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Topic 08 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Jordan: Gender & Equality
How wide is the gap between women's and men's lives?
Jordan is placed 161st of 183 countries on gender & equality in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Women, Business and the Law 61.88 (2025); Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.669 (2025).
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Gender & Equality
161st
of 183 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 61.88Women, Business and the Law, 2025WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
- 0.669Women's Political Empowerment Index, 2025Women's political empowerment index (0–1)
- 1.759Firms with a Female Top Manager, 2025Firms with a female top manager (%)
- 58.5Social Institutions and Gender Index, 2023SIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute)
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Jordan on gender & equality — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
61.88
WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)
Higher is better
Jordan: 61.88. Across the 190 countries in this edition, values run from 3.125 (Afghanistan) to 100 (Sweden); the world median is 81.25.
- World median
- 81.25
- Best in Western Asia
- 96.88 Cyprus
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 50.63 · Israel 80.63 · Palestine 26.25 · Saudi Arabia 73.75 · Syria 40
Key 2 of 4
Women's Political Empowerment Index
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY-SA 4.0
0.669
Women's political empowerment index (0–1)
Higher is better
Jordan: 0.669. Across the 176 countries in this edition, values run from 0.028 (Afghanistan) to 0.954 (Denmark); the world median is 0.772.
- World median
- 0.772
- Best in Western Asia
- 0.875 Armenia
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 0.555 · Israel 0.862 · Saudi Arabia 0.347 · Syria 0.29
Key 3 of 4
Firms with a Female Top Manager
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2016–2025 · Jordan’s is from 2024 · CC BY 4.0
1.759
Firms with a female top manager (%)
Higher is better
Jordan: 1.759. Across the 179 countries at their latest reading, values run from 1.429 (Qatar) to 62.9 (Kiribati); the world median is 19.16.
- World median
- 19.16
- Best in Western Asia
- 28.23 Armenia
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 1.629 · Israel 9.28 · Palestine 2.744 · Saudi Arabia 1.76 · Syria 22.8
Key 4 of 4
Social Institutions and Gender Index
OECD
2023 edition · data for 2023 · OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause
58.5
SIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute)
Lower is better
Jordan: 58.5. Across the 140 countries in this edition, values run from 6.7 (Norway) to 67.4 (Mauritania); the world median is 25.2.
- World median
- 25.2
- Best in Western Asia
- 23.7 Armenia
- Land neighbours
- Iraq 60 · Israel 31.6 · Palestine 51 · Saudi Arabia 59.2
02Over time
Which way Jordan is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Women, Business and the Law
WBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity) · higher is better
JordanWorld median
Jordan rose from 26.25 in 2000 to 61.88 in 2025; the world median went from 63.13 to 81.25.
Every year’s figures
Year Jordan World median 2025 62 81.3 2023 59 81.3 2022 47 80.3 2021 47 80.0 2020 47 79.7 2019 41 78.8 2018 32 77.5 2017 32 77.5 2016 32 76.9 2015 32 75.9 2014 32 75.6 2013 32 75.0 2012 32 73.8 2011 32 73.1 2010 32 73.1 2009 29 72.5 2008 29 71.3 2007 26 69.7 2006 26 68.8 2005 26 67.2 2004 26 66.9 2003 26 64.7 2002 26 63.8 2001 26 63.8 2000 26 63.1 Women's Political Empowerment Index
Women's political empowerment index (0–1) · higher is better
JordanWorld median
Jordan rose from 0.54 in 2000 to 0.669 in 2025; the world median went from 0.681 to 0.772.
Every year’s figures
Year Jordan World median 2025 0.669 0.7715 2024 0.633 0.7745 2023 0.588 0.7755 2022 0.629 0.7825 2021 0.618 0.7785 2020 0.632 0.7755 2019 0.651 0.7665 2018 0.648 0.7715 2017 0.636 0.7710 2016 0.592 0.7780 2015 0.622 0.7755 2014 0.619 0.7795 2013 0.622 0.7730 2012 0.618 0.7740 2011 0.620 0.7650 2010 0.609 0.7610 2009 0.576 0.7515 2008 0.576 0.7505 2007 0.576 0.7380 2006 0.570 0.7290 2005 0.570 0.7350 2004 0.570 0.7205 2003 0.540 0.7160 2002 0.540 0.7150 2001 0.540 0.6950 2000 0.540 0.6810
03In context
Jordan beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 183 countries on gender & equality, never a place within the region.
Jordan and the countries it borders
Standing among all 183; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Women, Business and the LawWBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity) | Women's Political Empowerment IndexWomen's political empowerment index (0–1) | Firms with a Female Top ManagerFirms with a female top manager (%) | Social Institutions and Gender IndexSIGI score (0 = no discrimination, 100 = absolute) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Israel | =116th | 80.63 | 0.862 | 9.28 | 31.6 |
| Jordan | 161st | 61.88 | 0.669 | 1.759 | 58.5 |
 Saudi Arabia | 167th | 73.75 | 0.347 | 1.76 | 59.2 |
 Iraq | 173rd | 50.63 | 0.555 | 1.629 | 60 |
 Palestine | 177th | 26.25 | — | 2.744 | 51 |
 Syria | 180th | 40 | 0.29 | 22.8 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Asia
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 183.
Placed either side on gender & equality
The countries immediately above and below Jordan in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Jordan is ahead of the world, and behind
26 more statistics filed under gender & equality, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median8
Statistics on which Jordan does better than the middle country measured.
Births Attended by Skilled Health StaffUNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance) · 2023 · world median 99.399.999.3▲ Improved since 2018
Jordan: 99.9 · world median 99.3 · Births attended by skilled health staff (%). UNICEF and WHO (Joint Database on Skilled Birth Attendance), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 60.9 to 100; higher is better.
Position 15th of 84 · derived.
Antenatal Care Coverage, At Least Four VisitsUNICEF · 2025 · world median 8193.181No earlier reading
Jordan: 93.1 · world median 81 · Women with a live birth who had 4+ antenatal visits (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 22.6 to 100; higher is better.
Position 36th of 153 · derived.
Women Who Think a Husband Is Justified in Hitting or Beating His WifeUNICEF · 2025 · world median 22.410.622.4No earlier reading
Jordan: 10.6 · world median 22.4 · Women aged 15-49 who say a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.2 to 80.2; lower is better.
Position 84th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Institutional DeliveriesUNICEF · 2025 · world median 96.998.796.9No earlier reading
Jordan: 98.7 · world median 96.9 · Live births delivered in a health facility (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 11.5 to 100; higher is better.
Child MarriageUNICEF · 2025 · world median 17.19.917.1No earlier reading
Jordan: 9.9 · world median 17.1 · Women 20–24 married before 18 (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.3; lower is better.
Position 96th of 143 · derived, 1st = worst.
Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 27.4618.4327.46▲ Improved since 2013
Jordan: 18.43 · world median 27.46 · Live births per 1,000 women aged 15–19. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.465 to 163.09; lower is better.
Position 135th of 222 · derived, 1st = worst.
Maternal Mortality RatioMMEIG · 2023 · world median 46.6530.7846.65▲ Improved since 2013
Jordan: 30.78 · world median 46.65 · Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. UN Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-Agency Group (MMEIG), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.11 to 992.83; lower is better.
Position 116th of 195 · derived, 1st = worst.
Gender Parity Index, Tertiary EnrolmentUIS · 2024 · world median 1.2441.3261.244▼ Worsened since 2015
Jordan: 1.326 · world median 1.244 · Adjusted gender parity index, tertiary gross enrolment (1 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.74 to 1.83; higher is better.
Position 66th of 95 · derived.
Behind the world median11
Statistics on which Jordan does worse than the middle country measured.
Gender Inequality IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.3510.4330.351No real change since 2013
Jordan: 0.433 · world median 0.351 · GII (0 = full equality, 1 = maximum inequality). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.003 to 0.838; lower is better.
Ranked 111th of 172 by UNDP Human Development Report Office.
Firms with Female Participation in OwnershipWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 35.1225.6135.12No earlier reading
Jordan: 25.61 · world median 35.12 · Firms with at least one woman among the owners (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 1.273 to 86.78; higher is better.
Position 128th of 181 · derived.
Demand for Family Planning Satisfied by Modern MethodsUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 71.2556.471.25▼ Worsened since 2013
Jordan: 56.4 · world median 71.25 · Share of women aged 15–49 wanting to avoid pregnancy who use a modern method (%). UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.4 to 92.4; higher is better.
Position 139th of 196 · derived.
Gender Social Norms IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 91.8198.4691.81No earlier reading
Jordan: 98.46 · world median 91.81 · People with at least one bias against gender equality (%). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 27.39 to 99.92; lower is better.
Position 23rd of 91 · derived, 1st = worst.
Women's Empowerment IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women · 2022 · world median 0.6150.4880.615No earlier reading
Jordan: 0.488 · world median 0.615 · Women's Empowerment Index (0–1; higher = more empowerment). UNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women, 2023 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.141 to 0.828; higher is better.
Length of Paid Maternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 987098▼ Worsened since 2015
Jordan: 70 · world median 98 · Paid maternity leave set in law (calendar days). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 410; higher is better.
Account Ownership Among WomenWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 71.2436.2271.24No real change since 2014
Jordan: 36.22 · world median 71.24 · Women with an account (% of women aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 11.91 to 99.85; higher is better.
Position 118th of 139 · derived.
Global Gender Parity IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women · 2022 · world median 0.7260.5620.726No earlier reading
Jordan: 0.562 · world median 0.726 · Global Gender Parity Index (women's achievements relative to men's; 1 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women, 2023 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0.141 to 0.925; higher is better.
Legal Guarantees of Women's Equal Rights to LandFAO · 2025 · world median 313No earlier reading
Jordan: 1 · world median 3 · Level of legal guarantees of women's equal rights to land ownership and control, 1 (lowest) to 6 (highest). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 6; higher is better.
Gender Development IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office · 2023 · world median 0.9710.8610.971▼ Worsened since 2013
Jordan: 0.861 · world median 0.971 · Gender Development Index (1.000 = parity). UNDP Human Development Report Office, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.407 to 1.038; higher is better.
Position 169th of 184 · derived.
Female Labour Force Participation RateILO · 2025 · world median 53.3616.0353.36▲ Improved since 2015
Jordan: 16.03 · world median 53.36 · Women aged 15+ in the labour force (%). International Labour Organization (ILO), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 4.663 to 82.91; higher is better.
Position 176th of 182 · derived.
Level with the median, or no median to compare1
Length of Paid Paternity LeaveWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 333▲ Improved since 2015
Jordan: 3 · world median 3 · Paid paternity leave set in law (calendar days). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 196; higher is better.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Caesarean Section RateUNICEF · 2025 · world median 20.6542.820.65No earlier reading
Jordan: 42.8 · world median 20.65 · Live births delivered by caesarean section (%). UNICEF, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.6 to 72.2.
Female Share of STEM GraduatesUIS · 2023 · world median 35.344.6335.3Moved since 2020
Jordan: 44.63 · world median 35.3 · STEM graduates who are women (%; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 8.333 to 55.96.
Mean Age at First Marriage, WomenUN DESA Population Division · 2019 · world median 24.6524.724.65No earlier reading
Jordan: 24.7 · world median 24.65 · Singulate mean age at marriage, women (years). UN DESA Population Division, 2019 edition, data for 2019.
Published values in that edition run from 17 to 34.
Sex Ratio at BirthUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median 105.1104.9105.1Moved since 2013
Jordan: 104.9 · world median 105.1 · Male births per 100 female births. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 101.1 to 116.3.
Female Share of ResearchersUIS · 2024 · world median 38.1719.5238.17No earlier reading
Jordan: 19.52 · world median 38.17 · Researchers who are women (% of headcount; 50 = parity). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 76.54.
Female-Headed HouseholdsUN DESA Population Division · 2026 · world median 33.2114.4733.21No earlier reading
Jordan: 14.47 · world median 33.21 · Households headed by a woman (% of households). UN DESA Population Division, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 5.33 to 64.59.
No current reading for Jordan
Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management (last 2023) and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. 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
Gender & Equality among Jordan’s 15 topics
Gender & Equality is Jordan’s 15th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Governance & Institutionsjoint 59th of 1944/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing70th of 2003/4 keys
- Digital & Technology75th of 1984/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade74th of 1772/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience93rd of 1934/4 keys
- Development & Human Capitaljoint 110th of 1963/3 keys
- Education & Knowledge113th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation104th of 1764/4 keys
- Energy100th of 1653/3 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties134th of 1984/4 keys
- Peace & Security122nd of 1774/4 keys
- Food & Agriculturejoint 129th of 1843/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability136th of 1864/4 keys
- Work & Labour144th of 1824/4 keys
- Gender & Equality161st of 1834/4 keys
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 gender & equality
The three countries placed highest of 183, and the leaders Jordan can most readily be measured against.
1
LatviaNorthern Europe
1st of 183 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Marcin Szala · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
TaiwanEastern Asia
2nd of 183 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: xiangyang17 · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
ItalySouthern Europe
3rd of 183 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Francisco Antunes · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Asia
Taiwan2nd3/4 keysHighest in Western Asia
Armenia=34th4/4 keysThis page
Jordan161st4/4 keys
Positions out of 183 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 gender & equality: 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 gender & equality?
Jordan is placed 161st of 183 countries on Gender & Equality in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (Women, Business and the Law, Women's Political Empowerment Index, Firms with a Female Top Manager and Social Institutions and Gender Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Women, Business and the Law figure for Jordan?
61.88 in 2025 (wBL Index (0–100, where 100 is full legal parity)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 81.25.
What is the latest Women's Political Empowerment Index figure for Jordan?
0.669 in 2025 (women's political empowerment index (0–1)), according to V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg. The world median in the same edition was 0.772.
How does Jordan compare with Iraq on gender & equality?
Iraq is placed 173rd of 183, and Jordan 161st. Women, Business and the Law: Iraq 50.63, Jordan 61.88; Women's Political Empowerment Index: Iraq 0.555, Jordan 0.669; Firms with a Female Top Manager: Iraq 1.629, Jordan 1.759; Social Institutions and Gender Index: Iraq 60, Jordan 58.5.
How have Jordan’s gender & equality figures changed?
Women, Business and the Law rose from 26.25 in 2000 to 61.88 in 2025; Women's Political Empowerment Index rose from 0.54 in 2000 to 0.669 in 2025.
Which gender & equality statistics are missing for Jordan?
No current reading is published for Jordan on Female Genital Mutilation Prevalence, Female Share of Senior and Middle Management and Women's Share of Agricultural Landowners. 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
Violence against women is not a key here, because comparable data covers too few countries. The Gender Inequality Index is published here as context rather than as a key: its reading is driven largely by maternal and adolescent health, which moves with a country’s overall development and is already measured under Development and Health. Women’s labour force participation, women in management and child marriage are published here as context too.
How the Gender & Equality standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 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 4 keys to be placed.
The gender & equality method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Women, Business and the Law — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Women's Political Empowerment Index — V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Firms with a Female Top Manager — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Social Institutions and Gender Index — OECD, OECD Terms and Conditions — data clause
The other 26 statistics on this page come from 10 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.
- Jordan (banner) — Teogomez Teo Gomez, CC0
- Latvia — Marcin Szala, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Taiwan — xiangyang17, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Italy — Francisco Antunes, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Jordan: Gender & Equality — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/jordan/gender