Jordan Unemployment Rate

The jobless rate in Jordan increased to 19 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 18.4 percent in corresponding period of the previous year. The unemployment rate rose for females (28.9 percent from 27.8 in Q1 2018) and for males (16.4 percent from 16 percent). Unemployment Rate in Jordan averaged 13.92 percent from 2005 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 19 percent in the first quarter of 2019 and a record low of 10.80 percent in the second quarter of 2007.

Unemployment Rate in Jordan is expected to be 18.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Unemployment Rate in Jordan to stand at 17.90 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Jordan Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 18.30 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	TEForecast
2018-09-05	01:30 PM	Unemployment Rate	18.7%	18.4%	18.8%
2018-12-03	09:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	18.6%	18.7%	18.9%
2019-03-04	10:20 AM	Unemployment Rate	18.7%	18.6%	17.90%
2019-06-03	09:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	19%	18.7%	18.00%
2019-08-28	09:30 AM	Unemployment Rate		19%	18.00%
2019-11-29	09:30 AM	Unemployment Rate			17.90%

Jordan Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	19.00	18.70	19.00	10.80	percent	[+]
Population	10.31	10.11	10.31	0.84	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	35.10	35.80	40.60	35.10	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	9037.00	9213.00	13572.00	7558.00	Hundred	[+]
Employment Rate	28.40	29.10	35.80	28.40	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	2119.00	2125.00	2308.00	1279.00	Hundred	[+]

In Jordan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Jordan Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Jordan Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	19.00	18.70	19.00	10.80	2005 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	13.00	Apr/19	14.1	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.30	May/19	12.5	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	May/19	10.1	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	May/19	7.6	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Saudi Arabia	5.70	Mar/19	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.50	Jun/19	5.4	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	May/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.50	May/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.00	Jun/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	May/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.70	Jun/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
Mexico	3.50	May/19	3.5	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.30	May/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.10	May/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	May/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Jun/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.5	%