Jordan's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) was US$336 million in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 58.26% from US$805 million in 2010 (8.37% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$336 million | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | US$903 million | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | US$805 million | 2010 |
| Highest | US$1.14 billion | 2014 |
| Lowest | US$184 million | 2001 |
| Average since 2011 | US$915.8 million | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | US$313 million |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Jordan's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 65.7% on 2019 (from US$979 million to US$336 million).
Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 43.5% in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 65.7% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 the straight-line trend is downward, about US$41.66 million a year. A straight line explains 33% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2020, Jordan had the 34th highest value of the 117 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan | US$336 million | 2020 |
| World | US$276.98 billion | 2019 |
Closest to Jordan in the 2020 ranking
What this measures
International tourism receipts for passenger transport items are expenditures by international inbound visitors for all services provided in the international transportation by resident carriers. Also included are passenger services performed within an economy by nonresident carriers. Excluded are passenger services provided to nonresidents by resident carriers within the resident economies; these are included in travel items. In addition to the services covered by passenger fares--including fares that are a part of package tours but excluding cruise fares, which are included in travel--passenger services include such items as charges for excess baggage, vehicles, or other personal accompanying effects and expenditures for food, drink, or other items for which passengers make expenditures while on board carriers. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.
All 26 values
| Year | International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 336,000,000 |
| 2019 | 979,000,000 |
| 2018 | 972,000,000 |
| 2017 | 910,000,000 |
| 2016 | 899,000,000 |
| 2015 | 903,000,000 |
| 2014 | 1,143,000,000 |
| 2013 | 1,028,000,000 |
| 2012 | 1,062,000,000 |
| 2011 | 926,000,000 |
International tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — US$10 million (2020)
- Algeria — US$7 million (2020)
- Bahrain — US$51 million (2020)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — US$476 million (2020)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — US$228 million (2018)
- Israel — US$161 million (2020)
- Kuwait — US$127 million (2020)
- Lebanon — US$16 million (2020)
More private sector & trade data for Jordan
- Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$28.95 billion (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$14.91 billion (2025)
- Merchandise imports from economies in the Arab World (% of total merchandise imports) — 26.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from high-income economies (% of total merchandise imports) — 56.3% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies outside region (% of total merchandise imports) — 38.28% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise imports) — 22.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Jordan's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$)?
- US$336 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 7.35% from US$313 million in 1995 (0.28% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$1.14 billion in 2014 and the lowest US$184 million in 2001.
- How does Jordan rank?
- 34th highest of 117 economies with data for 2020.
- Is the latest change in international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) unusual for Jordan?
- In 2020, Jordan's international tourism, receipts for passenger transport items (current US$) fell 65.7% on 2019 (from US$979 million to US$336 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +6.1% and a typical year strayed about 17.1% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 4.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TRNR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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