Basic Information
Capital: Copenhagen
Language: Danish
Population: 5,809,502
Total Area: 43,094 sq km
Currency: Danish Krone
The Diplomatic representation in Jordan:
Danish Honorary Consulate
Tel: +962 6 560 9500
Fax: +962 6 569 8322
Email: danish.consulate@kawar.com
Economic profile
GDP: $287.8 billion
Real Growth rate: 2.3%
GDP-Per Capita: $50,100
Inflation rate: 1.1%
Unemployment rate: 5.7%
Trade Balance:
Exports: $99.37 billion
Imports: $90.83 billion
Budget:
Revenues: $172.5 billion
Expenditures: $ 168.9 billion
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Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand
Major exports: machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
Major imports: machinery and equipment, raw materials and semi manufactures for industry, chemicals, grain and foodstuffs, consumer goods
Trade partners: Germany, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, China, UK, US.
Agriculture Products: barley, wheat, potatoes, sugar beets; pork, dairy products; fish
Major industries:
iron, steel, nonferrous metals, chemicals, food processing, machinery and transportation equipment, textiles and clothing, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, shipbuilding and refurbishment, windmills, pharmaceuticals, medical equipment
Labor force: 2.998 million distributed as follows:
Agriculture: 2.4%
Industry: 18.3%
Services 79.3%
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External Trade Between Jordan & Denmark - JOD
Year |
Exports |
Imports |
2017 |
927,089 |
47,009,483 |
2018 |
880,500 |
59,574,300 |
2019 |
404,800 |
58,164,900 |
2020 |
776,000 |
48,647,200 |
2021 (January - February) |
92,800 |
8,473,900 |
Source: Department of Statistics
Main Jordanian Exports to Denmark:
Pharmaceutical products
Vegetable products: Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
Textiles and textile articles: Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted
Furniture, bedding,mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishing, lamps and lighting fittings
Main Jordanian Imports from Denmark:
Pharmaceutical products
Live animals; animal products: Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey, Meat and edible meat offal
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof;
Articles of iron or steel
Miscellaneous edible preparations: Protein concentrates and textured protein substances,
Vegetable products: Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin, wheat gluten
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments
Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof.
Agreements between Jordan and Denmark:
- EU- Jordan Association Agreement – signed in 1997
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