International rankings of Jordan explained

The following are the international rankings of Jordan.

Cities

• Amman was ranked as a "gamma" world city in The World According to GaWC 2008^[1]

Economy

See main article: Economy of Jordan.

• The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2016, ranked 38 out of 179 countries^[2]
• International Monetary Fund

• • GDP (PPP) per capita, 2016, ranked 92nd out of 185 countries.
  • GDP (nominal), 2016, ranked 89th out of 181 countries.^[3]
• World Economic Forum

Global Competitiveness Index, 2015-2016, ranked 64th out of 140 countries.^[4]

Environment

See main article: Environment of Jordan.

• Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Performance Index 2016, ranked 74 out of 180 countries.^[5]

Globalization

See main article: Globalization.

• KOF Swiss Economic Institute: Globalization Index 2018, rated 73.40^[6]

Politics

See main article: Politics of Jordan.

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2020, ranked 60 out of 179 countries
• Reporters Without Borders

Press Freedom Index 2020, ranked 128 out of 180 countries^[7]

• Freedom House

Freedom in the World, 2021 rated "Not free"^[8]

Society

• Economist Intelligence Unit Where-to-be-born index 2013 ranked 69th.
• Institute for Economics and Peace: Global Peace Index 2015, ranked 71st out of 162 countries^[9]
• United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Index 2016, ranked 80th out of 188 countries

Technological

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness, 2009, ranked 50th out of 70 countries

Notes and References

1. http://www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/world2008t.html The World According to GaWC 2008
2. http://www.heritage.org/Index/Country/Jordan Country profile: Jordan
3. Web site: Countries by Projected GDP 2023 - StatisticsTimes.com. www.statisticstimes.com. 13 January 2024.
4. Web site: Competitiveness Rankings.
5. Web site: Yale Environmental Performance Index - 2016 by Yale University - Issuu. 23 January 2016 .
6. Gygli, Savina, Florian Haelg, Niklas Potrafke and Jan-Egbert Sturm (2019): Review of International Organizations, 14(3), 543-574 KOF Globalization Index
7. https://rsf.org/en/ranking/2020 2020 Press Freedom Index
8. Web site: Freedom in the World 2021 . Freedom House . 3 March 2021 . 3 March 2021.
9. Web site: Institute for Economics and Peace – Analysing peace and quantifying its economic value. www.economicsandpeace.org. 13 January 2024.