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2024
global knowledge index
Jordan
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):106.806
- Population:11,439,214
- HDI:0.736
88/141
Gki
Score
44.2
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Jordan is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 88th out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 27th out of the 35 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Enrolment in vocational education, gender parity
- Gross attendance ratio for tertiary education, location parity
- Growth of innovative companies
- Proportion of children with stimulating home learning environments
- Mobile broadband Internet traffic per subscription
Areas of Improvement
- Trade in digitally deliverable services (% total trade)
- Unemployment rate with advanced education
- Female-to-male labour force participation
- Firms that spend on R&D (%)
- Government expenditure per tertiary student
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