23.1% unemployment rate during the third quarter of 2022
The Department of Statistics issued its quarterly report on the unemployment rate in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for the 3rd quarter of 2022, and the following is a review of the most important results:
The unemployment:
- The unemployment rate during the 3rd quarter of 2022 reached (23.1%), recording a decrease of 0.1 percentage points compared to the same period of 2021, and recording an increase of 0.5 percentage points higher than the 2nd quarter of 2022.
- The unemployment rate for males during the 3rd quarter of 2022 was (20.5%) compared to (33.1%) for females. It is clear that males’ unemployment rate decreased by 0.7 percentage points while the females’ unemployment rate increased by 2.3 percentage points compared to the 3rd quarter of 2021.
- Comparing the unemployment rate in the 3rd quarter of 2022 with the second quarter of 2022, it is noticed that the male’s unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage points while the females’ unemployment rate increased by 3.7 percentage points.
