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Labor Force Participation Rate for Jordan, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
40.05%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +1.8% since 1990
Labor participation for Jordan was 40.05% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 40.23% in 2017. The lowest was 36.40% in 2014 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.05% per year.
Jordan ranks 178 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 95%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 44.99%, so Jordan sits below it. It peaked in 2017 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 6%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
40.05%
First (1990)
39.34%
Change
+1.8%
Highest
40.23%
in 2017
Lowest
36.40%
in 2014
Average
39.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.05%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 40.05% |
| 2024 | 40.01% |
| 2023 | 40.12% |
| 2022 | 38.56% |
| 2021 | 38.67% |
| 2020 | 39.95% |
| 2019 | 39.24% |
| 2018 | 39.18% |
| 2017 | 40.23% |
| 2016 | 38.94% |
| 2015 | 37.66% |
| 2014 | 36.4% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.