1 INTRODUCTION 1.3 UNEMPLOYMENT IN JORDAN

Looking at the distribution of unemployment by age group, educational attainment, and sex presents a more significant problem. It is really disappointing that the youth population 16-24 years old has such a high unemployment rate, especially given how high their ambitions for the future are. Young individuals experience a great deal of uncertainty when they join the labour market. [1]

Results indicate that 53.5% of the total unemployed are holders of a secondary certificate or higher, and that 46.2% of the total unemployed had educational qualifications below secondary school.

The percentage of the unemployed varied according to the educational level and gender, as the percentage of unemployed males holding a bachelor’s degree or higher was 25.5% compared to 78.9% for females, while the unemployment rate among young people in the age group 15-24 years was 46.1% of the total (42.2% for males compared to 63.3% for females).