Income inequality: Atkinson index in Jordan
Jordan: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.2411 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Jordan, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 0.2411 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Jordan peaked at 0.2625 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2411, in 2014.
That places Jordan 89th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Jordan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.2475 | — |
| 2011 | 0.2625 | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2625 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2625 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.2411 | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2411 | +0.0% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 0.2411 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 96% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 0.2411 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2385, 1.0× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2482 | 0.2411 | 0.2625 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2411 | 0.2411 | 0.2411 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More poverty & inequality data for Jordan
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 0 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -7.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.16 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: atkinson index in Jordan?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Jordan was 0.2411 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2625 in 2011.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2411 in 2014.
- How does Jordan rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Jordan ranks 89th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.