Jordan Social: Health Statistics
JO: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population
JO: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data was reported at 0.010 Ratio in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.010 Ratio for 2023. JO: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.010 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.010 Ratio in 2024 and a record low of 0.010 Ratio in 2024. JO: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations expressed per 1,000 uninfected population in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.010 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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JO: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24
JO: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 100.000 Number in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 Number for 2023. JO: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Number in 2024 and a record low of 100.000 Number in 2024. JO: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 100.000 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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JO: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months
JO: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months data was reported at 32.700 % in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 32.400 % for 2018. JO: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months data is updated yearly, averaging 30.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2019, with 20 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 32.700 % in 2019 and a record low of 30.400 % in 2010. JO: Prevalence of Anemia among Children: % of Children Aged 6-59 Months data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of anemia, children ages 6-59 months, is the percentage of children ages 6-59 months whose hemoglobin level is less than 110 grams per liter, adjusted for altitude.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics, World Health Organization (WHO);Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 32.700 2019 | yearly | 2000 - 2019 |
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JO: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults
JO: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data was reported at 13.600 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 13.300 % for 2021. JO: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 11.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.600 % in 2022 and a record low of 10.200 % in 2000. JO: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 12.800 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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JO: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
JO: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 43.000 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 37.700 % for 2019. JO: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 32.400 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2020, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 43.000 % in 2020 and a record low of 30.200 % in 2015. JO: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);Population-weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 43.000 2020 | yearly | 2015 - 2020 |
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JO: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
JO: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 10.600 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.500 % for 2023. JO: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 6.100 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.600 % in 2024 and a record low of 4.500 % in 2000. JO: Prevalence of Overweight: Weight for Height: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations above the median for the international reference population of the corresponding age as established by the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME);Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 10.600 2024 | yearly | 2000 - 2024 |
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JO: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
JO: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 17.000 % in 2020. This records an increase from the previous number of 15.100 % for 2019. JO: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 12.700 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2020, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 17.000 % in 2020 and a record low of 12.700 % in 2017. JO: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the FIES questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);Population-weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 17.000 2020 | yearly | 2015 - 2020 |
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JO: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
JO: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 7.700 % in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 7.800 % for 2023. JO: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 7.800 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.800 % in 2000 and a record low of 7.700 % in 2024. JO: Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, publisher: JME; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME; World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 7.700 2024 | yearly | 2000 - 2024 |
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Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults
Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data was reported at 69.850 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 69.930 % for 2021. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 68.800 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 70.210 % in 2016 and a record low of 59.650 % in 1990. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Jordan – Table JO.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 69.850 2022 | yearly | 1990 - 2022 |