Jordan is a unitary constitutional monarchy in which the king appoints the government and the upper house of parliament. The state keeps a peace treaty with Israel, relies on foreign aid and has banned the Muslim Brotherhood since 2025.
In the 12 Axes register, Jordan leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 83%; the register median is balanced 50%.
Take the test and this line shows how close your twelve scores are to Jordan, and the axis where you differ most.
Where Jordan sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Governorates run by appointed governors
Oligarchy
King appoints prime minister and Senate
Statist
Cybercrime law 2023 limits online speech
Non-Interventionist
Peace treaty with Israel since 1994
Neutral
Professional army, US security partner
Centrist
Large Palestinian-origin population holds Jordanian citizenship
Mixed Economic
Mixed economy with subsidies and IMF programme
Balanced
Open economy with state-run utilities
Free Trade
Many free trade agreements
Religious
Islam is the state religion
Traditionalist
Personal status law based on Sharia
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Jordan is at Autocratic 83%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Jordan is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: Rob984, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
