rtners:
EC, US, Iraq, Japan, Turkey
External debt:
$6.8 billion (December 1993 est.)
Industrial production:
growth rate 3% (1993 est.); accounts for 20% of GDP
Electricity:
capacity:
1,030,000 kW
production:
3.814 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,070 kWh (1992)
Industries:
phosphate mining, petroleum refining, cement, potash, light
manufacturing
Agriculture:
accounts for about 10% of GDP; principal products are wheat, barley,
citrus fruit, tomatoes, melons, olives; livestock - sheep, goats,
poultry; large net importer of food
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $1.7 billion; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.5
billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $9.5 billion; Communist
countries (1970-89), $44 million
Currency:
1 Jordanian dinar (JD) = 1,000 fils
Exchange rates:
Jordanian dinars (JD) per US$1 - 0.7019 (February 1994), 0.6928
(1993), 0.6797 (1992), 0.6808 (1991), 0.6636 (1990), 0.5704 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

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Railroads:
789 km 1.050-meter gauge, single track
Highways:
total:
7,500 km
paved:
asphalt 5,500 km
unpaved:
gravel, crushed stone 2,000 km
Pipelines:
crude oil 209 km
Ports:
Al 'Aqabah
Merchant marine:
3 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 71,566 GRT/129,351 DWT, bulk 1,
cargo 1, oil tanker 1
Airports:
total:
16
usable:
14
with permanent-surface runways:
13
with runways over 3,659 m:
1
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
12
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
0
Telecommunications:
adequate telephone system of microwave, cable, and radio links; 81,500
telephones; broadcast stations - 5 AM, 7 FM, 8 TV; satellite earth
stations - 1 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 1
ARABSAT, 1 domestic TV receive-only; coaxial cable and microwave to
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria; microwave link to Lebanon is inactive;
participant in MEDARABTEL, a microwave radio relay network linking
Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco

@Jordan, Defense Forces

Branches:
Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) includes Royal Jordanian Land Force,
Royal Jordanian Air Force, Royal Naval Force; Ministry of the
Interior's Public Security Force (falls under JAF only in wartime or
crisis situations)
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 966,420; fit for military service 685,112; reach
military