2024

global knowledge index
Jordan

KEY INDICATORS

  • GDP (US$ billions):106.806
  • Population:11,439,214
  • HDI:0.736

Gki Rank

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

SECTORAL INDICES

Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
87
61.7
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
101
45.17
Higher
Education
119
34.03
Research, Development
and Innovation
82
27.64
Information and
Communications Technology
69
49.19
Economy
69
52.03
Enabling
Environment
81
51.8
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GKI Pillars

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