Jordan Producer Prices Continue to Fall

Producer prices in Jordan fell 2.57% year-on-year in February 2026, following a 2.89% decline in January. This marked the thirteenth consecutive month of producer deflation and the second-largest drop in the current sequence. Prices continued to fall in manufacturing (-3.35% vs -3.51% in January), especially in food products (-3.71% vs -5.09%), textiles (-1.05% vs -1.46%), paper and paper products (-4.48% vs -6.24%), and refined petroleum products (-16.23% vs -11.98%). Meanwhile, price growth accelerated in mining and quarrying (6.37% vs 3.63%), largely driven by higher costs in other mining and quarrying activities (6.56% vs 3.35%). Producer inflation also picked up for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (1.55% vs 0.82%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.18%, reversing a 0.79% decline in the prior period.

Producer prices in Jordan fell 2.9% year-on-year in January 2026, slipping further from a 1.3% drop in the previous month. This marked the twelfth consecutive period of producer deflation and the steepest since September 2023, driven by a faster decline in manufacturing costs (-3.5% vs -1.8% in December 2025), particularly food products (-5.1% vs -3.1%) and refined petroleum products (-12.0% vs -3.4%). Meanwhile, price growth eased for mining and quarrying (3.6% vs 4.4%), due to moderated costs in other mining and quarrying activities (3.3% vs 4.6%), while extraction costs for crude oil and natural gas rebounded sharply (22.2% vs -5.1%). Costs also continued to rise for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (0.8% vs 0.3%). On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.8%, unchanged from the previous month.

Producer prices in Jordan dropped 1.3% year-on-year in December 2025, slipping further from a 0.8% fall in November. This marks the eleventh consecutive period of producer deflation and the steepest in three months, driven by a faster decline in manufacturing costs (-1.8% vs -1.1% in November), particularly food products (-3.1% vs -2.2%), refined petroleum products (-3.4% vs -3.6%), and basic metals (-13.1% vs -12.5%). Meanwhile, price growth eased for mining and quarrying (4.4% vs 7.2%), due to a decline in extraction costs of crude oil and natural gas slowed (-5.1% vs -6.5%), and the increase in prices of other mining and quarrying activities moderated (4.6% vs 7.4%). Costs also rebounded for electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (0.3% vs -2.4%). On a monthly basis, producer prices fell 0.8%, following a 0.5% gain in November.