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"Introduction": {
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"Background": {
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"text": "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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"text": "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 2011 \"Arab Revolution\" across the Middle East, Jordanians continue to press for further political liberalization, government reforms, and economic improvements. Jordan held a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term."
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}
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},
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"Geography": {
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}
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},
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"Area - comparative": {
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"text": "about three-quarters the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than Indiana",
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"Area comparison map": {
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"text": null
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}
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"text": "about three-quarters the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than Indiana"
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},
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"Land boundaries": {
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"total": {
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"Terrain": {
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"text": "mostly desert plateau in east, highland area in west; Great Rift Valley separates eastern and western banks of the Jordan River"
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},
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"Elevation extremes": {
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"lowest point": {
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"text": "Dead Sea -408 m"
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"Elevation": {
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"mean elevation": {
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"text": "812 m"
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},
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"highest point": {
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"text": "Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m"
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"elevation extremes": {
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"text": "lowest point: Dead Sea -408 m ++ highest point: Jabal Umm ad Dami 1,854 m"
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}
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"Natural resources": {
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},
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"Irrigated land": {
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"text": "788.6 sq km (2004)"
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},
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"Total renewable water resources": {
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"text": "0.94 cu km (2011)"
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},
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"Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "0.94 cu km/yr (31%/4%/65%)"
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},
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"per capita": {
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"text": "166 cu m/yr (2005)"
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}
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"text": "964 sq km (2012)"
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},
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"Natural hazards": {
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"text": "droughts; periodic earthquakes"
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}
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},
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"People and Society": {
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"Population": {
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"text": "8,185,384",
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"note": {
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"text": "increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Nationality": {
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"noun": {
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"text": "Jordanian(s)"
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"text": "Arabic (official), English (widely understood among upper and middle classes)"
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},
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"Religions": {
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"text": "Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish \nreligious affiliation:\n\n \n\n"
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},
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"Population": {
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"text": "8,117,564",
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"note": {
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"text": "increased estimate reflects revised assumptions about the net migration rate due to the increased flow of Syrian refugees (July 2015 est.)"
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}
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"text": "Muslim 97.2% (official; predominantly Sunni), Christian 2.2% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), Buddhist 0.4%, Hindu 0.1%, Jewish <0.1, folk religionist <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1, other <0.1 (2010 est.)"
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},
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"Age structure": {
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"0-14 years": {
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"text": "35.42% (male 1,474,464/female 1,400,926)"
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"text": "35.04% (male 1,470,865/female 1,397,057)"
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},
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"15-24 years": {
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"text": "20.25% (male 840,714/female 803,237)"
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"text": "20.12% (male 842,202/female 804,557)"
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},
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"25-54 years": {
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"text": "36.12% (male 1,468,388/female 1,463,452)"
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"text": "36.44% (male 1,491,855/female 1,491,302)"
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},
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"55-64 years": {
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"text": "4.3% (male 169,857/female 179,275)"
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"text": "4.46% (male 177,720/female 187,181)"
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},
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"65 years and over": {
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"text": "3.91% (male 149,207/female 168,044) (2015 est.)"
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},
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"population pyramid": {
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"text": null
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"text": "3.94% (male 151,071/female 171,574) (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Dependency ratios": {
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},
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"Median age": {
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"total": {
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"text": "22 years"
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"text": "22.3 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "21.7 years"
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"text": "21.9 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "22.4 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "22.7 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Population growth rate": {
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"text": "0.83% (2015 est.)"
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"text": "0.83% (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Birth rate": {
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"text": "25.37 births/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "25.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Death rate": {
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"text": "3.79 deaths/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Net migration rate": {
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"text": "-13.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2015 est.)"
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"text": "-13.4 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Urbanization": {
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"urban population": {
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"text": "0.89 male(s)/female"
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},
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"total population": {
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"text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2015 est.)"
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"text": "1.02 male(s)/female (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Mother's mean age at first birth": {
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"text": "24.7",
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"note": {
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"text": "median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2012 est.)"
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"Maternal mortality rate": {
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"Infant mortality rate": {
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"total": {
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"text": "15.18 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "14.7 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"male": {
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"text": "16.05 deaths/1,000 live births"
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"text": "15.5 deaths/1,000 live births"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "14.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2015 est.)"
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"text": "13.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Life expectancy at birth": {
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"total population": {
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"text": "74.35 years"
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"text": "74.6 years"
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},
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"male": {
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"text": "73 years"
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"text": "73.2 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "75.78 years (2015 est.)"
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"text": "76.1 years (2016 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Total fertility rate": {
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"text": "3.17 children born/woman (2015 est.)"
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"text": "3.18 children born/woman (2016 est.)"
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},
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"Contraceptive prevalence rate": {
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"text": "61.2% (2012)"
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},
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"Health expenditures": {
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"text": "7.2% of GDP (2013)"
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"text": "7.5% of GDP (2014)"
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"Physicians density": {
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"text": "2.56 physicians/1,000 population (2010)"
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"School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)": {
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"total": {
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"text": "14 years"
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"male": {
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"male": {
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"text": "12 years"
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},
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"female": {
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"text": "14 years (2012)"
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"text": "13 years (2012)"
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"Unemployment, youth ages 15-24": {
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"former": {
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"text": "Transjordan"
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"etymology": {
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"text": "named for the Jordan River, which makes up part of Jordan's northwest border"
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"Government type": {
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"text": "constitutional monarchy"
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"text": "parliamentary constitutional monarchy"
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"Capital": {
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"name": {
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"Administrative divisions": {
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"text": "12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); 'Ajlun, Al 'Aqabah, Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, Al'Asimah, At Tafilah, Az Zarqa', Irbid, Jarash, Ma'an, Madaba"
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"text": "12 governorates (muhafazat, singular - muhafazah); 'Ajlun, Al 'Aqabah, Al Balqa', Al Karak, Al Mafraq, Al'Asimah, At Tafilah, Az Zarqa', Irbid, Jarash, Ma'an, Ma'daba"
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"Independence": {
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"text": "25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)"
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"text": "Independence Day, 25 May (1946)"
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"Constitution": {
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"text": "previous 1928 (preindependence); latest initially adopted 28 November 1947, revised and ratified 1 January 1952; amended several times, last in 2014 (2015)"
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"text": "previous 1928 (preindependence); latest initially adopted 28 November 1947, revised and ratified 1 January 1952; amended several times, last in 2016 (2016)"
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"Legal system": {
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"text": "mixed legal system of civil law and Islamic religious law; judicial review of legislative acts in a specially provided High Tribunal"
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"text": "mixed system developed from codes instituted by the Ottoman Empire (based on French law), British common law, and Islamic law"
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"International law organization participation": {
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"text": "has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; accepts ICCt jurisdiction"
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"Citizenship": {
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"citizenship by birth": {
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"text": "no"
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"citizenship by descent only": {
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"text": "the father must be a citizen of Jordan"
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"dual citizenship recognized": {
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"text": "yes"
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"residency requirement for naturalization": {
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"text": "15 years ++ Citizenship"
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"Suffrage": {
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"text": "18 years of age; universal"
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"text": "King ABDALLAH II (since 7 February 1999); Crown Prince HUSSEIN (born 28 June 1994), eldest son of King ABDALLAH II"
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"head of government": {
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"text": "Prime Minister Abdullah NSOUR (since 11 October 2012)"
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"text": "Prime Minister Hani MULKI (since 1 June 2016)"
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"cabinet": {
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"Legislative branch": {
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"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of the Senate, or the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (60 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (150 seats; 108 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 27 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote, and 15 seats reserved for women; members serve 4-year terms); note - the electoral law enacted in July 2012 allocated an additional 10 seats - 6 for women, 2 for Amman, and 1 seat each for the cities of Zarqa and Irbid; unchanged are 9 seats reserved for Christian candidates, 9 for Bedouin candidates, and 3 for Jordanians of Chechen or Circassian descent"
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"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Majlis al-'Umma consists of the Senate, or the House of Notables or Majlis al-Ayan (60 seats; members appointed by the monarch to serve 4-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies or House of Representatives or Majlis al-Nuwaab (130 seats; 115 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote and 15 seats for women; 12 of the 115 seats reserved for Christian, Chechen, and Circassian candidates; members serve 4-year terms)"
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"elections": {
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"text": "Chamber of Deputies - last held on 23 January 2013 (next election 2017); note - the King dissolved the previous Chamber of Deputies in November 2012, midway through the parliamentary term"
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"text": "Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20 September 2016 (next to be held in 2020)"
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"election results": {
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"text": "Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - 27 elected on closed national list including: Islamic Centrist Party 3, Nation 2, National Union 2, Stronger Jordan 2, Ahl al-Himma 1, Al-Bayyan 1, Citizenship 1, Construction 1, Cooperation 1, Dawn 1, Dignity 1, Free Voice 1, Labor and Trade 1, National Accord Youth Block 1, National Action 1, National Current 1 (member resigned in February 2013), National Unity 1, Nobel Jerusalem 1, Salvation 1, The People 1, Unified Front 1, Voice of Nation 1; other 123; note - the IAF boycotted the election"
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"text": "Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA"
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"Judicial branch": {
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"highest court(s)": {
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"text": "Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (consists of 7 judges including the chief justice; 7-judge panels for important cases and 5 judge panels for most appeals cases)"
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"text": "Court of Cassation or Supreme Court (consists of 15 judges including the chief justice; 7-judge panels for important cases and 5 judge panels for most appeals cases); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members including the court chairman)"
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"judge selection and term of office": {
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"text": "chief justice appointed by the king; other judges nominated by the Higher Judicial Council and approved by the king; judge tenure NA"
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"text": "Supreme Court chief justice appointed by the king; other judges nominated by the Judicial Council, an 11-member judicial policy-making body consisting of high-level judicial officials and judges, and approved by the king; judge tenure NA; Constitutional Court members appointed by the king for 6-year non-renewable terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years"
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"subordinate courts": {
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"text": "courts of appeal; magistrate courts; courts of first instance; religious courts; State Security Court"
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"text": "Courts of Appeal; Major Felonies Court; Courts of First Instance; Magistrate Courts; religious courts; state security courts"
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"chief of mission": {
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"text": "Ambassador Alia Hatough BOURAN (since 14 September 2010)"
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"text": "Ambassador Dina Khalil Tawiq KAWAR (since 27 June 2016)"
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"chancery": {
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"text": "Jordan's economy is among the smallest in the Middle East, with insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources underlying the government's heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges for the government include chronic high rates of poverty, unemployment, inflation, and a large budget deficit and resulting government debt. King ABDALLAH, during the first decade of the 2000s, implemented significant economic reforms, such as opening up foreign trade and privatizing state-owned companies that attracted foreign investment and contributed to average annual economic growth of 8% for 2004 through 2008. The global economic slowdown and regional turmoil since, however, reduced the average annual growth rate to 2.6% for the 2010-2013 period and hurt export-oriented sectors, construction, and tourism. Jordan's finances have been strained by a series of natural gas pipeline attacks in Egypt, causing Jordan to substitute more expensive diesel imports, primarily from Saudi Arabia, to generate electricity. To diversify its energy mix, Jordan is currently exploring nuclear power generation, exploitation of abundant oil shale reserves and renewable technologies, as well as the import of Israeli offshore gas. In August 2012, to correct budgetary and balance of payments imbalances, Jordan entered into a $2.1 billion, three year International Monetary Fund Stand-By Arrangement. In 2014, fiscal reform measures enacted in the previous few years continued to boost government revenues and reduced the budget deficit even as an influx of over 620,000 Syrian refugees since 2011 put additional pressure on expenditures."
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"text": "Jordan's economy is among the smallest in the Middle East, with insufficient supplies of water, oil, and other natural resources, underlying the government's heavy reliance on foreign assistance. Other economic challenges for the government include chronic high rates of poverty, unemployment and underemployment, budget and current account deficits, and government debt. ++ ++ King ABDALLAH, during the first decade of the 2000s, implemented significant economic reforms, such as expanding foreign trade and privatizing state-owned companies that attracted foreign investment and contributed to average annual economic growth of 8% for 2004 through 2008. The global economic slowdown and regional turmoil contributed to slower growth from 2010 to 2014 - with growth averaging 2.8% per year - and hurt export-oriented sectors, construction, and tourism. Through 2014, Jordan's finances were strained by a series of natural gas pipeline attacks in Egypt, disrupting natural gas exports to Jordan, and led Jordan to rely on more expensive diesel imports, primarily from Saudi Arabia, to generate electricity. ++ ++ To diversify its energy mix, Jordan has secured several contracts for liquefied natural gas and is currently exploring nuclear power generation, exploitation of abundant oil shale reserves and renewable technologies, as well as the import of Israeli offshore gas. In August 2015, Jordan completed a $2.1 billion, three-year IMF Stand-By Arrangement, which the government had entered to help correct budgetary and balance of payments imbalances. Jordan plans to expand on its fiscal reform measures enacted over the previous few years with a follow-on IMF agreement in 2016 to boost government revenues, reduce the budget deficit, and manage its burgeoning debt, brought on in part by an influx of over 650,000 Syrian refugees since 2011, which put additional pressure on expenditures."
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"GDP (purchasing power parity)": {
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"text": "$79.91 billion (2014 est.) ++ $77.51 billion (2013 est.) ++ $75.38 billion (2012 est.)",
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"text": "$82.8 billion (2015 est.) ++ $80.87 billion (2014 est.) ++ $78.44 billion (2013 est.)",
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
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"GDP (official exchange rate)": {
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"text": "$35.88 billion (2014 est.)"
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"text": "$37.57 billion (2015 est.)"
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"GDP - real growth rate": {
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"text": "3.1% (2014 est.) ++ 2.8% (2013 est.) ++ 2.7% (2012 est.)"
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"text": "2.4% (2015 est.) ++ 3.1% (2014 est.) ++ 2.8% (2013 est.)"
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},
|
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"GDP - per capita (PPP)": {
|
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"text": "$12,000 (2014 est.) ++ $11,600 (2013 est.) ++ $11,300 (2012 est.)",
|
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"text": "$10,900 (2015 est.) ++ $10,900 (2014 est.) ++ $10,900 (2013 est.)",
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"note": {
|
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"text": "data are in 2014 US dollars"
|
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"text": "data are in 2015 US dollars"
|
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}
|
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},
|
||||
"Gross national saving": {
|
||||
"text": "14.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 10.5% of GDP (2013 est.) ++ 6.5% of GDP (2012 est.)"
|
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"text": "10.2% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 14.4% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 10.5% of GDP (2013 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"GDP - composition, by end use": {
|
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"household consumption": {
|
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"text": "81.3%"
|
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"text": "82%"
|
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},
|
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"government consumption": {
|
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"text": "23.4%"
|
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"text": "19.8%"
|
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},
|
||||
"investment in fixed capital": {
|
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"text": "28%"
|
||||
"text": "22.5%"
|
||||
},
|
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"investment in inventories": {
|
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"text": "4.4%"
|
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"text": "2.3%"
|
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},
|
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"exports of goods and services": {
|
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"text": "41%"
|
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"text": "35.6%"
|
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},
|
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"imports of goods and services": {
|
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"text": "-78.1% ++ (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "-62.2% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"GDP - composition, by sector of origin": {
|
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"agriculture": {
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"text": "3.8%"
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"text": "4.2%"
|
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},
|
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"industry": {
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"text": "29.8%"
|
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"text": "29.6%"
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},
|
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"services": {
|
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"text": "66.4% (2014 est.)"
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"text": "66.2% (2015 est.)"
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}
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},
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"Agriculture - products": {
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"text": "tourism, information technology, clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphate mining, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing"
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},
|
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"Industrial production growth rate": {
|
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"text": "3.9% (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "2.2% (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"Labor force": {
|
||||
"text": "1.959 million (2014 est.)"
|
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"text": "2.055 million (2015 est.)"
|
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},
|
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"Labor force - by occupation": {
|
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"agriculture": {
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}
|
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},
|
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"Unemployment rate": {
|
||||
"text": "11.9% (2014 est.) ++ 12.6% (2013 est.)",
|
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"text": "13.1% (2015 est.) ++ 11.9% (2014 est.)",
|
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"note": {
|
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"text": "official rate; unofficial rate is approximately 30%"
|
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}
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},
|
||||
"Budget": {
|
||||
"revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "$8.495 billion"
|
||||
"text": "$8.324 billion"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "$11.06 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$10.88 billion (2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Taxes and other revenues": {
|
||||
"text": "23.7% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "22.1% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)": {
|
||||
"text": "-7.1% of GDP (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-6.8% of GDP (2015 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Public debt": {
|
||||
"text": "90% of GDP (2014 est.) ++ 86.8% of GDP (2013 est.)",
|
||||
"text": "85.5% of GDP (2015 est.) ++ 80.8% of GDP (2014 est.)",
|
||||
"note": {
|
||||
"text": "data cover central government debt, and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
|
||||
"text": "data cover central government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury, and treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data exclude debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Fiscal year": {
|
||||
"text": "calendar year"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Inflation rate (consumer prices)": {
|
||||
"text": "2.9% (2014 est.) ++ 4.8% (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-0.9% (2015 est.) ++ 2.9% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Central bank discount rate": {
|
||||
"text": "0.3% (31 December 2010) ++ 4.75% (31 December 2009)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Commercial bank prime lending rate": {
|
||||
"text": "8.74% (31 December 2014 est.) ++ 8.85% (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "8.24% (31 December 2015 est.) ++ 8.84% (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of narrow money": {
|
||||
"text": "$13 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $11.84 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$13.92 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $13 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of broad money": {
|
||||
"text": "$42.26 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $38.58 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$43.64 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $41.18 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of domestic credit": {
|
||||
"text": "$38.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $37.58 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$39.57 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $38.04 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Market value of publicly traded shares": {
|
||||
"text": "$27 billion (31 December 2012 est.) ++ $27.18 billion (31 December 2011) ++ $30.86 billion (31 December 2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$25.45 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $25.55 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $25.76 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Current account balance": {
|
||||
"text": "-$2.45 billion (2014 est.) ++ -$3.453 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "-$3.392 billion (2015 est.) ++ -$2.443 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports": {
|
||||
"text": "$8.385 billion (2014 est.) ++ $7.913 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$7.829 billion (2015 est.) ++ $8.385 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals"
|
||||
"text": "textiles, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "US 15.8%, Iraq 15.3%, Saudi Arabia 12.4%, India 7.8% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "US 21%, Saudi Arabia 16.5%, Iraq 10.3%, India 8.7%, UAE 4.8%, Kuwait 4.4% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports": {
|
||||
"text": "$20.18 billion (2014 est.) ++ $19.56 billion (2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$18.04 billion (2015 est.) ++ $20.35 billion (2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - commodities": {
|
||||
"text": "crude oil, refined petroleum products, machinery, transport equipment, iron, cereals"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Imports - partners": {
|
||||
"text": "Saudi Arabia 19.6%, China 10.5%, US 5.8%, India 5.5%, UAE 4.8% (2014)"
|
||||
"text": "Saudi Arabia 15.4%, China 12.8%, US 6.2%, Germany 4.7%, UAE 4.2% (2015)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Reserves of foreign exchange and gold": {
|
||||
"text": "$16.04 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $13.82 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$16.57 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $16.04 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Debt - external": {
|
||||
"text": "$24.75 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $23.97 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$25.16 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $24.26 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of direct foreign investment - at home": {
|
||||
"text": "$28.73 billion (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $26.67 billion (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$29.96 billion (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $28.71 billion (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad": {
|
||||
"text": "$608 million (31 December 2014 est.) ++ $524.9 million (31 December 2013 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "$609.3 million (31 December 2015 est.) ++ $608.3 million (31 December 2014 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Exchange rates": {
|
||||
"text": "Jordanian dinars (JOD) per US dollar - ++ 0.71 (2014 est.) ++ 0.71 (2013 est.) ++ 0.709 (2012 est.) ++ 0.709 (2011 est.) ++ 0.71 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "Jordanian dinars (JOD) per US dollar - ++ 0.71 (2015 est.) ++ 0.71 (2014 est.) ++ 0.71 (2013 est.) ++ 0.709 (2012 est.) ++ 0.709 (2011 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Energy": {
|
||||
"Electricity access": {
|
||||
"population without electricity": {
|
||||
"text": "40,926"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - total population": {
|
||||
"text": "99.5%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - urban areas": {
|
||||
"text": "99%"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"electrification - rural areas": {
|
||||
"text": "99.4% (2012)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - production": {
|
||||
"text": "15.6 billion kWh (2012 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -680,7 +700,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "3.193 million kW (2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from fossil fuels": {
|
||||
"text": "99.6% of total installed capacity (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "99.6% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Electricity - from nuclear fuels": {
|
||||
"text": "0% of total installed capacity (2013 est.)"
|
||||
|
|
@ -737,18 +757,18 @@
|
|||
"Communications": {
|
||||
"Telephones - fixed lines": {
|
||||
"total subscriptions": {
|
||||
"text": "380,000"
|
||||
"text": "368,938"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "5 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "5 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephones - mobile cellular": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "11.1 million"
|
||||
"text": "13.798 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"subscriptions per 100 inhabitants": {
|
||||
"text": "140 (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "170 (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Telephone system": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -756,34 +776,45 @@
|
|||
"text": "service has improved recently with increased use of digital switching equipment; microwave radio relay transmission and coaxial and fiber-optic cable are employed on trunk lines; growing mobile-cellular usage in both urban and rural areas is reducing use of fixed-line services"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"domestic": {
|
||||
"text": "1995 telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; currently multiple mobile-cellular providers with subscribership reaching 115 per 100 persons in 2011"
|
||||
"text": "1995 telecommunications law opened all non-fixed-line services to private competition; in 2005, monopoly over fixed-line services terminated and the entire telecommunications sector was opened to competition; currently multiple mobile-cellular providers with subscribership up to 170 per 100 persons"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"international": {
|
||||
"text": "country code - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) FEA and FLAG Falcon submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel (2011)"
|
||||
"text": "country code - 962; landing point for the Fiber-Optic Link Around the Globe (FLAG) FEA and FLAG Falcon submarine cable networks; satellite earth stations - 33 (3 Intelsat, 1 Arabsat, and 29 land and maritime Inmarsat terminals); fiber-optic cable to Saudi Arabia and microwave radio relay link with Egypt and Syria; participant in Medarabtel (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Broadcast media": {
|
||||
"text": "radio and TV dominated by the government-owned Jordan Radio and Television Corporation (JRTV) that operates a main network, a sports network, a film network, and a satellite channel; first independent TV broadcaster aired in 2007; international satellite TV and Israeli and Syrian TV broadcasts are available; roughly 30 radio stations with JRTV operating the main government-owned station; transmissions of multiple international radio broadcasters are available (2007)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Radio broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "AM 1, FM 28 (2010)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Television broadcast stations": {
|
||||
"text": "4 (2009)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet country code": {
|
||||
"text": ".jo"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Internet users": {
|
||||
"total": {
|
||||
"text": "3.6 million"
|
||||
"text": "4.335 million"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"percent of population": {
|
||||
"text": "45.0% (2014 est.)"
|
||||
"text": "53.4% (July 2015 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Transportation": {
|
||||
"National air transport system": {
|
||||
"number of registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "7"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "40"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "3,065,145"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"annual freight traffic on registered air carriers": {
|
||||
"text": "169.105 million mt-km (2015)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Civil aircraft registration country code prefix": {
|
||||
"text": "JY (2016)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Airports": {
|
||||
"text": "18 (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
|
|
@ -809,7 +840,7 @@
|
|||
"text": "2"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"under 914 m": {
|
||||
"text": " ++ 2 (2013)"
|
||||
"text": "2 (2013)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Heliports": {
|
||||
|
|
@ -854,37 +885,13 @@
|
|||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military": {
|
||||
"Military and Security": {
|
||||
"Military branches": {
|
||||
"text": "Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF): Royal Jordanian Land Force (RJLF), Royal Jordanian Navy, Royal Jordanian Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Malakiya al-Urduniya, RJAF), Special Operations Command (Socom); Public Security Directorate (normally falls under Ministry of Interior, but comes under JAF in wartime or crisis) (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military service age and obligation": {
|
||||
"text": "17 years of age for voluntary male military service; initial service term 2 years, with option to reenlist for 18 years; conscription at age 18 suspended in 1999; women not subject to conscription, but can volunteer to serve in noncombat military positions in the Royal Jordanian Arab Army Women's Corps and RJAF (2013)"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower available for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,674,260"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,611,315 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower fit for military service": {
|
||||
"males age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,439,192"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"females age 16-49": {
|
||||
"text": "1,384,500 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually": {
|
||||
"male": {
|
||||
"text": "73,574"
|
||||
},
|
||||
"female": {
|
||||
"text": "69,420 (2010 est.)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
},
|
||||
"Military expenditures": {
|
||||
"text": "4.65% of GDP (2012) ++ 4.64% of GDP (2011) ++ 4.65% of GDP (2010)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
@ -895,7 +902,7 @@
|
|||
},
|
||||
"Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
|
||||
"refugees (country of origin)": {
|
||||
"text": "2,097,338 (Palestinian refugees (UNRWA)) (2014); 633,644 (Syria); 51,105 (Iraq) (2015)"
|
||||
"text": "2,117,361 (Palestinian refugees) (2015); 655,365 (Syria); 59,196 (Iraq) (2016)"
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
|
|
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