International rankings of Jordan

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The following are the international rankings of Jordan.

Cities

• Amman was ranked as a "gamma" world city in The World According to GaWC 2008^[1]

Economy

• The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation: Index of Economic Freedom 2016, ranked 38 out of 179 countries^[2]
• International Monetary Fund:
  • GDP (PPP) per capita, 2016, ranked 92nd out of 185 countries.
  • GDP (nominal), 2016, ranked 89th out of 181 countries.^[3]
• World Economic Forum: Global Competitiveness Index, 2015-2016, ranked 64th out of 140 countries.^[4]

Environment

• Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network: Environmental Performance Index 2016, ranked 74 out of 180 countries.^[5]

Globalization

• KOF Swiss Economic Institute: Globalization Index 2011, ranked 38 out of 156 countries^[6]
• KOF Swiss Economic Institute: Globalization Index 2016, ranked 47th out of 207 countries, in overall terms.
• KOF Swiss Economic Institute: Globalization Index 2016, ranked 61st out of 207 countries, in terms of Economic Globalization.
• KOF Swiss Economic Institute: Globalization Index 2016, ranked 80th out of 207 countries, in terms of Social Globalization.
• KOF Swiss Economic Institute: Globalization Index 2016, ranked 38th out of 207 countries, in terms of Political Globalization.^[7]

Politics

• Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2016, ranked 45th out of 167 countries
• Reporters Without Borders: Press Freedom Index 2016, ranked 135th out of 180 countries
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World, 2015, ranked "Not free", with a freedom rating of 5.5 (7 being the worst).

Society

• Economist Intelligence Unit Where-to-be-born index 2013 ranked 69th.
• Institute for Economics and Peace: Global Peace Index 2015, ranked 71st out of 162 countries^[8]
• United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Index 2016, ranked 80th out of 188 countries

Technological

• Economist Intelligence Unit e-readiness, 2009, ranked 50th out of 70 countries

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