/person/yr	5% higher	Jordan
Adult Literacy Rate	94.85%	97.93%	3% lower	Saudi Arabia
Women in Parliament (%)	19.57%	19.87%	2% lower	Saudi Arabia
Sanitation Access (%)	96.41%	97.61%	1% lower	Saudi Arabia
Life Expectancy	77.8 years	78.7 years	1% lower	Saudi Arabia
Beer Consumption	0.05 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Jordan
Spirits Consumption	0.15 L/person/yr	0 L/person/yr	ranked higher	Jordan
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Jordan
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Jordan
Death Rate	3.5 per 1k	3.5 per 1k	equal	Saudi Arabia
Alcohol Consumption	0.23 L/adult/yr	0 L/adult/yr	ranked higher	Jordan
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Jordan
Lowest Elevation	-431 m	0 m	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Jordan
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-5.6% of GDP	-3% of GDP	ranked lower	Saudi Arabia
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	1.0 gold medals	0 gold medals	ranked higher	Jordan
All-Time Olympic Medals	4.0 medals	4.0 medals	equal	Jordan
Firms with Female Top Manager	1.8% of firms	1.8% of firms	equal	Saudi Arabia

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Analysis

Saudi Arabia leads in 74 of 120 shared metrics, while Jordan leads in 46.

Jordan's Renewable Energy (%) is 114.0x that of Saudi Arabia (11.5% vs 0.10%).

Jordan's Firms Hit by Power Outages is 20.3x that of Saudi Arabia (14.23% of firms vs 0.67% of firms).

Jordan's Wind Electricity Share is 20.1x that of Saudi Arabia (7.4% vs 0.35%).

Jordan's Electoral Democracy Index is 16.6x that of Saudi Arabia (0.28 vs 0.02).

Jordan's Solar Electricity Share is 8.2x that of Saudi Arabia (16.6% vs 1.8%).

Key Comparisons

Renewable Energy (%)Jordan leads

Jordan

11.5%

Saudi Arabia

0.10%

Firms Hit by Power OutagesJordan leads

Jordan

14.23% of firms

Saudi Arabia

0.67% of firms

Wind Electricity ShareJordan leads

Jordan

7.4%

Saudi Arabia

0.35%

Electoral Democracy IndexJordan leads

Jordan

0.28

Saudi Arabia

0.02

Solar Electricity ShareJordan leads

Jordan

16.6%

Saudi Arabia

1.8%

Population DensityJordan leads

Jordan

128.83 /km²

Saudi Arabia

15.68 /km²

Renewable Energy (%)

11.5%

0.10%

Firms Hit by Power Outages

14.23% of firms

0.67% of firms

Wind Electricity Share

7.4%

0.35%

Electoral Democracy Index

0.28

0.02

Solar Electricity Share

16.6%

1.8%

Population Density

128.83 /km²

15.68 /km²

Firms Making Informal Payments

8.2% of firms

1.0% of firms

Government Debt (% GDP)

102.8% of GDP

13.1% of GDP

Freedom of Expression Index

0.56

0.09

Liberal Democracy Index

0.27

0.05

Unemployment Rate

18%

3.9%

Youth Unemployment Rate

38.88% of youth labor force

10.01% of youth labor force

High-Tech Exports (%)

2.1%

0.54%

Infant Mortality

12.2 per 1k births

4.9 per 1k births

Forest Coverage (%)

1.1%

0.45%

Smoking Rate

35.6%

14.9%

Tobacco Use Prevalence

34.1% of adults

14.7% of adults

Imports (% GDP)

57.07% of GDP

25.57% of GDP

Child Mortality

13.2 per 1k births

6.2 per 1k births

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

17.05% of GDP

8.2% of GDP

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Renewable Energy (%)

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Wind Electricity Share

Electoral Democracy Index

Solar Electricity Share

Population Density

Firms Making Informal Payments

Government Debt (% GDP)

Freedom of Expression Index

Liberal Democracy Index

Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

Infant Mortality

Forest Coverage (%)

Smoking Rate

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Imports (% GDP)

Child Mortality

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Coastline Length

Domestic Patents

Land Area

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Women's Political Empowerment

Shipping Traffic

Air Passengers

Merchant Fleet Size

Railway Length

Forest Area

CO2 Per Capita

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Foreign Patents

GNI Per Capita

Irrigated Land

Agricultural Land (%)

Water Stress (%)

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Broadband Access (%)

Health Spending Per Capita

Scientific Publications

Airports

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Credit Card Ownership

Protected Land (%)

Tourism Revenue

Population

Teen Birth Rate

Birth Rate

Firms Asked for Bribes

Armed Forces Personnel

Land Border Length

Seafood Consumption per Person

University Enrollment Rate

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Fertility Rate

Elderly Population (%)

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Time Zones Count

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Digital Payments Used

Dependency Ratio

Health Spending (% GDP)

Insufficient Physical Activity

Exports (% GDP)

Air Pollution (PM2.5)