Amman, Jordan’s unemployment rate went down by 0.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2022 to 23.1 per cent, compared with the same quarter of 2021, an increase of 0.5 per cent compared with the second quarter of 2022, the Department of Statistics (DoS) showed on Thursday.
The DoS noted that the unemployment rate for males was 20.5 per cent in the third quarter of 2022, compared with 33.1 per cent for females.
According to the figures, the unemployment rate for men dropped by 0.7 per cent while it grew by 2.3 per cent for women, compared with the third quarter of 2021.
In the third quarter of 2022, male unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 per cent, while female unemployment rose by 3.7 per cent compared with the second quarter of 2022.
According to the results, 59.3 per cent of the overall unemployed population holds secondary education degrees or higher, while 40.4 per cent has educational qualifications lower than secondary school.
Unemployment rates differed by educational level and gender, where 29.5 per cent of unemployed males hold a bachelor’s degree or higher compared to 81.8 per cent of unemployed females.
At the governorate level, Mafraq had the highest unemployment rate of 29.2 per cent, while Madaba had the lowest rate of 16.8 per cent.
Source: Jordan News Agency