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Trade between Jordan and the United States

In 2024, Jordan exported $3.4 billion to the United States and imported $1.8 billion. Jordan ran a surplus of $1.6 billion with the United States, compared with a surplus of $883 million in 2019. The United States was Jordan’s 2nd largest trading partner (16% of its trade), and Jordan was the United States’ 67th (0.1%).

Summary

Jordan → United States
$3.4billion
United States → Jordan
$1.8billion
Jordan’s balance
$1.6billion

Balance

Jordan’s trade balance with the United States

Trade between Jordan and the United States grew 9.8-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Jordan’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 3.4
  • Imports 1.8
  • Balance +1.6

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$75 million$448 million-$373 million
1996$19 million$327 million-$307 million
1997$40 million$493 million-$453 million
1998$16 million$472 million-$456 million
1999$48 million$419 million-$371 million
2000$122 million$493 million-$371 million
2001$432 million$508 million-$76 million
2002$671 million$483 million$187 million
2003$1 billion$521 million$492 million
2004$1.5 billion$630 million$845 million
2005$1.7 billion$650 million$1 billion
2006$1.8 billion$625 million$1.1 billion
2007$1.6 billion$838 million$782 million
2008$1.2 billion$822 million$407 million
2009$951 million$926 million$25 million
2010$1.2 billion$931 million$240 million
2011$1.3 billion$1.2 billion$161 million
2012$1.2 billion$1.5 billion-$241 million
2013$1.5 billion$1.4 billion$94 million
2014$1.4 billion$1.3 billion$91 million
2015$1.9 billion$1.1 billion$764 million
2016$2 billion$1.2 billion$798 million
2017$2.1 billion$1.6 billion$493 million
2018$1.9 billion$1.7 billion$147 million
2019$2.2 billion$1.4 billion$883 million
2020$2.4 billion$1.2 billion$1.2 billion
2021$3.5 billion$1.3 billion$2.2 billion
2022$3.2 billion$1.4 billion$1.8 billion
2023$3.1 billion$1.5 billion$1.6 billion
2024$3.4 billion$1.8 billion$1.6 billion

What they sell each other

What Jordan sells to the United States

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Jewelry$937 million · 27.9%
    20 tonnes · the United States’ sources
  2. Sweaters and pullovers$481 million · 14.3%
    16 thousand tonnes
  3. Women's knitted suits and dresses$271 million · 8.1%
    9 thousand tonnes
  4. Men's knitted suits and trousers$215 million · 6.4%
    8 thousand tonnes
  5. Women's suits and dresses$204 million · 6.1%
    6 thousand tonnes
  6. Men's suits and trousers$171 million · 5.1%
    5 thousand tonnes
  7. Mixed fertilizers$157 million · 4.7%
    269 thousand tonnes
  8. T-shirts$148 million · 4.4%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Men's knitted shirts$130 million · 3.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  10. Air conditioners$96 million · 2.9%
    5 thousand tonnes · the United States’ sources

What the United States sells to Jordan

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$583 million · 33.2%
    34 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  2. Natural gas and LPG$236 million · 13.4%
    394 thousand tonnes
  3. Other nuts (almonds, walnuts)$98 million · 5.6%
    17 thousand tonnes
  4. Gold$71 million · 4.1%
    1 tonne · the United States’ destinations
  5. Rice$59 million · 3.4%
    69 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  6. Vaccines, blood and antisera$53 million · 3%
    44 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  7. Aircraft parts$35 million · 2%
    31 tonnes
  8. Airplanes and helicopters$32 million · 1.8%
    23 tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  9. Trucks$31 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes · the United States’ destinations
  10. Petroleum coke and bitumen$29 million · 1.6%
    381 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aqaba to Los Angeles.

The estimated sea route between Aqaba and Los Angeles is 9,892 nautical miles (18,319 km) long: ≈ 23–29.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar and Panama Canal.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$3.6 billion · 70.7%
  2. Air$1.5 billion · 29.3%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

The United States was Jordan’s 2nd largest trading partner (16% of its trade), and Jordan was the United States’ 67th (0.1%).

The United States in Jordan’s trade
16.2%
The United States’ rank among Jordan’s partners
2nd
Jordan in the United States’ trade
0.1%
Jordan’s rank among the United States’ partners
67th

Compare with

Other partners of Jordan

Other partners of the United States

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.