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Comparison of Jordan and Qatar [S]ave

Attribute
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Jordan
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Geography
Area (km²)11,58689,342
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)11,58688,802
Water area (km²)0540
Land boundaries (km)871,744
Border countries
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • West Bank
Coastline (km)56326
Mean elevation (m)28812
Lowest point (m)0-431
Highest point (m)1031,854
People
Population2,444,17410,820,644
Official languages
  • Arabic
  • Arabic
ReligionMuslimMuslim
Government
Long country nameState of QatarHashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Short country nameQatarJordan
Long local nameDawlat QatarAl Mamlakah al Urduniyah al Hashimiyah
Short local nameQatarAl Urdun
Former name-
  • Transjordan
Government typeAbsolute monarchyParliamentary constitutional monarchy
CapitalDohaAmman
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)339,500,000,00089,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)166,900,000,00040,130,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)1.62
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)124,1009,200
Gross national saving (% of GDP)50.29.1
Labor force1,953,0002,295,000
Unemployment rate (%)8.918.3
Population below poverty line (%)-14.2
Budget revenues (USD)44,100,000,0009,462,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)53,820,000,00011,510,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)-4.68
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)26.423.6
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-5.8-5.1
Public debt (% of GDP)53.895.9
Inflation rate (%)0.43.3
Central bank discount rate (%)53.75
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)4.958.65
Stock of narrow money (USD)34,710,000,00014,640,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)34,710,000,00014,640,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)246,700,000,00042,700,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)142,600,000,00024,250,000,000
Current account balance (USD)6,426,000,000-4,257,000,000
Exports (USD)67,500,000,0007,511,000,000
Imports (USD)30,770,000,00018,210,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)15,010,000,00015,560,000,000
External debt (USD)167,800,000,00029,340,000,000
National currencyQatari rialsJordanian dinars
National currency (code)QARJOD
National currency (symbol)JD
National currency rate to USD3.640.71



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