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Other
Manufacturing
55 Industries 0.722 78 0.672 81 1.054 37 0.586 52
56 Electricity 1.111 14 1.759 5 1.107 26 1.627 10
57 Water Supply 1.111 15 1.033 24 1.069 33 0.821 31
58 Construction 1.316 4 1.090 21 1.416 2 0.852 29
59 Trade 0.970 48 2.528 3 0.793 65 2.329 6
Hotels &
60 Restaurants 1.019 35 0.797 40 0.859 62 0.591 51
61 Road Transport 0.963 50 2.741 2 0.884 59 2.261 8
62 Rail Transport 1.061 25 0.691 69 0.976 53 0.495 72
63 Pipelines transport 0.697 80 1.215 17 0.935 55 0.982 24
Sea Transport &
64 Ports 1.194 9 0.676 79 1.036 39 0.484 80
65 Air Transport 1.618 1 1.440 12 1.496 1 1.081 19
Services Incidental
66 to Transport 0.979 44 1.247 16 0.775 67 0.996 23
Storage &
67 Warehousing 0.868 66 0.800 39 0.670 73 0.584 53
Travel, Tour
68 Operators Services 1.356 2 0.677 75 1.097 29 0.485 77
69 Postal Services 1.182 10 0.714 58 0.986 52 0.516 66
Telecommunication
70 Services 1.050 26 1.469 11 0.784 66 1.149 18
Information
&Computer
71 Technology 0.934 57 0.746 48 0.748 69 0.543 59
72 Banking Sector 0.882 64 1.788 4 0.666 74 1.499 11
73 Insurance 1.105 18 0.852 34 0.845 64 0.648 46
Other Financial
74 Sector 0.854 68 0.837 36 0.632 76 0.633 50
75 Business Services 0.840 71 1.580 8 0.645 75 1.293 13
76 Real estate 0.764 75 1.521 9 0.560 78 1.244 15
Ownership of
77 Dwellings 0.742 76 0.676 80 0.555 79 0.484 81
78 Education 0.849 69 0.729 53 0.692 71 0.527 63
79 Health Services 1.040 27 0.771 42 1.016 46 0.562 56
Public
Administration and
80 Defence 0.676 81 0.705 66 0.484 81 0.509 69
81 Others Services 0.867 67 1.655 6 0.680 72 1.316 12

3. They Key (Leading) Sectors in the Jordanian Economy
Key or leading sectors are defined as those sectors for which both backward and forward

linkages indices are greater than one. They are, accordingly, the basic industries, whose products

are distributed as inputs to many other domestic industries, as well as being sold directly to final

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