Iraq vs Jordan: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates

Iraq

16.2%

in 2021

Jordan

16.8%

in 2024

Iraq rank

10th

Jordan rank

9th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Iraq
Jordan

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 16.8% against 16.2% in Iraq, a difference of 0.6%.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Jordan has been ahead every year.

Iraq ranks 10th and Jordan ranks 9th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Iraq
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Jordan
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates
Unit: %
Source: Labour Force Statistics, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 185 places, 5,169 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon. Figures refer to national estimates and may not be fully comparable across countries.