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Jordan: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1983–2024 · 42 observations · forecasts to 2031 · unemp

2024
21.4%percent
Change on 2023
−0.6 pointsfrom 22.0%
Average, 2015–2024
19.7%10 years
Record high and low
24.1% (2021)low 5.36% (1984)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
203121.3Forecast
203021.3Forecast
202921.3Forecast
202821.3Forecast
202721.3Forecast
202621.3Forecast
202521.3Forecast
202421.4
202322.0
202222.9
202124.1
202022.7
201919.1
201818.6
201718.3
201615.3
201513.1

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1983–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1984–2024
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1993–2022
  • International Labour Organization2000–2022
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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Jordan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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