Arab Country Profiles
- Country name : Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
- Capital : Amman
- Area : 89,342 km²
- Population : 9,866,133 (2018)
- Population growth rate : 2.61% (2017 - surge due to Syrian refugee crisis)
- Life expectancy at birth : 74.8 years (2017)
- Age structure : 0-14 years : 34.68% - 15-64 years : 61.87% - 65 years and over : 3.45%
- Urbanisation : 83.91% (2016)
- Labour force : 2.5 million (2017)
- Gross Domestic Product : $36.65 billion (2016)
- GDP – real growth rate : 1.8% (2018)
- GDP – composition by sector : agriculture : 4.2% - industry : 29.6% - services : 66.2 %
- GDP – per capita : $11,540 (2017)
- Natural resources : phosphate, potash, shale oil
- Industries : clothing, fertilisers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism
- Industrial production growth rate : 2.2% (2017)
- Land use : arable land : 2% - permanent crops : 1% - other : 97%
- Agricultural products : citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, strawberries, sheep, poultry, dairy products
- Exports in general : $9.8 billion (2017)
- Exports to Belgium : $57.16 million (2017)
- Exports – commodities : clothing, fertilisers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals
- Exports – partners : US (19%), Saudi Arabia (13), India (8.9), Iraq (7.6), Sudan (8) (2017)
- Imports in general : $21.1 billion (2017)
- Imports from Belgium : $243.28 million (2017)
- Imports – commodities : crude oil, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals
- Imports – partners : Saudi Arabia (14%), China (14), US (5.1), Germany (4.3), Turkey (4) (2017)
- Current account balance : -$3.610 billion (2016)
- Budget : revenues : $8.649 billion - expenditures : $11.22 billion (2016)
- Reserves of foreign exchange & gold : $15.98 billion (31 December 2017)
