Unemployment rate: Jordan
16.535% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.535 |
| 2024 | 16.693 |
| 2023 | 16.62 |
| 2022 | 18.2 |
| 2021 | 19.837 |
| 2020 | 19.213 |
| 2019 | 16.801 |
| 2018 | 18.257 |
| 2017 | 18.12 |
| 2016 | 15.275 |
| 2015 | 13.075 |
| 2014 | 11.9 |
| 2013 | 12.6 |
| 2012 | 12.2 |
| 2011 | 12.9 |
| 2010 | 12.5 |
| 2009 | 12.9 |
| 2008 | 12.7 |
| 2007 | 13.1 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2005 | 14.8 |
| 2004 | 14.626 |
| 2003 | 14.5 |
| 2002 | 15.3 |
| 2001 | 14.7 |
| 2000 | 13.7 |
| 1999 | 13.763 |
| 1998 | 13.841 |
| 1997 | 13.74 |
| 1996 | 13.7 |
| 1995 | 14.6 |
| 1994 | 16.894 |
| 1993 | 19.7 |
| 1992 | 19.947 |
| 1991 | 21.439 |