The Venture Capital & Private Equity
Country Attractiveness Index
Alexander Groh, Heinrich Liechtenstein, Karsten Lieser and Markus Biesinger

Jordan  
Rank: 67 · Score: 44.2  

Basic facts        
Population (millions) 11.3   IPOs and pulic issues (quartile) Bottom
GDP (US$ billions) 48.3   M&A volume (quartile) Bottom
GDP per capita (US$) 4,280.8   Venture capital investments (quartile) 3rd
GDP growth (per cent) 2.7   Private equity investments (quartile) 3rd
 
 
 
Performance Overview
Indicator   Rank / 125 Rank Trend Score
VC/PE Country Attractiveness Index 67 46, 52, 53, 58, 58 44.2
1 Economic Activity 116 9, 18, 7, 9, 9 50.1
2 Depth of Capital Market 65 60, 58, 60, 65, 60 32.6
3 Taxation 73 75, 77, 96, 73, 52 87.8
4 Investor Protection and Corporate Governance 55 16, 32, 68, 70, 70 67.4
5 Human and Social Environment 45 79, 79, 79, 80, 80 35.5
6 Entrepreneurial Opportunities 69 56, 52, 53, 54, 56 45.6


 
Historic performance, 2019-2023   Key driver performance, 2023
 

   
VC/PE Rank  
VC Rank  
PE Rank
Jordan  
Middle East
 
 
 
Peer Group Comparison
 
Regional Peers Economic Activity Depth of Capital Market Taxation Investor Protection and
Corporate Governance
Human and Social
Environment
Entrepreneurial
Opportunites
Oman 76.4 51.6 113.3 67.7 34.3 31.1
Kuwait 77.9 45.5 113.9 66.9 29.1 38.7
Qatar 83.7 32.8 127.8 47.2 42.1 50.7
Bahrain 70.2 32.0 101.3 77.5 35.1 40.7
Jordan 50.1 32.6 87.8 67.4 35.5 45.6
Lebanon 13.5 12.4 104.4 42.7 24.9 47.7
Syria 54.4 5.0 73.9 38.8 10.2 28.3
Last updated: 4 Nov 2023