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Afghanistan vs Jordan
How Afghanistan and Jordan compare on 39 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Jordan was higher: 77.8 years against 66 years
- GDP per person · In 2024, Jordan was higher: $4,441 against $374
- Population · In 2023, Afghanistan was higher: 41.5 million people against 11.4 million people
- Military spending · In 2021, Jordan was higher: 4.7% of GDP against 1.83% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Jordan was higher: 2.09 tonnes against 0.28 tonnes
Every measure
AfghanistanJordan
| Measure | Afghanistan | Jordan | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 66 | 77.8 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 5.3 | 1.3 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 44 | 11.8 | |
| Safe drinking water% of people · 2022 | 30 | 85.7 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 4.14 | 3.56 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 9.2 | 3.2 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 41.5 million | 11.4 million | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 2.85 | 1.6 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 4.84 | 2.64 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 25.9 | 93.2 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 16.9 | 24.3 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 2.4 | 4.3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | -1.2 | -1.5 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $3742024 | $4,579 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 1.92024 | 2.8 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 3.6 | 1.8 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 7.6 | 83.6 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 5.1 | 7.7 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2024 | 37.32021 | 94.4 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 13.71993 | 80.2 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.07 | 0.28 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.04 | 0.67 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 1,498 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Military spending% of GDP · 2025 | 1.832021 | 4.56 | |
| Military spending in US dollarsUS dollars at 2024 prices · 2025 | $8.55M1977 | $2.5B | |
| Military spending per personUS dollars per person · 2025 | $72021 | $221 | |
| Military share of state spending% of government spending · 2025 | 52020 | 13.5 | |
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 165,000 | 116,000 | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.29 | 0.17 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 1.82 | 3.98 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2024 | 65 million2021 | 34 million | |
| Arms exportsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2024 | 1 million1992 | 226 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 13.8 | 20.6 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 50.4 | 60 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 50.8 | 74.7 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 0.28 | 2.09 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 16.1 | 95.6 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 87.8 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 1.9 | 0.8 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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