Jordan vs Palestinian Territories
Jordan vs Palestinian Territories: Forest area
Forest area in 2024: 0.8% in Jordan and 1.8% in Palestinian Territories, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Palestinian Territories, by 1 percentage points, or 2.31 times that in Jordan.
% of land · FAO
What the numbers say
- Palestinian Territories has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2024, Jordan ranked 198 and Palestinian Territories ranked 188 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of land · FAO
| Year | Jordan | Palestinian Territories | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.8 | 1.8 | – |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.1 |
| 2022 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.1 |
| 2021 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.2 |
| 2020 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.2 |
| 2018 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.3 |
| 2017 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.3 |
| 2016 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.3 |
| 2015 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 31.4 |
| 2014 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 31.4 |
| 2013 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 31.4 |
| 2012 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 31.5 |
| 2011 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 31.9 |
| 2010 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 32 |
| 2009 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32 |
| 2008 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32.1 |
| 2006 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32.1 |
| 2005 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32.1 |
| 2004 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 32.3 |
| 2002 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
| 2001 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.3 |
| 2000 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.4 |
| 1999 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 1998 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.5 |
| 1997 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.6 |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.7 |
| 1995 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.7 |
| 1994 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.8 |
| 1993 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 32.8 |
| 1992 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 33 |
| 1991 | 0.8 | 1.5 | – |
| 1990 | 0.8 | 1.5 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
- Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Jordan vs Palestinian Territories
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 65.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024Palestinian Territories: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Palestinian Territories: 14.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterJordan: 85.7% in 2022Palestinian Territories: 80.3% in 2022
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017Palestinian Territories: 4.67% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Palestinian Territories: 3.5 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023Palestinian Territories: 5.41 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023Palestinian Territories: 1.52% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023Palestinian Territories: 3.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025Palestinian Territories: 87.4% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023Palestinian Territories: 19.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023Palestinian Territories: 3.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Palestinian Territories: -4.6 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020Palestinian Territories: 0 people in 2020
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020Palestinian Territories: 0% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024Palestinian Territories: 2 million TIV in 2023