Jordan Industrial Output Growth Slows in December

Industrial output in Jordan rose 0.35% year-on-year in December 2025, easing from a downwardly revised 0.69% increase in the previous month. Industrial activity dropped in the manufacturing sector (-0.40% vs 0.41% in November), as production fell in beverages (-26.81%), wearing apparel (-14.50%), paper and paper products (-0.69%), partly offsetting gains in motor vehicles, trailers, and semi-trailers (42.20%) and computer, electronic and optical products (3.87%). Meanwhile, output increased sharply in mining and quarrying (11.64% vs 7.87%), particularly in crude oil and natural gas extraction (20.65%) and other mining activities (11.50%). Electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply also rebounded to 1.94%, following a 1.33% decline in November. On a monthly basis, industrial activity rose 0.52% from 0.06% in the previous month. For the full year 2025, industrial output was 1.29% higher compared with 2024.

Industrial output in Jordan rose 1.38% year-on-year in November 2025, picking up from a 1.19% increase in October. This marks the second consecutive month of industrial growth, driven by a surge in mining and quarrying (16.06% vs 3.36% in October), particularly in other mining activities (17.43%). Meanwhile, manufacturing output rose at a slower pace (0.74% vs 0.95%), as higher production in paper and paper products (8.32%), chemicals and chemical products (11.70%), and printing and reproduction of recorded media (17.81%) was partly offset by declines in food products (-4%), beverages (-2.42%), and wearing apparel (-11.52%). Production for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply went down by 1.33%, following a 4% gain previously. On a monthly basis, industrial activity rose 0.74%, rebounding from a 1.34% drop in October. For the January–November period, industrial output was 1.44% higher compared with the same period last year.

Industrial output in Jordan grew by 1.19% year on year in October 2025, recovering from a 0.80% contraction in the previous month. The rebound was driven by a recovery in the mining and quarrying sector (3.36% vs -0.87% in September) and a faster rise in electricity production (4.0% vs 3.24%). Meanwhile, manufacturing activity moderated (0.87% vs 1.45%). For the first ten months of 2025, industrial output rose by 1.44% compared with the same period a year earlier. However, on a monthly basis, industrial production fell by 1.41%, following a 3.58% drop in September, reflecting short-term fluctuations across key sectors. Since the August figures, the index has been calculated using a new reference year, with 2018 set as the base (2018 = 100), replacing the previous 2010 baseline.