Yearly Archives - 2017

Director General of the Department of Statistics (DoS) meets the Jordanian Pharmacists Association (JPhA) President

H.E. Director General of the Department of Statistics (DoS), Dr. Qassim Saeed Al-Zou'bi, met in his office the (JPhA) president Dr. Zeid Rowhi Al -Kilani. During the meeting, they discussed the possibilities of increasing cooperation between the (JPhA) and the (DoS) on issues of mutual interest. Dr. Zoubi also explained...

Dr. Zu’bi visit the “Statistics” North Region Office

H.E. The Director General of the Department of Statistics, Dr. Qassim Saeed Al Zu'bi paid a visit to the Irbid Office within a series of field visits to inspect the work progress, related activities and achievements in accordance with the executive plan in addition to meeting the statistics staff directly...

18.0% Unemployment Rate during the second Quarter of 2017

       The Department of Statistics issued its quarterly report on the Unemployment Rate during the Second quarter of 2017 : The following are the main results of this survey: Unemployment: The results show that the Unemployment Rate has reached 18.0% during the second quarter of 2017; the Unemployment Rate for males...

3.5% the Average Increase of the Inflation Rate for September 2017

The monthly report on inflation in Jordan issued by the Department of Statistics indicates that the Consumer Price Average (Inflation) reached 120.0 in September 2017 against 115.94 for September 2016 recorded an increase by 3.5%..The main commodities groups, which contributed to this increase, were “Transport” 15.4% representing 2.0 percentage point...

The Jordanian Statistical Training Center (JSTC) holds a training course titled “Withdrawal of Samples”

Mr. Ahmed Kbailat (JSTC director), represented H.E. the Director General of the Department of Statistics (DoS) Dr. Qassem Saeed Al-Zu'bi, in inaugurating the above training course at JSTC headquarters in the (DoS) which lasts for (3) days with the participation of (16) employees from various (DoS) directorates.  Ms. Ghaida Al-Khasawneh...

(DoS) Planning Committee Meeting

The Administration and Planning Committee headed by H.E. the Director General of the Department of Statistics, Dr. Qassem Saeed Al-Zu'bi, held its periodic meeting to follow up on the latest developments and achievements, especially the National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS) and the King Abdullah Award for Excellence and...

Important clarification by the Department of Statistics (DoS) on the implementation of the Seventh Population and Family Health Survey (PFHS)

The (DoS) began implementing the seventh (PFHS) on 1st October 2017 and would like to clarify the following points: The survey sample covers twenty thousand (20,000) households out of two (2) million households in Jordan, therefore will not cover all citizens. Blood tests will be carried out by trained and...