Distillers Jordan
A one-page guide to Jordan for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Amman
- Official languages
- Arabic
- Currency
- Jordanian dinar (JOD)
- Time zone
- UTC+3 (no daylight saving)
- Area
- 89,342 km²
People
- Population
- 11.9 million (2025)
- Population growth
- -0.3% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 93.2%
- Aged under 15
- 30.2%
- Aged 65 and over
- 4.8%
- Life expectancy
- 78.0 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$61.7 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$5,169 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 2.8% (2025)
- Inflation
- 1.8% (2025)
Climate
Varies sharply with distance from the Mediterranean: the highlands, Jordan Valley slopes and mountains are Mediterranean, while the east and northeast are arid desert with high daytime heat, low humidity and cool nights. Warehouses in the Jordan Valley and desert south need heat control.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Restricted
- Legal drinking age
- 18 (Ministry of Interior instructions on liquor store permits, 2010, art. 6, as cited by Wikipedia)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 0.28 litres of pure alcohol (2024)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); Wikipedia - Legal drinking age; Wikipedia - Jordan; Jordan Customs Department; Eagle Distilleries - rum.cz; Euromonitor: Spirits in Jordan (Sept 2026, listing). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.