Appendix A. Tables
Table 1. Metric Conversion
Coofficients and Factors
When you kow | Multiply by | To find |
Millimeters | 0.04 | inches |
Centimeters | 0.39 | inches |
Meters | 3.3 | feet |
Kilometers | 0.62 | miles |
Hectares | 2.47 | acres |
Square kilometers | 0.39 | square miles |
Cubic meters | 35.3 | cubic feet |
Liters | 0.26 | gallons |
Kilograms | 2.2 | pounds |
Metric tons | 0.98 | long tons |
| 1.1 | short
tons |
| 2,204 | pounds |
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade) | 1.8 and
add 32 | degrees Fahrenheit |
Table 2. Schools, Students, and Teachers in
the East Bank, 1986-87
Category | Number |
Schools |
Coeducational | 1,372 |
Male | 1,017 |
Female | 977 |
Total schools | 3,366 |
Students |
Male | 479,682 |
Female | 439,963 |
Total students | 919,645 |
Teachers |
Female | 23,612 |
Male | 15,995 |
Total teachers | 39,607
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Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 167.
Table 3. Enrollment by Education Level and
Sex, 1965 and 1985
(in percentages)
Level | 1965 | 1985 |
Primary |
Male | 100 | 98 |
Female | 83 | 99 |
Both sexes | 92 | 99 |
Preparatory |
Male | 52 | 80 |
Female | 23 | 78 |
Both sexes | 38 | 79 |
Secondary |
Male | n.a. | n.a. |
Female | n.a. | n.a. |
Both sexes | 2 | 37
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n.a.--not available.
Source: Based on information from World Bank, World Development
Report, 1988, New York, 1988, 281.
Table 4. Medical Care and Medical Personnel,
1987
Category | 1987 |
Hospitals |
Government | 14 |
Private | 21 |
Total hospitals | 35* |
Hospital beds |
Government | 3,994 |
Private | 1,563 |
Total hospital beds | 5,557 |
Physicians |
Government | 1,702 |
Private | n.a. |
Nurses |
Government | 434 |
Private | n.a. |
Midwives |
Government | 275 |
Private | n.a. |
Pharmacists |
Government | 96 |
Private | n.a. |
Dentists |
Government | 110 |
Private | n.a.
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*Figures for 1981.
n.a.--not available.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 213-14.
Table 5. Balance of Payments, 1983-87
(in millions of Jordanian
dinars)1
| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986
2 | 19872 |
Net trade balance in goods and services | -436.25 | -382.89 | -414.91 | -253.95 | -317.64 |
Net unrequited transfers3 | +294.93 | +278.76 | +315.01 | +238.00 | +199.29 |
Current account balance | -141.32 | -104.13 | -99.90 | -15.95 | -118.35 |
Capital account balance4 | +156.76 | +64.37 | +137.64 | +50.95 | +75.94 |
Overall balance5 | +15.44 | -39.76 | +37.74 | +35.00 | -
42.41 |
Net errors and omission | +34.90 | -29.54 | -19.25 | -
16.72 | +5.86 |
Net reserves6 | -50.34 | +69.30 | -18.49 | -
18.28 | +36.55
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1 For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
2 Preliminary figures.
3 Includes net private and net government unrequited
transfers (i.e., worker remittances and foreign aid, respectively).
The combination of net trade in goods and services and net
unrequited transfers gives the current account balance.
4 Consists of net government borrowing as well as long-
and short-term net private investment.
5 Consists of the current and capital account balances
combined.
6 Includes reserves held by the Central Bank, commercial
banks, and other financial institutions, as well as International
Monetary Fund reserves.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 362-63.
Third World, 2, New York, 1987, 1029.
Table 6. Summary of Central Government Budget
Financing, 1983-87
(in millions of Jordanian
dinars)1
| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
1987 |
Revenue |
Domestic revenue | 400.6 | 415.0 | 440.8 | 514.4 | 549.7 |
Foreign assistance | 197.0 | 106.1 | 187.8 | 143.7 | 134.0 |
Internal borrowing | 28.8 | 25.5 | 35.3 | 74.8 | 149.3 |
Foreign borrowing | 76.8 | 122.2 | 162.4 | 159.8 | 89.9 |
Other revenue2 | 2.3 | 9.6 | 18.4 | 12.8 | 14.6 |
Total revenues | 705.5 | 678.4 | 844.83 | 905.43 | 937.5 |
Expenditure |
Current budget | 453.7 | 488.1 | 542.5 | 570.5 | 604.5 |
Capital budget | 251.6 | 232.7 | 263.2 | 410.8 | 404.2 |
Total expenditures | 705.3 | 720.8 | 805.7 | 981.3 | 1,008.7 |
Deficit or surplus | +.2 | -42.4 | +39.1 | -
75.9 | -71.33
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1 For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
2 Principal of loans repaid to the central
government.
3 Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 312.
Table 7. Central Government Expenditures,
1983-87
(in millions of Jordanian dinars)1
| 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
19872 |
Current budget |
Defense | 168.0 | 168.0 | 190.2 | 209.0 | 209.0 |
Internal security | 32.6 | 33.5 | 39.3 | 47.0 | 50.4 |
Financial administration | 128.4 | 154.6 | 171.3 | 158.2 | 174.5 |
Economic development | 15.3 | 14.3 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 18.1 |
Social services | 80.0 | 82.7 | 89.7 | 98.6 | 110.2 |
Transportation and communications | 11.7 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 18.6 | 19.1 |
Other | 17.7 | 18.7 | 19.8 | 22.5 | 23.4 |
Total current expenditures | 453.7 | 488.1 | 542.6 | 570.6 | 604.7 |
Capital budget |
Finance | 88.8 | 86.2 | 99.0 | 225.7 | 189.0 |
Economic development | 130.6 | 122.5 | 144.4 | 162.9 | 178.4 |
Transportation and communications | 20.2 | 12.7 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 12.0 |
Social services | 6.9 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 10.1 |
Defense | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other | 5.1 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 14.7 |
Total capital expenditures | 251.6 | 232.7 | 263.2 | 410.8 | 404.2 |
TOTAL | 705.3 | 720.8 | 805.8 | 981.4 | 1,008.9
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1 For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
2 Preliminary estimate.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 315-16.
Table 8. Domestic Revenue of the Central
Government, 1983-87
(in millions of Jordanian
dinars)1
Revenue
Source | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
19872 |
Tax revenues |
Customs duties | 121 | 118 | 118 | 112 | 105 |
Excise taxes | 35 | 37 | 46 | 52 | 61 |
Licenses and fees | 68 | 73 | 71 | 71 | 85 |
Other indirect taxes | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
Total indirect taxes | 237 | 245 | 250 | 249 | 266 |
Income taxes | 46 | 49 | 54 | 48 | 48 |
Other direct taxes | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 |
Total direct taxes | 56 | 61 | 67 | 60 | 65 |
Total tax revenues3 | 294 | 305 | 317 | 309 | 331 |
Nontax revenues |
Post, telegraph, and telephone | 23 | 33 | 38 | 46 | 48 |
Interest and profits | 59 | 36 | 44 | 40 | 49 |
Other | 24 | 40 | 41 | 120 | 123 |
Total nontax revenues3 | 107 | 110 | 124 | 205 | 219 |
Total domestic revenues | 401 | 415 | 441 | 514 | 550
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1 For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
2 Preliminary figures.
3 Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 313.
Table 9. Labor Force by Sector, 1987
(in thousands of workers)
Sector | Number |
Agriculture | 37.7 |
Construction | 53.4 |
Financial and business services | 16.9 |
Mining and manufacturing | 53.6 |
Social services and military personnel | 242.5 |
Trade | 49.7 |
Transportation and communications | 47.1 |
Utilities | 8.5 |
Total active labor force | 509.3*
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*Figures may not add to total because of rounding. Total excludes
foreign guest workers.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 69.
Table 10. Industrial Production of Selected
Commodities, 1984-87
Commodity | Unit | 1984 | 1985 |
1986 | 1987 |
Phosphates (dry) | 1,000 tons | 6,120 | 6,067 | 6,249 | 6,841 |
Potash | 1,000 tons | 486 | 908 | 1,104 | 1,203 |
Fertilizers | 1,000 tons | 541 | 511 | 551 | 1,656 |
Cement | 1,000 tons | 1,994 | 2,022 | 1,837 | 2,472 |
Petroleum products | 1,000 tons | 2,272 | 2,182 | 2,083 | 2,229 |
Iron | 1,000 tons | 112 | 136 | 126 | 219 |
Alcoholic beverages | 1,000
liters | 7,573 | 5,638 | 5,321 | 4,851 |
Batteries | 1,000 batteries | 50 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
Cigarettes | tons | 5,027 | 3,905 | 3,731 | 4,378 |
Detergents | 1,000 tons | 12 | 8 | 28 | 27 |
Paper | 1,000 tons | --
| -- | 15 | 21
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Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 123-24.
Table 11. Agricultural Production and
Cultivated Area, 1987
(in thousands of tons and by thousands of
hectares)
Crop | Harvest | Area |
Field Crops |
Wheat | 79.8 | 84.3 |
Barley | 33.0 | 51.1 |
Lentils | 5.2 | 5.1 |
Vetch | 1.3 | 1.5 |
Chick peas | 1.2 | 1.6 |
Corn | 3.0 | 0.5 |
Onions | 21.6 | 0.8 |
Garlic | 2.0 | 0.4 |
Tobacco | 29.1 | 3.0 |
Clover | 9.1 | 0.6 |
Vegetables |
Tomatoes | 236.8 | 6.0 |
Squash | 34.3 | 2.2 |
Eggplants | 56.6 | 2.5 |
Cucumbers | 64.9 | 1.3 |
Potatoes | 61.7 | 2.4 |
Fruits |
Olives | 20.4 | 38.1 |
Grapes | 18.6 | 5.4 |
Citrus fruit | 118.4 | 5.6 |
Melons | 41.1 | 5.1 |
Figs | 1.3 | 0.6 |
Almonds | 1.1 | 0.5 |
Peaches | 1.4 | 0.7
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Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 80, 84, 93.
Table 12. Imports of Selected Commodities,
1983-87
(in millions of Jordanian
dinars)*
Commodity | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
1986 | 1987 |
Live animals | 21.6 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Meat | 24.6 | 23.0 | 33.2 | 24.3 | 27.0 |
Dairy products | 15.5 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 15.8 |
Wheat and flour | 32.8 | 39.1 | 28.2 | 15.8 | 28.7 |
Sugar | 6.5 | 5.2 | 3.6 | 8.7 | 9.3 |
Fruits and vegetables | 32.3 | 27.8 | 25.4 | 25.4 | 16.5 |
Crude oil | 205.5 | 204.0 | 192.6 | 92.8 | 118.6 |
Other crude materials | 31.4 | 29.9 | 33.1 | 28.6 | 28.5 |
Chemicals | 57.8 | 79.9 | 67.6 | 74.9 | 91.7 |
Iron and steel | 40.7 | 37.1 | 41.8 | 41.9 | 51.1 |
Textile products | 32.0 | 30.1 | 29.2 | 26.1 | 29.5 |
Machinery | 167.0 | 122.8 | 112.8 | 103.2 | 103.0 |
Transportation equipment | 95.0 | 93.0 | 94.6 | 73.4 | 83.3 |
Miscellaneous manufacturing | 92.3 | 95.9 | 105.2 | 79.9 | 87.7 |
Other | 218.3 | 260.8 | 280.6 | 235.3 | 221.2 |
TOTAL | 1,103.3 | 1,071.3 | 1,074.4 | 850.2 | 915.5
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*For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 349-50.
Table 13. Exports of Selected Commodities,
1983-87
(in millions of Jordanian
dinars)*
Commodity | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
1986 | 1987 |
Fruits and nuts | 7.6 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 5.2 |
Vegetables | 17.6 | 18.6 | 16.6 | 13.3 | 14.8 |
Olive oil | 1.0 | .9 | .1 | 1.4 | .2 |
Phosphates | 51.6 | 69.6 | 66.1 | 64.8 | 61.0 |
Potash | .1 | 14.9 | 30.9 | 31.4 | 28.0 |
Fertilizers | 20.7 | 44.0 | 30.6 | 29.1 | 30.1 |
Other chemical products | 16.1 | 23.6 | 20.4 | 15.4 | 39.8 |
Cement | -- | 2.9 | 7.1 | 4.0 | 10.5 |
Machinery and transportation equipment | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
Textile products | 2.1 | 5.1 | 10.0 | 3.31 | 1.2 |
Miscellaneous manufactures | 9.2 | 23.4 | 18.5 | 7.3 | 9.9 |
Other | 32.1 | 47.7 | 45.5 | 45.7 | 35.6 |
TOTAL | 160.1 | 261.1 | 255.3 | 225.6 | 248.8
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*For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics,
Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 347-48.
Tables 14. Principal Trade Partners, 1986 and
1987
(in thousands of Jordanian
dinars)*
Country | 1986 | 1987 |
Exports |
China | 7,570 | 10,044 |
Egypt | 3,9791 | 3,448 |
India | 34,1262 | 2,034 |
Iraq | 42,4585 | 9,865 |
Italy | 7,099 | 9,266 |
Kuwait | 8,813 | 8,614 |
Pakistan | 3,456 | 10,253 |
Saudi Arabia | 27,817 | 26,204 |
Imports |
Britain | 68,786 | 58,303 |
Iraq | 80,274 | 99,401 |
Italy | 50,220 | 46,647 |
Japan | 66,642 | 55,664 |
Saudi Arabia | 49,670 | 76,761 |
Turkey | 27,467 | 35,021 |
United States | 75,529 | 93,389 |
West Germany | 65,114 | 70,504
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*For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
Source: Based on information from Economist Intelligence Unit,
Country Report: Jordan, No. 3, 1988, Appendix 2.
Table 15. Major Army Equipment, 1988
Type and Description | Country of Origin | In
Inventory |
Tanks |
M-60A1/A3 | United States | 218 |
Khalid (Chieftain) | Britain | 270 |
Tariq (Centurion) | -do- | 291 |
M-47, M-48A5 | United States | 200 (in storage) |
Armored personnel carriers |
M-113 | United States | 1,200 |
Saracen | Britain | 34 |
EE-11 Urutu | Brazil | n.a. |
Reconnaissance vehicles |
Ferret scout car | Britain | 140 |
Towed artillery |
105mm M-101A1 | United States | 36 |
155mm M-114 | -do- | 38 |
M-44 | -do- | 20 |
M-59 | -do- | 17 |
203mm M-115 | -do- | 4
(in storage) |
Self-propelled artillery |
155mm M-109A2 | -do- | 108 |
203mm M110 | -do- | 24 |
Mortars |
107mm and 120mm | -do- | n.a. |
Antitank weapons |
106mm recoilless rifle | -do- | 330 |
Apilas ll2mm rocket launcher | France | n.a. |
BGM-71A TOW missile | United
States | 330 |
M-47 Dragon missile | -do- | 310 |
LAW-80 | Britain | n.a. |
Antiaircraft guns |
20mm M-163 Vulcan | United States | 100 |
23mm self-propelled ZSU-23-4 | Soviet
Union | 36 |
40mm self-propelled M-42 | United
States | 264 |
Surface-to-air missiles |
SA-7 B2 shoulder-fired | Soviet
Union | n.a. |
SA-8 | -do- | 20 |
SA-13 | -do- | 20 |
SA-14 shoulder-fired | -do- | n.a. |
Redeye | United States | n.a. |
Naval vessels |
Coastal patrol craft, 8 ton | -do- | 5 |
Vosper coastal patrol craft, 95 ton | Britain | 3 (ordered)
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n.a.--not available.
Sources: Based on information from The Military Balance,
1988-89, London, 1988, 104; and Jane's Fighting Ships,
1988-89, London, 1988, 332.
Table 16. Major Air Force Equipment,
1988
Type and Description | Country of Origin | In
Inventory |
Fighter-bombers |
F-5E/F | United States | 59 |
Fighter-interceptors |
Mirage F-1 | France | 35 |
Mirage 2000 | -do- | 20
(ordered 1988) |
Jet fighter conversion training |
F-5A/B | United States | 20 |
Transports |
C-130 Hercules | United States | 6 |
CASA C-212A | Spain | 3 |
An-12 Cub | Soviet Union | 3 |
Helicopters |
Bell AH-1S Cobra, with TOW missiles | United States | 24 |
Sikorsky S-76 | -do- | 18 |
Aerospatiale Alouette III | France | 5 |
Aerospatiale SA-342L Gazelle | -do- | 8 |
Hughes 500D | United States | 8 |
Training |
CASA C-101 Aviojet | Spain | 16 |
CASA C-212 Aviocar | Spain | 1 |
BAe Bulldog | Britain | 18 |
Piper (12 Warrior-II and 6 Seneca-II) | United States | 18 |
Strategic air defense |
Improved Hawk surface-to-air missile | United States | 126
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Sources: Based on information from The Military Balance,
1988-89, London, 1988, 105; and Aviation Advisory Services,
International Air Forces and Military Aircraft Directory,
Essex, United Kingdom, 1988.
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