Work & Labour in Jordan 410 indicators covering work & labour for Jordan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Female unemployment rate 23.3% 2025 up 2.5% 13th Share of male vs. female employment in industry 18.2% 2025 down 22.4% 145th Share of male vs. female employment in agriculture 3.7% 2025 down 4.4% 150th Share of male vs. female employment in services 78.0% 2025 up 7.5% 5th Employment rate, men vs. women 53.2% 2025 up 0.8% 166th Employment rate 33.4% 2025 up 2.1% 180th Youth unemployment rate 38.9% 2025 up 25.8% 8th Population by labor force status 3.48 million people 2025 up 4.7% 80th Employee compensation as share of government spending 46.0% 2023 down 4.7% 16th CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 26.52 2025 down 20.5% 94th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 721.46 2024 up 5.3% 28th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 89.86 Persons 2022 up 81.7% 90th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 365.8 Persons 2022 up 32.5% 54th Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 4.0% 2020 down 33.6% 11th Female labor force by age 873 people 2024 up 104.0% 182nd Labor force participation rate by age 25.3% 2024 down 13.4% 167th Female labor force participation rate by age 12.5% 2024 up 19.2% 175th Jobs gap 721.71 2024 up 4.7% 24th Jobs gap rate 20.2 2024 down 17.6% 10th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 144.27 2024 down 34.4% 40th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 4 2024 down 48.7% 38th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 39.1% 2024 up 41.4% 8th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0071 units per square kilometre 2023 up 10.9% 38th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0001 units per square kilometre 2023 up 60.7% 180th Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 1.44 units per square kilometre 2023 up 59.3% 83rd Employment by status 88.7% 2024 up 4.1% 21st Share of workers who are employees vs. GDP per capita 88.7% 2024 up 4.1% 21st Monthly minimum wage (Local currency), per square kilometre 0.0029 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.8% 141st Monthly minimum wage, per square kilometre 0.0029 units per square kilometre 2023 up 36.8% 141st Employment 2,859 2024 up 34.9% 93rd Female labor force participation rates latest vs 1980, annual growth 11.86 % change on previous year 2024 up 361.0% 8th Fertility and female labor force participation, annual growth rate 11.86 % change on previous year 2024 up 361.0% 8th Female labor force participation rates slopes, annual growth rate 11.86 % change on previous year 2024 up 361.0% 8th Cases of fatal occupational injury 87 2006 up 770.0% 46th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.0% 2025 up 125.7% 82nd Unemployment with basic education 18.6% 2023 up 2.9% 12th Unemployment with basic education, male 19.3% 2023 up 13.2% 9th Unemployment with intermediate education 9.1% 2023 down 35.2% 34th Unemployment with basic education, female 9.5% 2023 down 66.8% 48th Unemployment with advanced education 26.6% 2023 up 11.4% 2nd Unemployment with intermediate education, female 25.9% 2023 down 16.8% 6th SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 3.48 2024 up 12.3% 50th Level of national compliance with labor rights 3.48 score 2024 up 12.3% 50th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 29.4% 2024 down 22.8% 12th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 7.1% 2023 down 26.9% 41st Labor force with basic education, female 6.9% 2023 down 17.4% 124th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 33.1% 2024 down 31.5% 16th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 26.0% 2024 down 9.9% 14th Labor force with basic education, male 68.5% 2023 up 2.6% 43rd Labor force with basic education 42.4% 2023 up 4.4% 78th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 9.9% 2023 down 30.1% 125th Labor force with intermediate education, male 63.5% 2023 up 6.1% 114th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 40.9% 2023 up 11.8% 123rd Unemployment with advanced education, male 20.7% 2023 up 21.8% 2nd Labor force with advanced education, male 70.7% 2023 down 6.0% 120th Labor force with advanced education 59.4% 2023 down 9.0% 123rd Labor force with advanced education, female 48.5% 2023 down 11.3% 121st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 13.2% 2024 up 32.3% 169th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 52.5% 2024 down 2.1% 159th Unemployment with advanced education, female 34.9% 2023 up 3.0% 3rd ← Previous Page 4 of 7 Next →