Jordan vs Qatar: Economic Indicators Comparison

Qatar with a GDP of $191.4B ranked the 54th largest economy in the world, while Jordan ranked 91st with $42.2B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Qatar and Jordan ranked 108th vs 120th and 9th vs 114th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Jordan	Qatar
GDP	$42.2B	$191.4B
GDP growth, 1 year	2%	2.2%
GDP growth, 5-years average	2.3%	2.7%
Population	10.4M	2.6M
GDP per capita	$4.2k	$69k
GDP per capita growth	0.13%	-0.58%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.32	1.97
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.45	0.54
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$9.4k	$130k
GNI, Atlas method	$41.8B	$170.1B
GNI per capita	$4.2k	$61k
GNI, PPP adjusted	$93.9B	$346.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$9.4k	$124k

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Jordan	Qatar
Income Tax Rate	14%	0%
Corporate Tax Rate	20%	0%
Inflation, consumer prices	4.5%	0.2%
Inflation, GDP deflator	1.8%	13%
Unemployment	15%	0.1%
Economic Freedom Index	66	72.3
Personal Freedom Index	6.01	5.22
Human Freedom Index	6.59	6.22
Property Rights Index	64.8	66.9
Judical Effectiveness Index	54.6	58.7
Business Freedom Index	60.1	71.1
Fiscal Health Index	55.9	93.7
Labor Freedom Index	52.5	65.9
Investment Freedom Index	70	60
Financial Freedom Index	60	60
Trade Freedom Index	81.2	81.6
Monetary Freedom Index	77.6	80.6
Government Spending Index	73.5	64.6
Tax Burden Index	91.8	99.8
Government Integrity Index	49.6	64.6
Corruption Perceptions Index	49	62
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.3	80
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	2.9	6.6
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	24.4	9.3
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	1.4	0.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	4.2M	1.8M

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Jordan	Qatar
Central government debt, % of GDP	94.2%	48.4%
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%	26.8%
Gross savings, % of GDP	10.8%	51.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	18.4%	42.9%
Total reserves including gold	$15.5B	$30.4B
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$949.9M	-$2.2B

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Jordan	Qatar
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	35.6%	53.6%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	54.6%	34.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$2.8B	$16.7B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	23.2%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$2.3B	$2.2M
Personal remittances received	$4.5B	$467M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	27.6%	61.1%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	5.6%	0.2%
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%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	29.7%	34.3%