Saudi Arabia leads investment in Jordan

Figures by the Jordan Investment Board (JIB) have indicated that Saudi investments in Jordan have ranked first with a total of JD934m. Most foreign investments in the kingdom were in the industrial, hotels, agricultural, transport, hospitals, and recreation sectors, JIB said. Investments by the US ranked second with JD571m, followed by the UK with JD393m, Iraq JD347m, Bahrain JD335m, Egypt JD215m, the UAE JD191m, the Palestinian National Authority JD119m, Kuwait JD114m, and Belgium JD99m.