Human Freedom Index [PDF], The Human Freedom Index 2016
2014: 6.74, Rank: 91, Personal Freedom: 5.65, Economic Freedom: 7.82, Democracy Index: 3.82
Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 1949 by the Al-Mamlaka al-Urdunniyya al-Hāshimiyya
See also: FreedomPedia
Jordan (Arabic: الأردن Al-Urdunn), officially The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (Arabic: المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية Al-Mamlakah Al-Urdunnīyah Al-Hāshimīyah), is an Arab kingdom in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River. Jordan is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the east and south, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north, Israel, Palestine and the Dead Sea to the west and the Red Sea in its extreme south-west. Jordan is strategically located at the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe. The capital, Amman, is Jordan's most populous city as well as the country's economic, political and cultural centre.
Measures of Freedom
Jordan | Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2016
2016: Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 36, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5
2016: Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 36, Political Rights: 6, Civil Liberties: 5
"The economic, social, and security implications of the conflict in neighboring Syria continued to take a toll on Jordan, straining state resources and public services. The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimated that there were close to 700,000 registered refugees in the country by year's end, in addition to hundreds of thousands of unregistered persons of concern."
Level of Economic Freedom, Economic Freedom of the World
2014: 7.82, Rank: 14
2014: 7.82, Rank: 14
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