Quality of life comparison

compared to

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

Health

be 99.5% less likely to be living with HIV/AIDS

In Botswana, 19.9% of people are living with AIDS/HIV as of 2020. In Jordan, that number is 0.1% of people as of 2020.

live 10.4 years longer

In Botswana, the average life expectancy is 66 years (64 years for men, 68 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 87.8% more likely to be obese

In Botswana, 18.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Jordan, that number is 35.5% of people as of 2016.

Economy

be 18.7% less likely to live below the poverty line

In Botswana, 19.3% live below the poverty line as of 2009. In Jordan, however, that number is 15.7% as of 2018.

pay a 20.0% lower top tax rate

Botswana has a top tax rate of 25.0% as of 2016. In Jordan, the top tax rate is 20.0% as of 2016.

make 38.8% less money

Botswana has a GDP per capita of $16,000 as of 2020, while in Jordan, the GDP per capita is $9,800 as of 2020.

Life

be 68.1% less likely to die during childbirth

In Botswana, approximately 144.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Jordan, 46.0 women do as of 2017.

be 11.0% more likely to be literate

In Botswana, the literacy rate is 88.5% as of 2015. In Jordan, it is 98.2% as of 2018.

be 44.8% less likely to die during infancy

In Botswana, approximately 25.2 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 11.3% more children

In Botswana, there are approximately 20.3 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 69.5% more likely to have access to electricity

In Botswana, approximately 59% of the population has electricity access as of 2019. In Jordan, 100% of the population do as of 2020.

Expenditures

spend 56.5% less on education

Botswana spends 6.9% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Jordan spends 3.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.

spend 24.6% more on healthcare

Botswana spends 6.1% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2019. In Jordan, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2019.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Botswana Unified Revenue Service.

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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