Jordan vs Sri Lanka

Jordan and Sri Lanka 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.

• Sri Lanka has about 1.9 times as many people as Jordan: 21.8 million against 11.5 million in 2025.
• GDP per person in Jordan ($5,348) is 7% higher than in Sri Lanka ($5,002) in 2025.
• The economy grew faster in Sri Lanka (5%) than in Jordan (2.8%), a difference of 2.2 percentage points in 2025.
• Consumer prices rose faster in Jordan (1.8%) than in Sri Lanka (-4.8%), a difference of 6.6 percentage points in 2025.
• The unemployment rate was higher in Jordan (16.5%) than in Sri Lanka (4%), a difference of 12.5 percentage points in 2025.
• Life expectancy at birth is about the same in Jordan (78 years) and Sri Lanka (77.7 years) in 2024.
• The population of Sri Lanka is older: half of its people are over 32.8 years, against 24.3 years in Jordan in 2023.
• A larger share of people used the internet in Jordan (95.6%) than in Sri Lanka (54.6%), a difference of 41 percentage points in 2024.
• CO2 emissions per person in Jordan (2.1 tonnes) are 91% higher than in Sri Lanka (1.1 tonnes) in 2024.
• Forest covers a larger share of the land in Sri Lanka (34.4%) than in Jordan (0.8%), a difference of 33.6 percentage points in 2024.