Jordan
Background Information
Region
Middle East & North Africa
World Bank income group
Upper middle income
Percent of population aged 10-24
31% (UNFPA, 2020)
Total primary school age population (both sexes)
1,401,607 (UIS, 2020)
Total secondary school age population (both sexes)
1,297,940 (UIS, 2020)
Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union before age 18 (% of women aged 20-24)
8%
Source: UNSDG, 2012
Adolescent birth rate (per 1,000 women ages 15-19)
26
Source: UN Human Development Reports, 2018
Percentage of women who ever experienced physical violence since age 15 (% of women 15-49)
34%
Source: DHS, 2012
Percentage of married women employed in the last 12 months (% of married or in-union women 15-49)
13%
Source: DHS, 2018
Education Snapshot Back to Top
Number of years of free primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks (Years)
12
Source: UIS, 2019
Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure % GDP spent on education
Source: UIS, 2019
Proportion of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation facilities
-
Primary 36%
(2019)
-
Lower secondary 62%
(2019)
-
Upper secondary 100%
(2019)
Source: UIS
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in reading
No data available
Proportion of students at the end of primary education achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
No data available
Completion rate
Primary school age
-
Female 97%
-
Male 96%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school age
-
Female 88%
-
Male 86%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school age
-
Female 65%
-
Male 50%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Out-of-school rate
Primary school
-
Female 2%
-
Male 3%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Lower secondary school
-
Female 6%
-
Male 7%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Upper secondary school
-
Female 19%
-
Male 29%
Female: UIS, 2018
Male: UIS, 2018
Programs Back to Top
Project/Program
Adolescent Girls' Programming Community of Practice
Research Project/Report/Study
DeliverED Initiative
Project/Program
Education Endures: Room to Read’s Award-winning Literacy and Gender Equality Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Funding Initiative/Portfolio
Education and Training
Research Project/Report/Study
Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
Project/Program
LitClub
Project/Program
Radio Repurposed: An old technology offers girls new chances
Advocacy Campaign/Project
Safe to Learn
Project/Program
Support Her Empowerment & Girls' Resilience, Enterprise, and Technology Initiative (SHE's GREAT!)
Project/Program
USAID Jordan Workforce Development Project
Project/Program
Vision Not Victim
Project/Program
g4g Day