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18.6% Unemployment Rate during the third Quarter of 2018

The Department of Statistics issued its quarterly report on the Unemployment Rate at the kingdom for the third quarter of 2018: The following are the main results: Unemployment:  The results show that the Unemployment Rate has reached (18.6%) during the third quarter of 2018 ; representing an increase by 0.1 percentage points of the third quarter of 2017.  the Unemployment Rate for males has reached (16.3% ) during the third quarter of 2018 against (27.1%) for females .It becomes clear [...]

December 4, 2018 Unemployment rate
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National exports increase by 3.0% and Imports increase by 0.3% during the first nine months of 2018

The statistical data issued by the Department of Statistics indicate that the value of total exports reached JD.4027.5 million during the first nine months of 2018 [i.e., an increase by 3.4% compared with the same period of 2017]. Meanwhile, the national exports value reached JD.3393.8 Million during the first nine months of 2018 [i.e. an increase by 3.0% compared with the same period of 2017]. The value of re-exports reached JD 633.7 million during the first nine months of [...]

December 2, 2018 Deficit in the Trade Balance, Exports, Imports, Re-exports
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3.1% the Average decrease in Agricultural Producers’ Prices during September 2018

The data issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the Average Agricultural Producers’ Price Index for September 2018 by 3.1% compared with September 2017. (The Price Index reached 100.5 in September 2018 compared with 103.7 in September 2017). The most significant crops that contributed to this decrease were tomatoes (70.2%), lemon (29.0%), okra (31.2%), string beans (43.2%), guava (19.6%), cabbage (55.6%), green pepper (28.0%), eggplants (15.1%), maize (23.6%) and scallion (41.3%).( the total of their relative importance [...]

November 18, 2018 Agricultural Producers Prices
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4.2% Decrease Industrial Production Quantities during September 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the General Industrial Production Quantities for Sep 2018 to reach 94.5 against 98.6 for the same month of 2017 recording a decrease by 4.2%. This mainly was a result of a decrease in the production quantities of manufacturing industries by 4.11 percentage points with a relative importance of 86.0% ,the production quantities of the quarrying Industries by 0.02 percentage points with a relative importance of 8.2% [...]

November 15, 2018 Industrial Production Quantities
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9.1% the average increase of Industrial Producer’s prices during Sep 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the General Industrial price index for September 2018 to reach 123.01 against 112.80 for the same month of 2017 recorded a growth by 9.1% compared with the same month of 2017. This mainly was a result of an increase in the production quantities of the manufacturing Industries by 8.07 percentage points with a relative importance of 86.0% [...]

November 14, 2018 Industrial producers prices
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4.0% the Average Increase of the Inflation Rate for October 2018

The monthly report on inflation in Jordan issued by the Department of Statistics indicates that the Consumer Price Average (Inflation) reached 125.1 in October 2018 against 120.3 during the same month of 2017 recorded an increase by 4.0%.The main commodities groups, which contributed to this increase, were “Transport” by 1.18 percentage points “Cereals and its Products” by 1.14 percentage points, “Tobacco and cigarettes” by 0.60 percentage points, “fuel and lighting” 0.47 percentage points, “Rents” 0.41 percentage points. Meanwhile, the [...]

November 13, 2018 Inflation rate
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2.6% the average increase in the prices of wholesale trade for the third quarter of 2018 compared with the same period of 2017

Data issued by the Department of Statistics on the wholesale trade prices indicate an increase in the wholesale trade prices Index for the third quarter of 2018 by 2.6% to reach 98.4 in 2018 compared with 95.9 during the same period in 2017. This was a result of an increase in the prices of the group “sale of motor vehicles and their parts and motorcycles” by 8.9% , this group has  increased the index number by 1.67 percentage points, [...]

November 5, 2018 Wholesale Trade
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National exports increase by 2.6% and Imports decrease by (1.3%) during the first 8 months

The statistical data issued by the Department of Statistics indicate that the value of total exports reached JD.3555.1 million during the first eight months of 2018 [i.e., an increase by 2.9% compared with the same period of 2017]. Meanwhile, the national exports value reached JD.2991.1 Million during the first eight months of 2018 [i.e. an increase by 2.6% compared with the same period of 2017]. The value of re-exports reached JD 564.0 million during the first eight months of [...]

October 23, 2018 Deficit in the Trade Balance, Exports, Imports, Re-exports
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10.0% the average increase of Industrial Producer’s prices during August 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates an increase in the General Industrial price index for August 2018 to reach 122.69 against 111.59 for the same month of 2017 recorded a growth by 10.0% .This mainly was a result of an increase in the production quantities of the manufacturing Industries by 9.08 percentage points with a relative importance of 86.0%, the quantities of quarrying production by 1.01 percentage points with a relative importance of 8.2%. Meanwhile, [...]

October 18, 2018 Industrial producers prices
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Industrial Production Quantities decrease by 8.8% during August 2018

The monthly report issued by the Department of Statistics indicates a decrease in the General Industrial Production Quantities for August 2018 to reach 95.2 against 104.4 for the same month of 2017 recording a decrease by 8.8% as compared with same month 2017. This mainly was a result of a decrease in the production quantities of the manufacturing Industries by 8.64 percentage points with a relative importance of 86.0%, the quantities of electricity production by 0.43 percentage points with a [...]

October 16, 2018 Industrial Production Quantities
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