Location: Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia. Geography: strategic location at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba and as the Arab country that shares the longest border with Israel and the occupied West Bank. Area: total: 92,300 sq km, land: 91,971 sq km, water: 329 sq km. Capital: Amman. Industries: clothing, phosphate mining, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, petroleum refining, cement, potash, inorganic chemicals, light manufacturing, tourism. Languages: Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes. National Holiday: Independence Day, 25 May (1946). Currency (Code): Jordanian dinar (JOD)

Population: 6,407,085 (July 2010 est.). Labor force: 1.719 million (2009 est.)

GDP (purchasing power parity):
•   $33.79 billion (2010 est.)
•   $32.74 billion (2009 est.)
•   $31.98 billion (2008 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
•   3.2% (2010 est.)
•   2.4% (2009 est.)
•   5.8% (2008 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
•   $5,300 (2010 est.)
•   $5,200 (2009 est.)
•   $5,200 (2008 est.)
Budget:
•   Revenues: $6.269 billion
•   Expenditures: $8.701 billion (2009 est.)
Public debt:
•   61.4% of GDP (2010 est.)
•   64.7% of GDP (2009 est.)
Exports:
•   $7.333 billion (2010 est.)
•   $6.366 billion (2009 est.)
Imports:
•   $12.97 billion (2010 est.)
•   $12.5 billion (2009 est.)
Debt - external:
•   $5.522 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
•   $6.766 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home:
•   $22.19 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
•   $19.76 billion (31 December 2009 est.)
Military expenditures: 8.6% of GDP (2006)

Airports: 18
Airports - with paved runways:16
•   Over 3,047 m: 8
•   2,438 to 3,047 m: 5
•   1,524 to 2,437 m: 1
•   914 to 1,523 m: 1
•   Under 914 m: 1
Airports - with unpaved runways: 2
•   Under 914 m: 2 (2010)
Aircraft Departures:  Not Available

Note: figures are in US dollars
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