Jordan’s unemployment rate inched up to 21.4% in Q3 2025, rising from 21.3% in the previous two quarters, which was its lowest level since Q1 2020 but down 0.1 percentage points from 21.5% in the same quarter last year. The increase was attributed to a rise in female Jordanian unemployment, which reached 33.9%, up 0.6 percentage points from Q3 2024 and 1.1 percentage points from the previous quarter. This coincided with graduates entering the labour force after completing their studies in the first half of the year. Meanwhile, male unemployment was 18%, down 0.3 points from Q3 2024 and 0.1% from Q2 2025. The share of unemployed Jordanians with secondary education or higher was 59.1%, while 40.3% had less than secondary education. The labour participation rate was 33.4%, down from 34.3% in Q3 2024. source: Department of Statistics, Jordan
Unemployment Rate in Jordan increased to 21.40 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 21.30 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Jordan averaged 16.67 percent from 2005 until 2025, 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 February of 2026.
Unemployment Rate in Jordan increased to 21.40 percent in the third quarter of 2025 from 21.30 percent in the second quarter of 2025. Unemployment Rate in Jordan is expected to be 20.00 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 21.00 percent in 2026 and 22.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.