Livability · rank 41/167
Is 🇯🇴 Jordan (Amman) a good place to live?
Quality score 77/100 against essentials of $852/month.
The five metrics
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- middling
- World Bank WGI estimate 0.17 · corruption control 0.27 · stability -0.35 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $21.24 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $13.07/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($852) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 2.3× | very comfortable |
| $3,000 | 3.5× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 5.9× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — quality 76.9, essentials $842/mo
- 🇦🇲 Armenia — quality 64.4, essentials $715/mo
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia — quality 65.9, essentials $717/mo
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh — quality 44.6, essentials $484/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Jordan
Frequently asked questions
- Is Jordan a good place to live for remote workers?
- Jordan scores 77/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 208.7 Mbps, safety 94, healthcare 74, air quality 58; English not scored) — rank 41 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Jordan?
- Median fixed broadband is around 208.7 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Jordan?
- Single-person essentials run about $852/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (3.5× essentials).