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Country Fact Sheet - Jordan August 2012 Country Fact Sheet - Jordan August 2012 20 Overview 90 per cent of the population lives on only 10 Jordan and Selected Indicators FOOD SECURITY / NUTRITION percent of the country’s surface area. As a result of Jordan (officially the Hashemite Kingdom of EDUCATION Domestic production of cereals is negligible, Jordan) is a low-middle income country with prolonged conflict in the Middle East, Jordan has covering less than 3 % of total limited natural resources and a semi-arid climate. hosted several waves of refugees and displaced 1. Primary school participation, Gross utilization for food and feed. Cereal The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and persons. This has had a significant impact on enrolment ratio (%), 2007-2010 - both import requirements in 2011/12 10 south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the the population growth rate. Since 1961, the sexes : 97 (July/June) are forecast at a high of north and the West Bank and Israel to the west. population has increased fivefold, leading to 2. Secondary school participation, Net 2.3 million tonnes. Wheat imports 11 Jordan’s only port is at its south-western tip, at pressure on natural resources, growing income enrolment ratio (%) 2007-2010, both sexes : 81.5 are estimated at about 840 000 the Gulf of Aqaba, which is shared with Israel, disparities and increase in poverty. 3. Youth (15-24 years) literacy rate (%), 2005- tonnes, about 15 % higher than the last five years. 12 Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. Approximately 75% of Demographics 2010 : 98.8 Imports of feed barley and rice are expected to 13 Jordan is covered by the Arabian Desert. However, 4. Primary completion rate (%), both sexes, 2010 : go up by about 12 % on average levels to 770 000 Ethnicity: Muslim Sunni (92%), Christians, mostly the western part of Jordan is arable land and 89.9 tonnes and 170 000 tonnes, respectively. Greek Orthodox (6%), Circassians (1%) and 5. Expenditure on education, public (% of GDP) in forests. The capital city is Amman and the country 21 Armenians (1%). 14 Rural Poverty in Jordan : 17.4 per cent of is divided into 12 governorates (Irbid, Mafraq, 2009 : 9.3 Jordanians live in rural areas where poverty is more Jarash, Ajloun, Amman, Balqa, Zarqa, Madaba, prevalent than in urban areas. Approximately 19 Karak, Tafilah, Ma’an and Aqaba). Population (in 6.3 million 1,979,580 HEALTH 2011) 1 per cent of the rural population is classified as poor. Lebanon registered Jordan has one of the most modern Because of the arid nature of the land, many rural Gender Distribution 2 Syrian Arab Iraq Palestinian health care infrastructures in the Middle poor people cannot grow enough crops to feed Republic Male 51.5% (3.2 Refugees in East. themselves and their families. People who find million) 1. Under 5 mortality rate, per1,000 live births, other ways to supplement their incomes generally Irbid Jordan Al Mafraq 15 West Ajloun Female 48.5% (3.1 2010 : 22 earn very little. Regular drought exacerbates the Jarash Bank million) Al Balqa 2. Infant mortality rate, per 1,000 live births, situation. Az Zarqa Geo Distribution 3 201016: 18 Families headed by women tend to be among the Madaba Amman Area 6 89,320 Administrative Rural 17.4 % 2 3. Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 most vulnerable. They have fewer economic assets unit not km 17 available Jordan women aged 15-19), 2009 : 26.5 than households headed by men. For example, Al Karak Urban 82.6 % Agri land 7 10,250 Israel 4. Births attended by skilled health only 44 per cent of female headed households At Tafilah Growth Rate 4 1.9 % km2 (11.5 personnel (%) 18: 99 own agricultural land and 30 per cent own % of total) Avg. Life Expectancy 5 5. Expenditure on health, public (% of GDP) in livestock. In contrast, 68 per cent of male headed Ma'an Forest area 8 980 km2 2009 19: 9.3 households own land and 36 per cent of them Saudi Male 72 years Arabia (1.1 % of Primary health care to approximately 2 million own livestock. Similarly, only 21 per cent of female 75 years total) Al Aqabah Female Palestinian refugees in Jordan is provided by headed households receive loans for agricultural Egypt UNRWA. development and 9 per cent for income-generating 9 POPULATION BY GOVERNORATES PERCENTA70 GE DISTRIBUTION OF JORDANIANS ( AGED 15 YEARS AND ABOVE) ACCORDING activities, compared to 43 and 14 per cent of male headed households. TO ATTAINED EDUCATIONAL LEVEL AND SEX Jordan is a constitutional monarchy with a 60 Global Hunger Index (GHI)22: The representative government, based on the Irbid GHI is designed to comprehensively 18% 50 1952 Constitution. The reigning monarch, His Zarqa measure and track hunger globally 15% Majesty King Abdullah II is the head of state, 40 48.4 and by country and region. A Amman the chief executive and the commander-in- 39% number of different indicators chief of the Jordanian armed forces. The King Balqa 30 can be used to measure hunger. 7% 53 Percentage To reflect the multidimensional exercises his executive authority through the 20 Prime Minister and the Cabinet. The Cabinet, nature of hunger, the GHI combines meanwhile, is responsible to the (elected) House Mafraq Tafiela 10 18.2 three equally weighted indicators 17.7 14 12.7 1% 10.3 57.6 17.1 10.3 15.3 3.7 8.3 6.3 of Deputies which, along with the House of 5% Jarash 7 (Undernourishment, Child Ma’an & Aqaba 0 Notables (appointed by the King), constitutes the Karak 3% Madaba Ajloun 2% each underweight and Child mortality) in 4% 2% Illiterate Less than Secondary Intermediate Bachelors 2% Illiterate Less than Secondary Intermediate Bachelors & one index number. The Global Hunger legislative branch of the Government. They both Secondary &Above Above serve four year terms. Source: Department of Statistics, Jordan Total Female Male Index for Jordan in 2011 was low (<5). August 2012 Jordan Country Fact Sheet 23 GHI, 2011 FOR JORDAN Population Proportion of poor 6 TRENDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT RATES ACCORDING TO SEX - GENDER INDICATORS Governorate below poverty population out of total poor 1. Labour force participation rate (Ratio line (%) population in Jordan (%) 5 5 5 2005 - 2012 (Q1) 42 4.8 30 of female to male shares) : 0.315 Mafraq 31.9 11.9 25.9 25.6 43 4 4 3.6 4 25 2. Gender Inequality Index : 0.456 3.9 3.8 24.4 24.1 25 Ma’an 24.2 3.4 21.7 3. Shares in parliament, female-male 3 3.2 21.2 3 3 44 2.9 ratio : 0.139 Tafiieh 21.1 2.2 20 18 2 2.5 4. Maternal mortality ratio (deaths Jerash 20.3 4.6 14.8 1.9 14 Female 1 15 13.1 12.7 12.9 12.5 12.9 of women per 100,000 live births) in %, Jordan GHI %, Jordan Balqa 19.7 8.7 11.4 Male2010 45: 63 0 46 Percentage 12.8 Karak 17.1 5.5 10 11.9 Total5. Unemployment rate (women) 2012 : 1990 1996 2001 2011 11 10.3 10.1 10.3 10.4 10 18% Source: Global Hunger Index, 2011 Madaba 14.9 2.6 5 47 Proportion of undernourished in the population (%) 6. Employment rate (women) 2010 : Irbid 14.7 20.5 14.7% Under five mortality rate (%) Global Hunger Index (%) 0 Ajloun 13.3 2.3 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Prevalence of underweight in children under five years (%) 48 Aqaba 11.8 2 Source: Department of Statistics, Jordan (Q1 2012) (Q1) Jordan and The MDGs WATSAN Zarqa 11.2 11.7 Total Female Male GOAL1: ERADICATE EXTREME POVERTY AND Amman 8.3 24.6 INCOME INDICATORS 1. Percentage of population using an improved HUNGER drinking water source - 2010 24: 97 % Jordan 13.3 100 1. GNI per capita in purchasing power parity (PPP) Jordan has made significant 2. Percentage of population using improved terms (constant 2005 international $) in 2011 34: 25 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS achievements in combating poverty and sanitation facility - 2010 : 98 % 5,300 hunger not only per the international HDI provides a composite measure of three basic 2. GDP per capita in GDP PGDPER C AperPITA Capita (JD) 2007-2010 (JD) standard of $1 a day per capita, but also THE POVERTY TRAP dimensions of human development: health, PPP terms (constant 3500 3194.5 2979.2 in relation to the national poverty line education and income. Jordan’s HDI, in 2011, 2005 international 3000 2753.5 Approximately 13.3% of the population lived beneath the 2500 2200.9 (USD 960 per individual annually). The 27 35 poverty line in 2008. Jordan’s various governorates reflect was 0.698 , which gives the country a rank of $) in 2009 : 5,082 2000 percentage of population below the 95 (medium human development) out of 187 3. Income index 1500 differing development levels. This is especially apparent 1000 abject poverty line (JD 292 per capita when examining percentage of the population below the countries. The HDI of Arab States as a region (GNI per capita) 500 in 2008) was reduced by more than half increased from 0.444 in 1980 to 0.641 in 2011, 2011 36: 0.569 0 poverty line ( less than US$ 1 a day), which range from 2007 2008 2009 2010 between 1992 and 2008, from 6.6% to 8.3% in Amman to 31.9% in Mafraq. The 2010 Department placing Jordan above the regional average. 4. Real GDP growth Source: Department of Statistics, Jordan less than 1%.The poverty gap was also 37 28 in 2007-11 : 4.2 % of Statistics of Jordan’s Poverty Report revealed that 57% HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX : TRENDS 2007 - 2011 reduced and the poor’s share of total 38 of individuals surviving below the official poverty line 5.
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