Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 42

17-October-2005

JORDAN

Jordans Unemployment Rate Put At 13%

The unemployment rate in Jordan is estimated at 13.4%, according to Minister of Labor Basim Salim. Speaking at a recent seminar in Geneva, the minister said that about 52.8% of the unemployed were in the 15-24 age bracket. He expected that some 600,000 would enter the jobs market over the next 10 years which would translate into an unemployment rate of 20%, if the government failed to adopt a...