If you lived in Jordan instead of Angola, you would:

Health

be 94.4% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Angola, 1.8% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Jordan, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 13.9 years longer

In Angola, the average life expectancy is 62 years (60 years for men, 64 years for women) as of 2022. In Jordan, that number is 76 years (75 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

be 4.3 times more likely to be obese

In Angola, 8.2% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Jordan, that number is 35.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

make 58.1% more money

Angola has a GDP per capita of $6,200 as of 2020, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $9,800 as of 2020.

be 51.4% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Angola, 32.3% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Jordan, however, that number is 15.7% as of 2018.

be 2.9 times more likely to be unemployed

In Angola, 6.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Jordan, that number is 19.1% as of 2019.

pay a 17.6% higher top tax rate

Angola has a top tax rate of 17.0% as of 2016. In Jordan, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

Life

be 80.9% less likely to die during childbirth

In Angola, approximately 241.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Jordan, 46.0 women do as of 2017.

be 38.1% more likely to be literate

In Angola, the literacy rate is 71.1% as of 2015. In Jordan, it is 98.2% as of 2018.

be 76.4% less likely to die during infancy

In Angola, approximately 58.9 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Jordan, on the other hand, 13.9 children do as of 2022.

have 46.0% fewer children

In Angola, there are approximately 41.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Jordan, there are 22.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.

Basic Needs

be 2.3 times more likely to have access to electricity

In Angola, approximately 43% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Jordan, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

be 86.1% more likely to have internet access

In Angola, approximately 36.0% of the population has internet access as of 2020. In Jordan, about 67.0% do as of 2019.

be 49.0% more likely to have access to improved drinking water

In Angola, approximately 66% of people have improved drinking water access (81% in urban areas, and 36% in rural areas) as of 2020. In Jordan, that number is 99% of people on average (99% in urban areas, and 98% in rural areas) as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 66.7% more on education

Angola spends 1.8% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Jordan spends 3.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 3.0 times more on healthcare

Angola spends 2.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Jordan, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2019.

Geography

see 98.4% less coastline

Angola has a total of 1,600 km of coastline. In Jordan, that number is 26 km.


The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Direcção Nacional dos Impostos, Ministério das Finanças.

Jordan: At a glance

Jordan is a sovereign country in Middle East, with a total land area of approximately 88,802 sq km. Following World War I and the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, the League of Nations awarded Britain the mandate to govern much of the Middle East. Britain demarcated a semi-autonomous region of Transjordan from Palestine in the early 1920s. The area gained its independence in 1946 and thereafter became The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The country's long-time ruler, King HUSSEIN (1953-99), successfully navigated competing pressures from the major powers (US, USSR, and UK), various Arab states, Israel, and a large internal Palestinian population. Jordan lost the West Bank to Israel in the 1967 Six-Day War. King HUSSEIN in 1988 permanently relinquished Jordanian claims to the West Bank; in 1994 he signed a peace treaty with Israel. King ABDALLAH II, King HUSSEIN's eldest son, assumed the throne following his father's death in 1999. He implemented modest political and economic reforms, but in the wake of the "Arab Revolution" across the Middle East, Jordanians continue to press for further political liberalization, government reforms, and economic improvements. In January 2014, Jordan assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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