Jordan’s unemployment rate edged down to 21.1% in the first quarter of 2026 from 21.2% in Q4 2025. It marked the lowest reading since Q1 2020 and was 0.2 percentage points lower than in the same quarter a year earlier. Male unemployment rose to 17.9% from 17.2% in Q4 2025, while the female unemployment rate fell to 32.7% from 34.8%. Meanwhile, the labour force participation rate stood at 34.5% in Q1 2026. source: Department of Statistics, Jordan
Unemployment Rate in Jordan decreased to 21.10 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 21.20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Jordan averaged 16.78 percent from 2005 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 25.00 percent in the first quarter of 2021 and a record low of 10.80 percent in the second quarter of 2007. This page provides - Jordan Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Jordan Unemployment Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Jordan decreased to 21.10 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 21.20 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Jordan is expected to be 22.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Jordan Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 22.00 percent in 2027 and 22.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.