Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Amman
EmbassyJordan · Ambassador: Shri Manish Chauhan
8 figures · 2 sources · built 2 hours ago
In short
India’s embassy in Jordan records bilateral trade of $3.04bn, a reported community of 18,940, 22 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 70%. Led by Shri Manish Chauhan, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$3.04bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Jordan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Investment” section
“In 2025-26 the bilateral trade was valued at US$ 3.042 billion with Indian exports to Jordan amounting to US$ 1.165 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence18,940
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Jordan"
“PIOs 153 + NRIs 18,787 = 18,940”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence22
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 26 November 1976)
“AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION — 26 November 1976”
Published: 26 November 1976 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
70%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 12 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Jordan”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 85 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to JordanUS dollars · as stated in the brief$1.17bn
Bilateral Brief — Jordan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Trade and Investment” section
“In 2025-26 the bilateral trade was valued at US$ 3.042 billion with Indian exports to Jordan amounting to US$ 1.165 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
People
Indian community in Jordanpersons · as stated in the brief17,500
Bilateral Brief — Jordan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Consular” section
“There are around 17,500 Indian nationals living in Jordan, mostly working in textile, construction and manufacturing sectors.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Jordan
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Political” section
“Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi visited Jordan on 15-16 Dec 2025 at the invitation of His Majesty King Abdullah II, which was first full-fledged bilateral visit taking place after a span of 37 years, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (22)
MEA Treaties Database- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON COOPERATION AND MUTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE IN CUSTOM MATTERSAid and Cooperation01 March 2018
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN FOR THE YEARS 2018-2022Cultural Relations and Sport01 March 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF MANPOWERAid and Cooperation01 March 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN FOR SETTING UP OF NEXT GENERATION CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN JORDANAid and Cooperation01 March 2018
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON EXEMPTION FROM VISA REQUIREMENT FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations01 March 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCESHealth01 March 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON PROPOSED MINING AND BENEFICIATION OF ROCK PHOSPHATE, MOP IN JORDAN SETTING UP PRODUCTION FACILITY IN JORDAN FOR PHOSPHORIC ACID/DAP/NPK FERTILIZERS WITH A LONG TERM AGREEMENT FOR 100 PERCENT OFF TAKE TO INDIAAid and Cooperation01 March 2018
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF STANDARDIZATION AND CONFORMITY ASSESSMENTAid and Cooperation11 October 2015
- CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMME BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN FOR THE YEARS 2015-2017Cultural Relations and Sport11 October 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDANDiplomatic Relations11 October 2015
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ELECTRONICSAid and Cooperation11 October 2015
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN ON MARITIME TRANSPORTMaritime Law11 October 2015
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN JORDAN AND INDIA FOR PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTSBusiness and Trade01 December 2006
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN FOR COOPERATION FOR COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTUREAid and Cooperation01 December 2006
- MOU ON CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDANAid and Cooperation08 December 2000
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HASEMITE KINGDOM OF JORDAN CONCERNING AIR SERVICESTransport16 October 1989
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATIONAid and Cooperation26 November 1976
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYScience and Technology26 November 1976
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDAN RELATING TO TRADEBusiness and Trade24 February 1976
- CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDANCultural Relations and Sport15 February 1976
- AGREEMENT RELATING TO TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDANBusiness and Trade18 July 1963
- TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND JORDANBusiness and Trade11 May 1962
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 13 sections, 21,672 characters of extractable text. Sections include: India-Jordan Bilateral Brief · Political · Digital Water Technologies · Remote Sensing, · Rainwater Harvesting, Artificial Recharge · Aquifer Management,.
Open the briefing (PDF)Where the sources disagree
Two public sources disagree on the size of the Indian community — 8% apart
- Overseas Indians18,940
- Indian community in Jordan17,500
Both are published by the Ministry of External Affairs, with no stated methodology. Neither is averaged away or preferred — the disagreement is the honest answer.