Jordan vs Libya: Unemployment rate

Jordan

16.5%

in 2025

Libya

18.8%

in 2025

Jordan rank

13th

Libya rank

10th

Unemployment rate over time

Libya currently reports 18.8% against 16.5% in Jordan, a difference of 2.2%.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Jordan ahead.

Jordan ranks 13th and Libya ranks 10th of 186 countries.

Indicator: Unemployment rate
Unit: %
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 186 places, 6,496 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.