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Jordan — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Jordan, 1991–2025.
Latest value · 2025
16.54%
Unemployment Rate · % of total labor force · -22.9% since 1991
Unemployment for Jordan was 16.54% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.44% in 1991. The lowest was 11.90% in 2014 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.76% per year.
Jordan ranks 13 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 7%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 9.00%, so Jordan sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 23% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
16.54%
First (1991)
21.44%
Change
-22.9%
Highest
21.44%
in 1991
Lowest
11.90%
in 2014
Average
15.39%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.76%
Years of data
35
Recent years
| Year | % of total labor force |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.54% |
| 2024 | 16.69% |
| 2023 | 16.62% |
| 2022 | 18.2% |
| 2021 | 19.84% |
| 2020 | 19.21% |
| 2019 | 16.8% |
| 2018 | 18.26% |
| 2017 | 18.12% |
| 2016 | 15.28% |
| 2015 | 13.08% |
| 2014 | 11.9% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the labor force without work but available for and seeking employment. National definitions differ, so cross-country comparison needs care. Figures are in % of total labor force. 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.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment 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.