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Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Jordan: Energy

Where does a country’s electricity come from, and who can get it?

Jordan is placed 100th of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 529.7 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 24.08 (2024).

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Energy

100th

of 165 countries placed

Placed from 3 of 3 key statistics

Country Index 2026, all topics112th of 183 →

01The evidence

The 3 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Jordan on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

  1. Key 1 of 3

    Carbon Intensity of Electricity

    Ember

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    529.7

    Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)

    Lower is better

    Jordan: 529.7. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.

    World median
    433.75
    Best in Western Asia
    145.08 Georgia
    Land neighbours
    Iraq 683.09 · Israel 540.71 · Palestine 417.17 · Syria 706.19

  2. Key 2 of 3

    Renewable Share of Electricity Generation

    Ember

    Why it is a key

    2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 4.0

    24.08

    Renewables (% of electricity generated)

    Higher is better

    Jordan: 24.08. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.

    World median
    32.06
    Best in Western Asia
    79.83 Georgia
    Land neighbours
    Iraq 1.623 · Israel 13.81 · Palestine 39.39 · Syria 3.537

  3. Key 3 of 3

    World Energy Trilemma Index

    World Energy Council

    Why it is a key

    2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)

    58.3

    Trilemma score (0–100)

    Higher is better

    Ranked 66th of 99 by World Energy Council

    Jordan: 58.3. Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.

    World median
    63.8
    Best in Western Asia
    74.1 Israel
    Land neighbours
    Iraq 52.2 · Israel 74.1 · Saudi Arabia 66.9

03In context

Jordan beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.

Western Asia
1st165thNot placed · 59 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on energy

Jordan and the countries it borders

Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.

CountryStandingCarbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated)World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100)
Palestine70th417.1739.39—
Israel=85th540.7113.8174.1
Jordan100th529.724.0858.3
Iraq153rd683.091.62352.2
Syria157th706.193.537—
Saudi Arabianot placed——66.9

“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is

Placed either side on energy

The countries immediately above and below Jordan in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Jordan is ahead of the world, and behind

24 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Ahead of the world median5

Statistics on which Jordan does better than the middle country measured.

  • Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.27924▲ Improved since 2014

    Jordan: 24 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • RISE Energy Efficiency Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 48.2371.1▲ Improved since 2013

    Jordan: 71.1 · world median 48.23 · Energy efficiency policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.975 to 95.93; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

  • Firms Owning or Sharing a GeneratorWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 24.8513.67No earlier reading

    Jordan: 13.67 · world median 24.85 · Firms owning or sharing a generator (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.158 to 90.51; lower is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · 2024 · world median 3.212.01▲ Improved since 2014

    Jordan: 2.01 · world median 3.21 · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person). Global Carbon Project, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.054 to 41.27; lower is better.

    Position 131st of 210 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • RISE Renewable Energy Policy ScoreESMAP · 2023 · world median 33.2637.82▼ Worsened since 2013

    Jordan: 37.82 · world median 33.26 · Renewable energy policy score (0–100). World Bank Group (ESMAP), 2023 edition, data for 2023.

    Published values in that edition run from 3.056 to 89.52; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2023 dataset

Behind the world median3

Statistics on which Jordan does worse than the middle country measured.

  • Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · 2024 · world median 2.7383.144▲ Improved since 2014

    Jordan: 3.144 · world median 2.738 · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.666 to 17.45; lower is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.3224.08▲ Improved since 2014

    Jordan: 24.08 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.

    Position 101st of 162 · derived.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major ConstraintWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 25.7734.98No earlier reading

    Jordan: 34.98 · world median 25.77 · Firms rating electricity a major or very severe constraint (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 84.77; lower is better.

    Position 60th of 179 · derived, 1st = worst.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

Level with the median, or no median to compare4

  • Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100▲ Improved since 2014

    Jordan: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100▲ Improved since 2014

    Jordan: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 100100No real change since 2017

    Jordan: 100 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 00No real change since 2014

    Jordan: 0 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No better end12

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

  • Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2735.315No earlier reading

    Jordan: 5.315 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.

    Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.

    Chart and every countryThe 2020 dataset

  • Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.04916.6Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 16.6 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58561.98Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 61.98 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1442.077Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 2.077 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 100621No earlier reading

    Jordan: 621 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.

    Chart and every countryThe 2026 dataset

  • Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 00.229Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 0.229 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 00.253Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 0.253 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 00.02No real change since 2015

    Jordan: 0.02 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.

    Chart and every countryThe 2025 dataset

  • Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 00No real change since 2014

    Jordan: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Primary Energy Consumption per CapitaEIA · 2024 · world median 49.531.79Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 31.79 · world median 49.5 · Energy use per person (million Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0.95 to 766.07.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.0770.026Moved since 2014

    Jordan: 0.026 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

  • Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.850.084No real change since 2014

    Jordan: 0.084 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.

    Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.

    Chart and every countryThe 2024 dataset

No current reading for Jordan

Operating Coal Power Capacity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score and RISE Electricity Access Policy Score. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing

05Country Index 2026

Energy among Jordan’s 15 topics

Energy is Jordan’s 9th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.

On the profile
  1. Governance & Institutionsjoint 59th of 194
  2. Health & Wellbeing70th of 200
  3. Digital & Technology75th of 198
  4. Mobility & Trade74th of 177
  5. Risk & Resilience93rd of 193
  6. Development & Human Capitaljoint 110th of 196
  7. Education & Knowledge113th of 198
  8. Economy & Innovation104th of 176
  9. Energy100th of 165
  10. Democracy & Civil Liberties134th of 198
  11. Peace & Security122nd of 177
  12. Food & Agriculturejoint 129th of 184
  13. Environment & Sustainability136th of 186
  14. Work & Labour144th of 182
  15. Gender & Equality161st of 183

No standing on Poverty & Inequality: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on energy

The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders Jordan can most readily be measured against.

All 165 countries
  1. 1

    Bhutan

    Southern Asia

    1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys

    Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  2. 2

    Norway

    Northern Europe

    2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys

    Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

  3. 3

    Uganda

    Eastern Africa

    3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys

    Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

  1. Highest in Asia

    Bhutan1st2/3 keys

  2. Highest in Western Asia

    Georgia38th3/3 keys

  3. This page

    Jordan100th3/3 keys

Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Questions

Jordan on energy: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Jordan rank on energy?

Jordan is placed 100th of 165 countries on Energy in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 3 key statistics (Carbon Intensity of Electricity, Renewable Share of Electricity Generation and World Energy Trilemma Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest Carbon Intensity of Electricity figure for Jordan?

529.7 in 2024 (carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 433.75.

What is the latest Renewable Share of Electricity Generation figure for Jordan?

24.08 in 2024 (renewables (% of electricity generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 32.06.

How does Jordan compare with Iraq on energy?

Iraq is placed 153rd of 165, and Jordan 100th. Carbon Intensity of Electricity: Iraq 683.09, Jordan 529.7; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation: Iraq 1.623, Jordan 24.08; World Energy Trilemma Index: Iraq 52.2, Jordan 58.3.

How have Jordan’s energy figures changed?

Carbon Intensity of Electricity fell from 658.07 in 2000 to 529.7 in 2024; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation rose from 0.543 in 2000 to 24.08 in 2024.

Which energy statistics are missing for Jordan?

No current reading is published for Jordan on Operating Coal Power Capacity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score and RISE Electricity Access Policy Score. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

08Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

This is deliberately the electricity and energy-system subject, not an infrastructure one: roads, railways, ports, water and telecommunications would each need a global series this site does not hold. Emissions are under Environment & Sustainability. Access to electricity is published here in full but takes no part in any ranking — more than half the world’s countries now report 100%, and a position derived from that would read “1, 1, 1 … 123”, which is noise rather than information.

About energy, in full

How the Energy standing is decided

A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.

The energy method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built

The key statistics and their licences

The other 24 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Jordan’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Jordan: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/jordan/energy

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