Jordan vs United Arab Emirates
Jordan vs United Arab Emirates: Adult literacy
Adult literacy in 2024: 94.4% in Jordan and 98.8% in United Arab Emirates, by UNESCO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in United Arab Emirates, by 4.4 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Jordan.
% of adults · UNESCO
What the numbers say
- United Arab Emirates has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Jordan.
- The world as a whole: 87.7% in 2024.
Every year
% of adults · UNESCO
| Year | Jordan | United Arab Emirates | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 94.4 | 98.8 | 87.7 |
| 2023 | 94.9 | 98.1 | 87.6 |
| 2022 | – | 98.3 | 87.4 |
| 2021 | – | 98.1 | 87.2 |
| 2020 | – | – | 87 |
| 2019 | – | 97.8 | 86.8 |
| 2018 | 95.4 | – | 86.8 |
| 2017 | – | – | 86.5 |
| 2016 | – | – | 86.3 |
| 2015 | – | – | 86 |
| 2014 | – | – | 85.6 |
| 2013 | – | – | 85.2 |
| 2012 | 97.9 | – | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 95.9 | – | 84.7 |
| 2010 | 92.6 | – | 84.4 |
| 2009 | – | – | 83.8 |
| 2008 | – | – | 83.5 |
| 2007 | 92.2 | – | 83.1 |
| 2006 | – | – | 82.5 |
| 2005 | 91.1 | 90 | 82.6 |
| 2004 | – | – | 82.6 |
| 2003 | 89.9 | – | 82.2 |
| 2002 | – | – | 81.7 |
| 2001 | – | – | 81.4 |
| 2000 | – | – | 81.1 |
| 1999 | – | – | 80.9 |
| 1998 | – | – | 80.5 |
| 1997 | – | – | 79.3 |
| 1996 | – | – | 77.3 |
| 1995 | – | – | 76.9 |
| 1994 | – | – | 76.4 |
| 1993 | – | – | 76 |
| 1992 | – | – | 75.5 |
| 1991 | – | – | 75.1 |
| 1990 | – | – | 74.6 |
| 1989 | – | – | 74.1 |
| 1988 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 1987 | – | – | 71.9 |
| 1986 | – | – | 71.3 |
| 1985 | – | 71.2 | 70.7 |
| 1984 | – | – | 70.2 |
| 1983 | – | – | 69.5 |
| 1982 | – | – | 68.9 |
| 1981 | – | – | 68.4 |
| 1980 | – | – | 67.8 |
| 1979 | 66.8 | – | 67.2 |
| 1978 | – | – | 66.5 |
| 1977 | – | – | 65.9 |
| 1976 | – | – | 65.6 |
| 1975 | – | 53.5 | 65.4 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
- 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 United Arab Emirates
Health
- Life expectancyJordan: 77.8 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 82.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityJordan: 1.3 per 100 live births in 2024United Arab Emirates: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityJordan: 11.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023United Arab Emirates: 4.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionJordan: 3.56% in 2017United Arab Emirates: 2.88% in 2017
- Suicide rateJordan: 3.2 per 100,000 people in 2017United Arab Emirates: 5.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationJordan: 11.4 million people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthJordan: 1.6% a year in 2023United Arab Emirates: 3.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateJordan: 2.64 births per woman in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.2 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationJordan: 93.2% in 2025United Arab Emirates: 86% in 2025
- Median ageJordan: 24.3 years in 2023United Arab Emirates: 31.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overJordan: 4.3% in 2023United Arab Emirates: 1.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateJordan: -1.5 per 1,000 people in 2023United Arab Emirates: 28.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personJordan: $4,579 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $41,610 in 2024
- GDP growthJordan: 2.8% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 6.2% a year in 2025
- InflationJordan: 1.8% a year in 2025United Arab Emirates: 1.3% a year in 2025
- Government debtJordan: 83.6% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 33.9% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingJordan: 4.56% of GDP in 2025United Arab Emirates: 5.64% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsJordan: $2.5B in 2025United Arab Emirates: $27.8B in 2014
- Military spending per personJordan: $221 in 2025United Arab Emirates: $2,840 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingJordan: 13.5% of government spending in 2025United Arab Emirates: 17% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelJordan: 116,000 people in 2020United Arab Emirates: 63,000 people in 2020
- National powerJordan: 0.17% of world capability in 2022United Arab Emirates: 0.47% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersJordan: 3.98% of the labour force in 2020United Arab Emirates: 1.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsJordan: 34 million TIV in 2024United Arab Emirates: 868 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsJordan: 226 million TIV in 2024United Arab Emirates: 33 million TIV in 2025