{"version":"1","article":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","slug":"jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=en","title":"Jordan unemployment rate falls to 16.1% in second quarter","summary":"The rate for Jordanians and non-Jordanians declined from 16.5% a year earlier; the rate among Jordanian men and women was 21.0%, down from 21.3%.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-08T18:08:38+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-08T18:08:38+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-06","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Jordan Department of Statistics","url":"https://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/unemp_092026/","publishedAt":"2026-09-07","checkedAt":"2026-10-08"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":["metrics"],"data":{"version":1,"blocks":[{"id":"jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","type":"metrics","title":{"tr":"Ürdün işsizlik göstergeleri, 2026 ikinci çeyrek","en":"Jordan unemployment indicators, Q2 2026","ar":"مؤشرات البطالة في الأردن، الربع الثاني 2026","fr":"Indicateurs du chômage en Jordanie, T2 2026","es":"Indicadores de desempleo en Jordania, T2 2026"},"description":{"tr":"DoS’un toplam nüfus ve Ürdünlüler işsizlik oranları ile yıllık yüzde puan farkları.","en":"DoS total-population and Jordanian unemployment rates and annual percentage-point changes.","ar":"معدلات البطالة لإجمالي السكان والأردنيين والفروق السنوية بالنقاط المئوية.","fr":"Taux de chômage total et des Jordaniens publiés par le DoS et écarts annuels en points.","es":"Tasas de desempleo total y de jordanos publicadas por DoS y diferencias anuales en puntos."},"methodology":{"tr":"DoS’un yayımladığı gerçekleşmiş anket oranlarıdır. Toplam nüfus Ürdünlü ve Ürdünlü olmayanları kapsar; Ürdünlü oranı farklı kapsamdadır. 2025-2026 farkları yüzde puandır, göreli yüzde değişimi değildir.","en":"Observed survey rates published by DoS. Total population includes Jordanians and non-Jordanians; the Jordanian rate has a different population scope. The 2025–2026 differences are percentage points, not relative percent changes.","ar":"معدلات مسح مرصودة نشرتها الدائرة. يشمل إجمالي السكان الأردنيين وغير الأردنيين؛ ومعدل الأردنيين له نطاق مختلف. والفروق بين 2025 و2026 نقاط مئوية وليست تغيرات نسبية مئوية.","fr":"Taux observés de l’enquête publiés par le DoS. Le total comprend Jordaniens et non-Jordaniens ; le taux jordanien couvre une population différente. Les écarts 2025-2026 sont des points, non des variations relatives.","es":"Tasas observadas de la encuesta publicadas por DoS. El total incluye jordanos y no jordanos; la tasa jordana cubre otra población. Las diferencias 2025-2026 son puntos porcentuales, no cambios relativos."},"sourceUrls":["https://dosweb.dos.gov.jo/unemp_092026/"],"updatedAt":"2026-10-08T02:27:09+03:00","items":[{"label":{"tr":"Toplam nüfus işsizlik oranı Q2 2026","en":"Total-population unemployment rate Q2 2026","ar":"معدل البطالة لإجمالي السكان الربع الثاني 2026","fr":"Taux de chômage total T2 2026","es":"Tasa de desempleo total T2 2026"},"value":16.1,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-total-now","unitCode":"percent","geography":"jordan","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Toplam nüfus işsizlik oranı Q2 2025","en":"Total-population unemployment rate Q2 2025","ar":"معدل البطالة لإجمالي السكان الربع الثاني 2025","fr":"Taux de chômage total T2 2025","es":"Tasa de desempleo total T2 2025"},"value":16.5,"unit":"percent","period":"2025-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-total-prior","unitCode":"percent","geography":"jordan","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ürdünlüler işsizlik oranı Q2 2026","en":"Jordanian unemployment rate Q2 2026","ar":"معدل البطالة بين الأردنيين الربع الثاني 2026","fr":"Taux de chômage des Jordaniens T2 2026","es":"Tasa de desempleo de jordanos T2 2026"},"value":21,"unit":"percent","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-jordanian-now","unitCode":"percent","geography":"jordan","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ürdünlüler işsizlik oranı Q2 2025","en":"Jordanian unemployment rate Q2 2025","ar":"معدل البطالة بين الأردنيين الربع الثاني 2025","fr":"Taux de chômage des Jordaniens T2 2025","es":"Tasa de desempleo de jordanos T2 2025"},"value":21.3,"unit":"percent","period":"2025-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-jordanian-prior","unitCode":"percent","geography":"jordan","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"rate","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Toplam nüfus oranı farkı, yıllık","en":"Total unemployment rate difference year on year","ar":"الفرق السنوي في معدل البطالة الإجمالي","fr":"Écart annuel du taux total","es":"Diferencia interanual de la tasa total"},"value":-0.4,"unit":"percentage points","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-total-yoy-pp","unitCode":"percentage-point","geography":"jordan","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}},{"label":{"tr":"Ürdünlüler oranı farkı, yıllık","en":"Jordanian unemployment rate difference year on year","ar":"الفرق السنوي لمعدل البطالة بين الأردنيين","fr":"Écart annuel du taux des Jordaniens","es":"Diferencia interanual de la tasa de jordanos"},"value":-0.3,"unit":"percentage points","period":"2026-06","basis":"observed","measure":{"id":"jordan-unemployment-jordanians-yoy-pp","unitCode":"percentage-point","geography":"jordan","frequency":"quarterly","aggregation":"change","periodRole":"reference-period"}}]}]},"data_compilations":[{"id":"jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","creator":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/#organization","name":"Haber Paper","url":"https://haberpaper.com/"},"license":{"@type":"CreativeWork","@id":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1#license","name":"Haber Paper Original Data Compilation License 1.0","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/data-terms/v1"},"rights_scope":"Haber Paper original data arrangement, labels and methodology notes only; underlying source rights and permissions remain separate.","source_license_url":null}],"data_downloads":[{"id":"jordan-unemployment-q2-2026","formats":{"json":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026/data/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=en&format=json","csv":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026/data/jordan-unemployment-q2-2026?lang=en&format=csv"}}],"content":{"paragraphs":["Jordan’s Department of Statistics (DoS) reported an unemployment rate of 16.1% for the total population in the second quarter of 2026, down from 16.5% in Q2 2025. The release was published on 7 September. DoS defines the total-population figure as covering Jordanians and non-Jordanians. The change is a decline of 0.4 percentage points, which is different from a 0.4% relative decline. The agency also reported a rate of 21.0% among Jordanian men and women, down from 21.3% a year earlier, a reduction of 0.3 percentage points.","The total-population rate and the Jordanian-only subgroup rate have different population coverage. They should not be read as if the second figure were a breakdown of all residents: it is specifically the rate for Jordanians, while the first includes both Jordanians and non-Jordanians. The two published year-on-year reductions are also percentage-point differences between rates. For example, moving from 16.5% to 16.1% is a 0.4-point fall; it is not a four-tenths percentage increase in employment and does not say how many people found jobs.","An unemployment rate is a labour-market measure defined against the labour force, not the whole population. It does not count every adult without a job as unemployed: people outside the labour force are treated separately under survey definitions. The DoS release summary gives the headline Q2 rates but does not in this short announcement provide all details on participation, hours worked, job quality, sector, age or the number of unemployed people. A falling rate alone therefore cannot show whether more people entered employment, left the labour force, or experienced changes in job conditions.","The quarterly comparison gives a snapshot of the survey’s reference period and should be considered with other labour indicators. DoS describes its labour-force survey methodology as providing representation for non-Jordanians, which matters when interpreting the combined total-population rate. Seasonality and sample estimates can affect quarter-to-quarter readings; this release headline compares Q2 2026 with Q2 2025 rather than asserting a continuous trend. The cited figures are statistical observations reported by DoS, not a forecast.","The result indicates a lower measured unemployment rate than one year earlier for both the combined population and the Jordanian subgroup cited. It does not, by itself, quantify wage growth, household income, underemployment or the stability of new work. Readers should retain the population group, quarter and comparison basis with each number. The data can help frame labour-market discussion, but the short release does not establish causes for the decline or show which industries contributed to it."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"The rate for Jordanians and non-Jordanians declined from 16.5% a year earlier; the rate among Jordanian men and women was 21.0%, down from 21.3%.\n\nJordan’s Department of Statistics (DoS) reported an unemployment rate of 16.1% for the total population in the second quarter of 2026, down from 16.5% in Q2 2025. The release was published on 7 September. DoS defines the total-population figure as covering Jordanians and non-Jordanians. The change is a decline of 0.4 percentage points, which is different from a 0.4% relative decline. The agency also reported a rate of 21.0% among Jordanian men and women, down from 21.3% a year earlier, a reduction of 0.3 percentage points.\n\nThe total-population rate and the Jordanian-only subgroup rate have different population coverage. They should not be read as if the second figure were a breakdown of all residents: it is specifically the rate for Jordanians, while the first includes both Jordanians and non-Jordanians. The two published year-on-year reductions are also percentage-point differences between rates. For example, moving from 16.5% to 16.1% is a 0.4-point fall; it is not a four-tenths percentage increase in employment and does not say how many people found jobs.\n\nAn unemployment rate is a labour-market measure defined against the labour force, not the whole population. It does not count every adult without a job as unemployed: people outside the labour force are treated separately under survey definitions. The DoS release summary gives the headline Q2 rates but does not in this short announcement provide all details on participation, hours worked, job quality, sector, age or the number of unemployed people. A falling rate alone therefore cannot show whether more people entered employment, left the labour force, or experienced changes in job conditions.\n\nThe quarterly comparison gives a snapshot of the survey’s reference period and should be considered with other labour indicators. DoS describes its labour-force survey methodology as providing representation for non-Jordanians, which matters when interpreting the combined total-population rate. Seasonality and sample estimates can affect quarter-to-quarter readings; this release headline compares Q2 2026 with Q2 2025 rather than asserting a continuous trend. The cited figures are statistical observations reported by DoS, not a forecast.\n\nThe result indicates a lower measured unemployment rate than one year earlier for both the combined population and the Jordanian subgroup cited. It does not, by itself, quantify wage growth, household income, underemployment or the stability of new work. Readers should retain the population group, quarter and comparison basis with each number. The data can help frame labour-market discussion, but the short release does not establish causes for the decline or show which industries contributed to it.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"economy","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/economy-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic trading harbour with a cargo ship, containers and a bridge.","language":"en"}}}