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...
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