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Unemployment rate in Jordan

How hard is it to have a job there?

Jordan's unemployment rate is 16.54 % — #120 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

16.54%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Jordan over time

19.84 %15.87 %11.90 %19.84 % · 202111.90 % · 20142000: 13.70 %2001: 14.70 %2002: 15.30 %2003: 14.50 %2004: 14.63 %2005: 14.80 %2006: 14.00 %2007: 13.10 %2008: 12.70 %2009: 12.90 %2010: 12.50 %2011: 12.90 %2012: 12.20 %2013: 12.60 %2014: 11.90 %2015: 13.07 %2016: 15.28 %2017: 18.12 %2018: 18.26 %2019: 16.80 %2020: 19.21 %2021: 19.84 %2022: 18.20 %2023: 16.62 %2024: 16.69 %2025: 16.54 %20002012202516.54 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#120 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
3 %
4 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.16 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.30 pp
peak 19.84 % in 2021
Full series
▲ 2.84 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #36 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +11.28 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Jordan: ahead of 3 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentJordan 16.54 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Jordan is ahead of 3 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Jordan
118 Tunisia15.11 %−1.43 pp
119 Iraq15.48 %−1.05 pp
120 Jordan16.54 %—
121 Libya18.76 %+2.22 pp
122 Namibia19.29 %+2.76 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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