Business opportunities in Jordan Laith ALRahahleh Project Coordinator
The climate is Area Arid and semi- 90,000 Km 2 arid 100 cubic meter Population Per Capita 9.8 million 9.7% of GDP 60% of population allocates for between 15- 60 Education year old The share of RE in the energy mix The climate is is 7% Arid and semi- arid
Migration influxes Refugees Number Source Date 31 July 2015 Syrians 629,883 UNHCR 01 July 2014 Palestine 2,097,338 UNRWA Palestine from 15 May 2015 15,000 UNRWA Syria 31 July 2017 Iraqi 50,000 UNHRC TOTAL 2,792,221 Therfore, the challenge is (how to simulate the Economic growth and create more jobs and host all refugees without any Environmental damages) (SDGs 2030)
Jordan Response Plan for the Syrian Crisis JRP JRP 2016-2018 What? 1.4 1.2 Why? 1 0.8 billion US $ 0.6 How much? 0.4 0.2 What is now? 0 Energy Health security protection WASH Education Security support Food Social
Economy background and its indicators The economy is classified as upper middle liberal economy Jordan has stable political environment and very safe country (ranked 31th in police reliability for (2015-2016) Jordan infrastructure ranks 38th out of 148 comparable economies (7377 KM road network). Therefore, connecting Levant countries with GCCs Jordan banking system is quite sophisticated, resilient and in compliance with international standards, making it very attractive and trustworthy to investors Jordan exports mainly, vegetables, potassium, phosphate, textiles and pharmaceutical products
Economy Indicators Real growth of GDP, % 10 8.6 9 8 7.1 7 6.3 6 5.8 5.6 6 % 5 4.2 4 3.1 2.4 3 2 2 1 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2014 2015 2016
Electrcity and Finance, real water Government estate, and 3% services buisness 13% services Share of each Agriculture 24% sector in the 4% GDP Mining 2% Transport,stora Manufacturing ge and 19% communication 17% Trade, Construction resturants and 6% Hotels 12%
Exports and Imports Percentage of GDP, % 80 70 60 50 % 40 30 20 10 0 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Export Import
Unemployment rate Unemployment rate 30 24.4 24.1 25 22.2 21.2 20 15.3 % 15 12.9 12.7 12.6 13.3 10 11 10.6 10.1 5 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Male Female Unemoplyment rate
Member of WTO agreement since 2000 Member in 8 Trade Free Agreements (FTAs) Member in 55 Bilateral Investment Treaties Member in 27 Double taxation Treaties
One of the world’s leading Bank (Arab Bank) Two of the best International pharmaceutical companies (HIKMA and Dar Al Dawa) Two of the top ICT based global companies
Developmental areas and Free zones
Developmental areas and Free zones Year Number of companies Invested capital Exports workforce (million JOD) (million JOD) 2016 792 2583 1222 45339 2017 903 3358 1552 57770 2018 993 3694 1707 63547 2019 1093 4063 1878 69902 2020 1202 4470 2066 76892 2021 1322 4917 2272 84581 2022 1455 5409 2499 93039 2023 1600 5950 2749 102373 2024 1760 6545 3024 112578 2025 1936 7199 3327 123835
Investment opportunaties ICT Tourism Mega Clean projects energy Healthcare
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