Appendix A. Tables

Table 1. Metric Conversion Coofficients and Factors


When you kow	Multiply by	To find
Millimeters	0.04	inches
Centimeters	0.39	inches
Meters	3.3	feet
Kilometers	0.62	miles
Hectares	2.47	acres
Square kilometers	0.39	square miles
Cubic meters	35.3	cubic feet
Liters	0.26	gallons
Kilograms	2.2	pounds
Metric tons	0.98	long tons
	1.1	short tons
	2,204	pounds
Degrees Celsius (Centigrade)	1.8 and add 32	degrees Fahrenheit

Table 2. Schools, Students, and Teachers in the East Bank, 1986-87

Category	Number
Schools
Coeducational	1,372
Male	1,017
Female	977
Total schools	3,366
Students
Male	479,682
Female	439,963
Total students	919,645
Teachers
Female	23,612
Male	15,995
Total teachers	39,607

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 167.

Table 3. Enrollment by Education Level and Sex, 1965 and 1985

**(in percentages)**
Level	1965	1985
Primary
Male	100	98
Female	83	99
Both sexes	92	99
Preparatory
Male	52	80
Female	23	78
Both sexes	38	79
Secondary
Male	n.a.	n.a.
Female	n.a.	n.a.
Both sexes	2	37

n.a.--not available.

Source: Based on information from World Bank, World Development Report, 1988, New York, 1988, 281.

Table 4. Medical Care and Medical Personnel, 1987

Category	1987
Hospitals
Government	14
Private	21
Total hospitals	35^*
Hospital beds
Government	3,994
Private	1,563
Total hospital beds	5,557
Physicians
Government	1,702
Private	n.a.
Nurses
Government	434
Private	n.a.
Midwives
Government	275
Private	n.a.
Pharmacists
Government	96
Private	n.a.
Dentists
Government	110
Private	n.a.

*Figures for 1981.
n.a.--not available.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 213-14.

Table 5. Balance of Payments, 1983-87

**(in millions of Jordanian dinars)¹**
	1983	1984	1985	1986²	1987²
Net trade balance in goods and services	-436.25	-382.89	-414.91	-253.95	-317.64
Net unrequited transfers³	+294.93	+278.76	+315.01	+238.00	+199.29
Current account balance	-141.32	-104.13	-99.90	-15.95	-118.35
Capital account balance⁴	+156.76	+64.37	+137.64	+50.95	+75.94
Overall balance⁵	+15.44	-39.76	+37.74	+35.00	- 42.41
Net errors and omission	+34.90	-29.54	-19.25	- 16.72	+5.86
Net reserves⁶	-50.34	+69.30	-18.49	- 18.28	+36.55

¹ For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
² Preliminary figures.
³ Includes net private and net government unrequited transfers (i.e., worker remittances and foreign aid, respectively). The combination of net trade in goods and services and net unrequited transfers gives the current account balance.
⁴ Consists of net government borrowing as well as long- and short-term net private investment.
⁵ Consists of the current and capital account balances combined.
⁶ Includes reserves held by the Central Bank, commercial banks, and other financial institutions, as well as International Monetary Fund reserves.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 362-63. Third World, 2, New York, 1987, 1029.

Table 6. Summary of Central Government Budget Financing, 1983-87

**(in millions of Jordanian dinars)¹**
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Revenue
Domestic revenue	400.6	415.0	440.8	514.4	549.7
Foreign assistance	197.0	106.1	187.8	143.7	134.0
Internal borrowing	28.8	25.5	35.3	74.8	149.3
Foreign borrowing	76.8	122.2	162.4	159.8	89.9
Other revenue²	2.3	9.6	18.4	12.8	14.6
Total revenues	705.5	678.4	844.8³	905.43	937.5
Expenditure
Current budget	453.7	488.1	542.5	570.5	604.5
Capital budget	251.6	232.7	263.2	410.8	404.2
Total expenditures	705.3	720.8	805.7	981.3	1,008.7
Deficit or surplus	+.2	-42.4	+39.1	- 75.9	-71.3³

¹ For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
² Principal of loans repaid to the central government.
³ Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 312.

Table 7. Central Government Expenditures, 1983-87

**(in millions of Jordanian dinars)¹**
	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987²
Current budget
Defense	168.0	168.0	190.2	209.0	209.0
Internal security	32.6	33.5	39.3	47.0	50.4
Financial administration	128.4	154.6	171.3	158.2	174.5
Economic development	15.3	14.3	15.2	16.7	18.1
Social services	80.0	82.7	89.7	98.6	110.2
Transportation and communications	11.7	16.3	17.1	18.6	19.1
Other	17.7	18.7	19.8	22.5	23.4
Total current expenditures	453.7	488.1	542.6	570.6	604.7
Capital budget
Finance	88.8	86.2	99.0	225.7	189.0
Economic development	130.6	122.5	144.4	162.9	178.4
Transportation and communications	20.2	12.7	7.1	8.1	12.0
Social services	6.9	5.1	5.5	6.5	10.1
Defense	0	0	0	0	0
Other	5.1	6.2	7.2	7.6	14.7
Total capital expenditures	251.6	232.7	263.2	410.8	404.2
TOTAL	705.3	720.8	805.8	981.4	1,008.9

¹ For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
² Preliminary estimate.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 315-16.

Table 8. Domestic Revenue of the Central Government, 1983-87

**(in millions of Jordanian dinars)¹**
Revenue Source	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987²
Tax revenues
Customs duties	121	118	118	112	105
Excise taxes	35	37	46	52	61
Licenses and fees	68	73	71	71	85
Other indirect taxes	13	17	15	14	15
Total indirect taxes	237	245	250	249	266
Income taxes	46	49	54	48	48
Other direct taxes	10	12	13	12	17
Total direct taxes	56	61	67	60	65
Total tax revenues³	294	305	317	309	331
Nontax revenues
Post, telegraph, and telephone	23	33	38	46	48
Interest and profits	59	36	44	40	49
Other	24	40	41	120	123
Total nontax revenues³	107	110	124	205	219
Total domestic revenues	401	415	441	514	550

¹ For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.
² Preliminary figures.
³ Figures may not add to totals because of rounding.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 313.

Table 9. Labor Force by Sector, 1987

**(in thousands of workers)**
Sector	Number
Agriculture	37.7
Construction	53.4
Financial and business services	16.9
Mining and manufacturing	53.6
Social services and military personnel	242.5
Trade	49.7
Transportation and communications	47.1
Utilities	8.5
Total active labor force	509.3*

*Figures may not add to total because of rounding. Total excludes foreign guest workers.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 69.

Table 10. Industrial Production of Selected Commodities, 1984-87

Commodity	Unit	1984	1985	1986	1987
Phosphates (dry)	1,000 tons	6,120	6,067	6,249	6,841
Potash	1,000 tons	486	908	1,104	1,203
Fertilizers	1,000 tons	541	511	551	1,656
Cement	1,000 tons	1,994	2,022	1,837	2,472
Petroleum products	1,000 tons	2,272	2,182	2,083	2,229
Iron	1,000 tons	112	136	126	219
Alcoholic beverages	1,000 liters	7,573	5,638	5,321	4,851
Batteries	1,000 batteries	50	50	55	55
Cigarettes	tons	5,027	3,905	3,731	4,378
Detergents	1,000 tons	12	8	28	27
Paper	1,000 tons	--	--	15	21

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 123-24.

Table 11. Agricultural Production and Cultivated Area, 1987

**(in thousands of tons and by thousands of hectares)**
Crop	Harvest	Area
Field Crops
Wheat	79.8	84.3
Barley	33.0	51.1
Lentils	5.2	5.1
Vetch	1.3	1.5
Chick peas	1.2	1.6
Corn	3.0	0.5
Onions	21.6	0.8
Garlic	2.0	0.4
Tobacco	29.1	3.0
Clover	9.1	0.6
Vegetables
Tomatoes	236.8	6.0
Squash	34.3	2.2
Eggplants	56.6	2.5
Cucumbers	64.9	1.3
Potatoes	61.7	2.4
Fruits
Olives	20.4	38.1
Grapes	18.6	5.4
Citrus fruit	118.4	5.6
Melons	41.1	5.1
Figs	1.3	0.6
Almonds	1.1	0.5
Peaches	1.4	0.7

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 80, 84, 93.

Table 12. Imports of Selected Commodities, 1983-87

(in millions of Jordanian dinars)^*
Commodity	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Live animals	21.6	5.9	8.6	2.9	3.6
Meat	24.6	23.0	33.2	24.3	27.0
Dairy products	15.5	16.8	17.9	17.0	15.8
Wheat and flour	32.8	39.1	28.2	15.8	28.7
Sugar	6.5	5.2	3.6	8.7	9.3
Fruits and vegetables	32.3	27.8	25.4	25.4	16.5
Crude oil	205.5	204.0	192.6	92.8	118.6
Other crude materials	31.4	29.9	33.1	28.6	28.5
Chemicals	57.8	79.9	67.6	74.9	91.7
Iron and steel	40.7	37.1	41.8	41.9	51.1
Textile products	32.0	30.1	29.2	26.1	29.5
Machinery	167.0	122.8	112.8	103.2	103.0
Transportation equipment	95.0	93.0	94.6	73.4	83.3
Miscellaneous manufacturing	92.3	95.9	105.2	79.9	87.7
Other	218.3	260.8	280.6	235.3	221.2
TOTAL	1,103.3	1,071.3	1,074.4	850.2	915.5

^*For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 349-50.

Table 13. Exports of Selected Commodities, 1983-87

(in millions of Jordanian dinars)^*
Commodity	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
Fruits and nuts	7.6	8.4	7.5	8.5	5.2
Vegetables	17.6	18.6	16.6	13.3	14.8
Olive oil	1.0	.9	.1	1.4	.2
Phosphates	51.6	69.6	66.1	64.8	61.0
Potash	.1	14.9	30.9	31.4	28.0
Fertilizers	20.7	44.0	30.6	29.1	30.1
Other chemical products	16.1	23.6	20.4	15.4	39.8
Cement	--	2.9	7.1	4.0	10.5
Machinery and transportation equipment	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.4	2.5
Textile products	2.1	5.1	10.0	3.31	1.2
Miscellaneous manufactures	9.2	23.4	18.5	7.3	9.9
Other	32.1	47.7	45.5	45.7	35.6
TOTAL	160.1	261.1	255.3	225.6	248.8

^*For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.

Source: Based on information from Jordan, Department of Statistics, Statistical Yearbook, 1987, 38, Amman, 1988, 347-48.

Tables 14. Principal Trade Partners, 1986 and 1987

(in thousands of Jordanian dinars)^*
Country	1986	1987
Exports
China	7,570	10,044
Egypt	3,9791	3,448
India	34,1262	2,034
Iraq	42,4585	9,865
Italy	7,099	9,266
Kuwait	8,813	8,614
Pakistan	3,456	10,253
Saudi Arabia	27,817	26,204
Imports
Britain	68,786	58,303
Iraq	80,274	99,401
Italy	50,220	46,647
Japan	66,642	55,664
Saudi Arabia	49,670	76,761
Turkey	27,467	35,021
United States	75,529	93,389
West Germany	65,114	70,504

^*For value of the Jordanian dinar--see Glossary.

Source: Based on information from Economist Intelligence Unit, Country Report: Jordan, No. 3, 1988, Appendix 2.

Table 15. Major Army Equipment, 1988

Type and Description	Country of Origin	In Inventory
Tanks
M-60A1/A3	United States	218
Khalid (Chieftain)	Britain	270
Tariq (Centurion)	-do-	291
M-47, M-48A5	United States	200 (in storage)
Armored personnel carriers
M-113	United States	1,200
Saracen	Britain	34
EE-11 Urutu	Brazil	n.a.
Reconnaissance vehicles
Ferret scout car	Britain	140
Towed artillery
105mm M-101A1	United States	36
155mm M-114	-do-	38
M-44	-do-	20
M-59	-do-	17
203mm M-115	-do-	4 (in storage)
Self-propelled artillery
155mm M-109A2	-do-	108
203mm M110	-do-	24
Mortars
107mm and 120mm	-do-	n.a.
Antitank weapons
106mm recoilless rifle	-do-	330
Apilas ll2mm rocket launcher	France	n.a.
BGM-71A TOW missile	United States	330
M-47 Dragon missile	-do-	310
LAW-80	Britain	n.a.
Antiaircraft guns
20mm M-163 Vulcan	United States	100
23mm self-propelled ZSU-23-4	Soviet Union	36
40mm self-propelled M-42	United States	264
Surface-to-air missiles
SA-7 B2 shoulder-fired	Soviet Union	n.a.
SA-8	-do-	20
SA-13	-do-	20
SA-14 shoulder-fired	-do-	n.a.
Redeye	United States	n.a.
Naval vessels
Coastal patrol craft, 8 ton	-do-	5
Vosper coastal patrol craft, 95 ton	Britain	3 (ordered)

n.a.--not available.

Sources: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1988-89, London, 1988, 104; and Jane's Fighting Ships, 1988-89, London, 1988, 332.

Table 16. Major Air Force Equipment, 1988


Type and Description	Country of Origin	In Inventory
Fighter-bombers
F-5E/F	United States	59
Fighter-interceptors
Mirage F-1	France	35
Mirage 2000	-do-	20 (ordered 1988)
Jet fighter conversion training
F-5A/B	United States	20
Transports
C-130 Hercules	United States	6
CASA C-212A	Spain	3
An-12 Cub	Soviet Union	3
Helicopters
Bell AH-1S Cobra, with TOW missiles	United States	24
Sikorsky S-76	-do-	18
Aerospatiale Alouette III	France	5
Aerospatiale SA-342L Gazelle	-do-	8
Hughes 500D	United States	8
Training
CASA C-101 Aviojet	Spain	16
CASA C-212 Aviocar	Spain	1
BAe Bulldog	Britain	18
Piper (12 Warrior-II and 6 Seneca-II)	United States	18
Strategic air defense
Improved Hawk surface-to-air missile	United States	126

Sources: Based on information from The Military Balance, 1988-89, London, 1988, 105; and Aviation Advisory Services, International Air Forces and Military Aircraft Directory, Essex, United Kingdom, 1988.

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