🇯🇴 Jordan Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇯🇴 Jordan JO / JOR #110

Nomad Score 55.0

Cities 12

Region Arab League, Middle East, Arab World, Levant, Silk Road, Fertile Crescent, Asia, Asia, Western Asia, Developing Countries

Currency JOD

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 50/100

Press Freedom (2025) 35.3/100 #147

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.282

HDI 0.754

Regional Blocs AL

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 1.0/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 17.0/100k

Military Spending (2024) 4.8% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Title	Name
King of Jordan	Abdullah II of Jordan
Prime Minister of Jordan	Jafar Hassan

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 50 / 100

Interpretation Moderate corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 35.3 / 100

Global Rank #147 / 180

Rank Change -15 vs previous year

RSF Zone MENA

Political #140 30.9

Economic #150 31.0

Legal #160 29.9

Social #159 32.7

Safety #119 51.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.282

Liberal 0.274

Participatory 0.132

Deliberative 0.268

Egalitarian 0.211

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	35.3	147	30.9	31.0	29.9	32.7	51.9
2024	44.3	132	31.7	35.7	36.1	38.7	79.4
2023	42.8	146	47.7	34.6	37.7	32.2	61.7
2022	48.7	120	40.0	32.7	41.2	66.0	63.4
2021	57.1	129	-	-	-	-	72.9
2020	57.9	128	-	-	-	-	80.5
2019	56.9	130	-	-	-	-	93.1
2018	58.3	132	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	56.8	138	-	-	-	-	55.0
2016	55.5	135	-	-	-	-	77.0
2015	57.9	143	-	-	-	-	82.1
2014	59.6	141	-	-	-	-	-
2013	61.5	134	-	-	-	-	-
2012	56.8	128	-	-	-	-	-
2010	37.0	120	-	-	-	-	-
2009	31.9	112	-	-	-	-	-
2008	36.0	128	-	-	-	-	-
2007	40.2	122	-	-	-	-	-
2006	27.5	110	-	-	-	-	-
2005	24.0	96	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index