Labour Force (Total) rose 3.63% to 2.86 mil in Jordan in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Jordan reached an all time high of 2.86 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.756 mil in 1990. When compared to Jordan's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Iraq amounted to 11.2 mil, 4.19 mil in Israel, 16.1 mil in Saudi Arabia and 6.14 mil in Syria in 2021.
Jordan has been ranked 109th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 15 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Egypt | mil | 30.5 | 31.0 | 30.5 | 29.9 | 29.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 3.86 | 3.93 | 4.00 | 4.07 | 4.13 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 2.46 | 2.61 | 2.70 | 2.71 | 2.79 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 2.24 | 2.34 | 2.40 | 2.53 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 2.08 | 2.02 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 1.85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 12.8 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 15.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 4.96 | 4.95 | 5.04 | 5.27 | 5.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 30.8 | 31.9 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 6.14 | 6.21 | 6.27 | 6.19 | 6.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 6.08 | 6.30 | 6.53 | 6.75 | 6.97 |
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