Jordan Producer Inflation Rises Most in Over 3 Years

Producer prices in Jordan increased 6.6% year-on-year in May 2026 from 5.8% in the previous month. This marked the second consecutive annual increase since January 2025 and the highest reading since November 2022, driven by a sharp acceleration in mining and quarrying prices, which rose 17.18% from 8.98% in April. At the same time, manufacturing prices picked up to 6.43% from 5.93%, driven particularly by the manufacture of paper and paper products, refined petroleum products, and fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment. Meanwhile, inflation eased in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (0.55% vs. 1.12%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 0.60% in May, slowing sharply from 6.99% in the previous month.

Producer prices in Jordan increased 5.8% year-on-year in April 2026, rebounding from a 1.66% decline in the previous month and marking the first annual increase since January 2025, as well as the highest reading since November 2022. The turnaround was driven by a rebound in manufacturing prices, which rose 5.93% after a 1.87% decline in March, alongside a pick up in mining and quarrying prices, which climbed 8.98% following a 1.13% fall. At the same time, costs edged higher in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (1.12% vs 1.0%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 6.98% in April, accelerating sharply from 1.17% in the previous month. Over the January–April 2026 period, producer prices fell 0.34% compared with the same period a year earlier, as declines in manufacturing prices outweighed increases in mining and electricity costs.

Producer prices in Jordan fell 1.66% year-on-year in March 2026, easing from a 2.57% decline in the previous month. This marked the fourteenth consecutive period of producer deflation, albeit at a softer pace, as manufacturing costs declined more slowly (-1.87% vs -3.35% in February), particularly due to smaller price decreases in food products, printing and reproduction of recorded media, refined petroleum products, and basic metals. Meanwhile, price growth moderated in electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply (1.0% vs 1.5%), while prices in the mining and quarrying sector declined (-1.13% vs +6.37%), largely driven by a 1.07% fall in the cost of other mining and quarrying activities and a continued contraction in the extraction of crude oil and natural gas (-4.47%). On a monthly basis, producer prices rose 1.17% in March, accelerating from 0.18% in the previous month.