Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brazil instead of Jordan, you would:
Health
be 37.7% less likely to be obese
In Jordan, 35.5% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brazil, that number is 22.1% of people as of 2016.
Economy
make 2.1 times more money
Jordan has a GDP per capita of $9,500 as of 2024, while in Brazil, the GDP per capita is $19,600 as of 2024.
be 57.2% less likely to be unemployed
In Jordan, 18.0% of adults are unemployed as of 2024. In Brazil, that number is 7.7% as of 2024.
be 73.2% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Jordan, 15.7% live below the poverty line as of 2018. In Brazil, however, that number is 4.2% as of 2016.
pay a 37.5% higher top tax rate
Jordan has a top tax rate of 20.0% as of 2016. In Brazil, the top tax rate is 27.5% as of 2016.
Life
be 2.2 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Jordan, approximately 31.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2023. In Brazil, 67.0 women do as of 2023.
have 40.5% fewer children
In Jordan, there are approximately 21.9 babies per 1,000 people as of 2025. In Brazil, there are 13.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2025.
Expenditures
spend 87.5% more on education
Jordan spends 3.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2021. Brazil spends 6.0% of total GDP on education as of 2019.
spend 37.3% more on healthcare
Jordan spends 7.5% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2020. In Brazil, that number is 10.3% of GDP as of 2020.
Geography
see 288.1 times more coastline
Jordan has a total of 26 km of coastline. In Brazil, that number is 7,491 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: Jordan Tax Service, The World Factbook, Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil.
Brazil: At a glance
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