Jordan vs Lebanon

Jordan and Lebanon compared on 10 key figures from official sources. Each value is the latest one published for that country, so the year is shown with it.

• Jordan has about 2 times as many people as Lebanon: 11.5 million against 5.8 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Jordan ($5,348 in 2025) is 20% higher than in Lebanon ($4,473 in 2024).
• The economy grew faster in Jordan (2.8% in 2025) than in Lebanon (-7.1% in 2024), a difference of 9.9 percentage points.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Lebanon (14.6%) than in Jordan (1.8%), a difference of 12.8 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Jordan (16.5% in 2025) than in Lebanon (11% in 2023), a difference of 5.5 percentage points.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Jordan (78 years) and Lebanon (77.9 years) in 2024.
• The population of Lebanon is older: half of its people are over 28.3 years, against 24.3 years in Jordan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Jordan (95.6%) than in Lebanon (80.6%), a difference of 15 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Jordan (2.1 tonnes) are 11% higher than in Lebanon (1.9 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Lebanon (13.8%) than in Jordan (0.8%), a difference of 13 percentage points in 2024.