Low-Income
Country Western Asia and Northern Africa

Jordan

  • SDG Score 76
  • Policy Score 55
  • Avg. Score 66

Home to 267,300 out-of-school girls who represent 21% of all school aged girls nationally.

SDG Score

Total: 76.16

Available Indicators: 22/22

  • Pre-primary Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of girls enrolled in pre-primary school 48%
    Proportion of girls enrolled in pre-primary relative to boys (parity) 102/100
  • Out-of-school rates Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Out-of-school rate for girls of primary school age 21%
    Out-of-school rate for girls of lower secondary school age 24%
    Out-of-school rate for girls of upper secondary school age 35%
  • Completion rates Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of girls completing primary school relative to boys 102/100
    Proportion of girls completing primary school 99%
    Proportion of girls completing lower secondary school relative to boys 103/100
    Proportion of girls completing lower secondary school 93%
    Proportion of girls completing upper secondary school relative to boys 122/100
    Proportion of girls completing upper secondary school 69%
  • Teachers Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in pre-primary education 100%
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in primary education 100%
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in lower-secondary education 100%
    Proportion of qualified female teachers in upper-secondary education 100%
  • Expenditure Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Government expenditure on education as a percentage of GDP 3%
    Expenditure on education as a percentage of total government expenditure 10%
  • Learning-adjusted years of schooling Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Learning-adjusted years of school 8.1
  • Climate education Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Climate change education ambition scores 0.8
  • Inequality Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing primary school to the number of richest girls 94:100
    Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing lower secondary school to the number of richest girls 66:100
    Ratio of the number of poorest girls completing primary school to the number of richest girls 31:100

Policy Score

Total: 55.2

Available Indicators: 29/32

  • Financial barriers Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Is primary education tuition free? Legislative or constitutional guarantee
    Is beginning secondary education tuition-free? Legislative or constitutional guarantee
    Is completing secondary education tuition-free?  Policy guarantee
    Are parents incentivized to send their daughters to school (cash transfers)? National incentive programmes
    What is the perceived reach of these cash transfers? High
    What is the coverage of school feeding programmes? No Data
  • Sexual & reproductive health rights Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Is child marriage banned? No ban for both girls and boys
    When loophole exceptions are taken into account, what is the minimum age of marriage for girls? 16–17 years old
    To what extent do laws and regulations guarantee full and equal access to contraceptive services? 80
    To what extent do laws and regulations guarantee the provision of comprehensive sexuality education? 0
    Is the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls legally protected? No explicit protection of the right to education of pregnant and parenting girls
    What is the coverage of separate toilets and sanitation facilities for girls? No Data
  • Child safety and non-discrimination in education Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Party to the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education? Ratified
    Party to UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women? Ratified without reservation(s)
    Is there a national program to reduce violence by school staff in place? National
    Is there a ban on corporal punishment? National
    What is the perceived reach of the ban on corporal punishment? High
    Is there a National Action Plan to reduce violence in schools? National
    To what extent is the National Action Plan to reduce violence in schools funded? No Data
  • Labour market opportunities Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Does the law mandate nondiscrimination based on gender in employment? No
    Does the law mandate equal remuneration for work of equal value? Yes
    Does legislation explicitly guarantee equal pay on the basis of gender?  No guarantee
    Does the law prohibit discrimination by creditors on the basis of sex or gender? No
    Is sexual harassment of women explicitly prohibited in the workplace? No prohibition
  • Role models Indica­tors
    Indicator Value
    Proportion of female primary teachers 79.27
    Proportion of female lower secondary teachers 57.85
    Proportion of female upper secondary teachers 0.2
    Proportion female public sector workers 52.94
    Are there voluntary party quotas for female parliamentarians? No
    Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) in the lower house? Reserved seats
    Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) in the upper house? No legislation
    Are there legal quotas (constitutional or electoral law) at the subnational level? Reserved seats

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