The Tamkeen Centre for Legal Aid and Human Rights has published poverty indicators. The centre’s figures show that the absolute poverty rate reached 15.7% in Jordan and that the poverty gap reached 3.5%, while the extreme poverty rate is 0.334%.
Analysis of these data confirms that poverty has risen from 14.4% in 2010 to 15.7% in 2020. Thus, the poverty line per capita rises from 68 dinars per person per month (816 dinars per year) to 105.6 dinars per month (1 226 dinars per year).