Health in Jordan

1,170 indicators covering health for Jordan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q2 12 2018 down 42.9% 33rd
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q3 16 2018 up 23.1% 32nd
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q4 12 2018 down 29.4% 30th
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births): Q5 15 highest 2018 down 40.0% 27th
Primary health care expenditure (PHCE) per сapita in US$ 132.72 2022 45th
Average cost of tuberculosis treatment by type 20 2024 down 99.9% 26th
Ever breastfed 80.9 2023 down 13.1% 56th
Continued breastfeeding 12-23 months 23.9 2023 down 13.7% 52nd
Early Initiation of Breastfeeding, Children born in the last 24 months 33.8 2023 up 81.7% 51st
Proportion of bloodstream infection due to Escherichia coli resistant 67.0% 2023 up 8.3% 13th
Proportion of bloodstream infection due to methicillin-resistant 78.9% 2023 up 64.7% 4th
Total use of antibacterials expressed as DDD per 1000 inhabitants per 36.3 2023 down 16.3% 1st
Pattern of antibiotic consumption at national level 51.39 2023 down 21.2% 38th
Commitments to recipient countries 71.94 2010 up 90.9% 44th
Disbursements to recipient countries 74.74 2010 up 2,041.5% 43rd
Women who were first married by age 15 1.0% 2023 up 233.3% 30th
Women who were first married by age 18 9.9% 2023 up 17.9% 29th
Proportion of population who say that overall they are satisfied with 62.0% 2023 down 13.9% 6th
Care-seeking for children with symptoms of acute respiratory infection 78.6% 2023 up 1.8% 7th
Infants exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life 25.4% 2017 up 16.7% 55th
Teenage mothers (% of women ages 15-19 who have had children or are) 5.2% 2018 up 26.8% 33rd
Introduction of solid, semi-solid or soft foods 6-8 months 81.3 2023 down 11.3% 18th
Female headed households 12.2% 2018 up 18.4% 33rd
Domestic general government expenditure on PHC as % of primary health 21.7% 2022 22nd
Children aged <5 years wasted for age 2.4% 2012 down 4.0% 59th
Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at 44.7% 2015 up 32.8% 46th
Exports of beer (barley) in 1000s hectolitres 25 2009 up 66.7% 53rd
Children aged <5 years with diarrhoea receiving ORS 20.4% 2012 up 12.1% 31st
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB started treatment for MDR-TB 100.0% 2012 3rd
Exports of spirits in 1000s hectolitres 24 2005 up 33.3% 49th