Jordan vs Palau: Economic Indicators Comparison

Jordan with a GDP of $42.2B ranked the 91st largest economy in the world, while Palau ranked 192nd with $284M. By GDP per capita, Jordan and Palau ranked 114th vs 60th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Jordan	Palau
GDP	$42.2B	$284M
GDP growth, 1 year	2%	1.71%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.3%	N/A
Population	10.4M	22k
GDP per capita	$4.2k	$16k
GDP per capita growth	0.13%	1.14%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.32	0.86
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.45	0.86
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$9.4k	$19k
GNI, Atlas method	$41.8B	$309.4M
GNI per capita	$4.2k	$17k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$93.9B	$349.4M
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$9.4k	$20k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Jordan	Palau
Income Tax Rate	14%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	20%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	4.5%	1.3%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.8%	-2.5%
Unemployment	15%	1.4%
Economic Freedom Index	66	62
Personal Freedom Index	6.01	6.4
Human Freedom Index	6.59	6.4
Property Rights Index	64.8	N/A
Judical Effectiveness Index	54.6	N/A
Business Freedom Index	60.1	N/A
Fiscal Health Index	55.9	N/A
Labor Freedom Index	52.5	N/A
Investment Freedom Index	70	N/A
Financial Freedom Index	60	N/A
Trade Freedom Index	81.2	N/A
Monetary Freedom Index	77.6	N/A
Government Spending Index	73.5	N/A
Tax Burden Index	91.8	N/A
Government Integrity Index	49.6	N/A
Corruption Perceptions Index	49	49
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.3	69.1
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.9	21.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	24.4	4.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.4	3.1
International tourism, number of arrivals	4.2M	106k

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Jordan	Palau
Central government debt, % of GDP	94.2%	67.5%
External debt stocks, % of GNI	76.1%	N/A
External debt stocks	$32B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	67.4%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	14.1%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	4.4%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	10.8%	10.7%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	18.4%	26.7%
Total reserves including gold	$15.5B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$949.9M	$21.5M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Jordan	Palau
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	35.6%	47%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	54.6%	76.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2.8B	-$51.8M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	23.2%	27.3%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$2.3B	$81.2M
Personal remittances received	$4.5B	$2.2M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	27.6%	8%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	5.6%	3.2%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$23.5M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$21.8M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	26.1%	41.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	29.7%	N/A