Saint Kitts and Nevis and Jordan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Jordan
Leader
Prime minister: Denzil Douglas	Head of state: King Abdullah II
Population
51,134	6,482,081
Life Expectancy
75.070 years	80.300 years
Capital City
	Amman
Largest city
Basseterre (population: 12,920)	Amman (population: 1,275,860)
Human Development Index
0.83	0.769
GDP per capita
	$6,000 US
Literacy Rate
97.8%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
NA	5.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
6.7%	8.5%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	12.300%
Death Penalty
Legal	Legal

Political System
parliamentary democracy	constitutional monarchy
Independence date
	25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
Religions
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic	Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)
Languages
English	Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes
Exports
	clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals
External Debt
	$6,065,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Jordanian dinars (JOD) per US dollar - 0.709 (2008 est.), 0.709 (2007), 0.709 (2006), 0.709 (2005), 0.709 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	9.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago	Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia
Area
261 km sq	89,342 km sq
Coastline
135 km	26 km
Climate
tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)	mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)

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Saint Kitts and Nevis vs Jordan