Relationship dossier
India
Jordan
Relationship assessment
India and Jordan maintain a strategic partnership with high-level engagement and practical cooperation.
India toward Jordan
+45India has pursued structured cooperation with Jordan through the strategic partnership established in 2018 and bilateral agreements covering areas including defence, culture, and manpower. Indian partners also participate in Jordan India Fertilizer Company, a joint venture with Jordanian partners.
Jordan toward India
+45Jordan has participated in the 2018 strategic partnership with India and bilateral agreements covering areas including defence, culture, and manpower. Jordanian partners participate with Indian partners in Jordan India Fertilizer Company, a joint fertilizer-production venture.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship rests on a strategic partnership, recurring high-level engagement, sectoral agreements, and an enduring joint fertilizer venture. These practical arrangements support a substantially cooperative bilateral structure, while the scale and implementation of some forms of cooperation remain unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
India and Jordan maintain a cooperative relationship supported by a strategic partnership, regular high-level engagement, and practical collaboration. The 2018 strategic partnership was accompanied by agreements in areas including defence, culture, and manpower. A major bilateral commercial project, Jordan India Fertilizer Company, links Indian and Jordanian partners in phosphate-based fertilizer production. The relationship is not known for major bilateral disputes.
Key developments
India and Jordan elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership during King Abdullah II's visit to India.
Jordan India Fertilizer Company, a joint venture involving Indian and Jordanian partners, was established to produce phosphoric acid in Jordan.
Major uncertainties
- The current scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation agreements are unclear.
- The scale of ongoing defence and security cooperation is uncertain.