Ireland

Basic Information
Capital: Dublin
Language: English (official, the language generally used), Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) 
Population: 5,068,050
Total Area: 70,273 sq km 
Currency: Euro
 

The Diplomatic representation in Jordan: 
Embassy of the Republic of Ireland
Tel: +962 6 550 3234
Email: ammanem@dfa.ie 
Economic profile
GDP: $353.3 billion
Real Growth rate: 7.2%
GDP-Per Capita: $73,200
Inflation rate: 0.3%
Unemployment rate: 6.7%
 

Trade Balance:
Exports:  $219.7 billion 
Imports:  $98.13 billion
Budget:
Revenues:  86.04 billion
Expenditures: 87.19 billion

Natural resources: natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite
 

Major exports: machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, medical devices, pharmaceuticals; foodstuffs, animal products
 

Major imports: data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products, textiles, clothing
Trade partners: USA, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, France,  
 

Major Industries: pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages and brewing; medical devices
Agriculture Products: barley, potatoes, wheat; beef, dairy products
Labor force:  2.226 million distributed as follows: 
Agriculture: 5% 
Industry: 11%     
Services: 84%       

External Trade Between Jordan & Ireland- JOD

 Source: Department of Statistics

Main Jordanian Exports to Ireland:
-Products of the chemical or allied industries    
- Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitute    
- Base metals and articles of base metals    
 

Main Jordanian Imports from Ireland:
- Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes    
- Products of the chemical or allied industries    

Agreements between Jordan and Ireland 

• EU- Jordan Association Agreement – signed in 1997