Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Jordan
Jordan: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.3366 in 2010. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in Jordan, 1986–2010
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 0.3366 for income inequality vs. gdp per capita in 2010.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Jordan peaked at 0.431 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.3257, in 2008.
That places Jordan 66th out of 120 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.3606 | 0.3606 | 0.3606 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.3976 | 0.3642 | 0.431 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3446 | 0.3257 | 0.3695 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3366 | 0.3366 | 0.3366 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
- 63 Switzerland 0.338 compare
- 64 Tunisia 0.3372 compare
- 65 Germany 0.3366 compare
- 67 Luxembourg 0.3359 compare
- 68 Pakistan 0.3354 compare
- 69 North Macedonia 0.3351 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Jordan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.64 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,611 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.433 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 19.6% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0916 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0916 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1007 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2411 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Jordan?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in Jordan was 0.3366 in 2010, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.431 in 1992.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3257 in 2008.
- How does Jordan rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- Jordan ranks 66th out of 120 countries with data for 2010.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.