Health in Jordan

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Life expectancy in Jordan was 74 years in 2021.^[1][2] 99% of Jordan's population have access to clean water and sanitation despite it being one of the world's poorest in water resources. There were 203 physicians per 100,000 people in the years 2000–2004, a proportion comparable to many developed countries and higher than most of the developing world.^[3]

According to 2003 estimates, the rate of prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) was less than 0.1 percent. According to a United Nations Development Program report, Jordan has been considered malaria-free since 2001; cases of tuberculosis declined by half during the 1990s, but tuberculosis remains an issue and an area needing improvement. Jordan experienced a brief outbreak of bird flu in March 2006. Noncommunicable diseases such as cancer also are a major health issue in Jordan. Childhood immunization rates have increased steadily over the past 15 years; by 2002 immunizations and vaccines reached more than 95 percent of children under five.^[4]

The Human Rights Measurement Initiative^[5] finds that Jordan is fulfilling 79.5% of what it should be fulfilling for the right to health based on its level of income.^[6] When looking at the right to health with respect to children, Jordan achieves 97.2% of what is expected based on its current income.^[7] In regards to the right to health amongst the adult population, the country achieves 94.0% of what is expected based on the nation's level of income.^[8] Jordan falls into the "bad" category when evaluating the right to reproductive health because the nation is fulfilling only 47.3% of what the nation is expected to achieve based on the resources (income) it has available.^[9]