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Israel vs Jordan
How Israel and Jordan compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Israel was higher: 82.4 years against 77.8 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Israel was higher: $42,600 against $4,579
- Population · In 2023, Jordan was higher: 11.4 million people against 9.26 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Israel was higher: 7.81% of GDP against 4.56% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Israel was higher: 5.77 tonnes against 2.09 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Jordan: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Jordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Jordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Jordan: 85.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Jordan: 3.56% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Jordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Jordan: 11.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Jordan: 1.6% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Jordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Jordan: 93.2% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Jordan: 24.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Jordan: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Jordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Jordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIsrael: $43.7B in 2025Jordan: $2.5B in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Jordan: $221 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Jordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Jordan: 116,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Jordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Jordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Jordan: 34 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Jordan: 226 million TIV in 2024
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, 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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