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

Jordan

16.8%

in 2024

Malawi

15.4%

in 2024

Jordan rank

9th

Malawi rank

11th

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates over time

Jordan
Malawi

How they compare

Jordan currently reports 16.8% against 15.4% in Malawi, a difference of 1.4%.

That makes Jordan's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

Across all 8 years both countries report, Jordan has been ahead every year.

Jordan ranks 9th and Malawi ranks 11th of 185 countries.

Individual pages

Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Jordan
Unemployment rates: modeled vs. national estimates in Malawi
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.