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Jordan
Jordan's unemployment rate is 16.54 %, ranked 120th of 124. And its inflation rate is 1.77 %, ranked 15th of 123.
Of 16 fields published for Jordan, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
42 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,094 PPP/mo
The average employee in Jordan earns about $1,094 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
47.90 %
100 saved in Jordan in 2000 buys what 48 buys today — 52 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,094 PPP/mo
The average employee in Jordan earns about $1,094 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$809 PPP/mo
The law in Jordan sets the floor at about $809 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
3.70 %
A bank account in Jordan currently gains about 3.7 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
5.47 %
Inflation rate
1.77 %
At 1.8 % a year, prices double in about 41 years if it holds.
Bank spread
2.63 %
ranked 9th of 62
Savings vs inflation
3.70 %
ranked 15th of 69
Average monthly salary
$1,094 PPP/mo
ranked 68th of 92
Corporate tax
20.00 %
ranked 35th of 96
Where Jordan sits, field by field
Each dot is Jordan’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Unemployment rate16.54 %120 of 124
- Inflation rate1.77 %15 of 123
- Bank spread2.63 %9 of 62
- Savings vs inflation3.70 %15 of 69
- Government debt82.80 %96 of 124
- Average monthly salary$1,094 PPP/mo68 of 92
- GDP per capita$5,34892 of 127
- Corporate tax20.00 %35 of 96
- Median salary$934 PPP/mo50 of 78
- Minimum wage$809 PPP/mo32 of 85
- Money's value47.90 %44 of 116
- Lending rate8.10 %26 of 67
- Deposit rate5.47 %30 of 70
- Price level42 % of US prices59 of 125
- Debt per person$4,42859 of 123
- GDP growth2.83 %65 of 127
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
El Salvador
avg gap 13.1 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 16.54 % (Jordan) vs 3.30 %
South Africa
avg gap 14.5 pp · 14 shared fields
Most separates them: corporate tax — 20.00 % (Jordan) vs 27.00 %
Tunisia
avg gap 16.3 pp · 10 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 1.77 % (Jordan) vs 5.15 %
Fiji
avg gap 16.4 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: unemployment — 16.54 % (Jordan) vs 5.35 %
| Median salary | $934 PPP/mo | ranked 50th of 78 | |
| Minimum wage | $809 PPP/mo | ranked 32nd of 85 | |
| Money's value | 47.90 % | ranked 44th of 116 | |
| Lending rate | 8.10 % | ranked 26th of 67 | |
| Deposit rate | 5.47 % | ranked 30th of 70 | |
| Price level | 42 % of US prices | ranked 59th of 125 | |
| Debt per person | $4,428 | ranked 59th of 123 | |
| GDP growth | 2.83 % | ranked 65th of 127 |
✓ 16 fields published for Jordan, every one dated and sourced · 19 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Jordan: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, public holidays, currency.
Sources for all 16 figures
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 5007 → 4428 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 93.6205554347008 → 82.8 |