Amman, Dec.27 (Petra) - The national economy showed "exceptional" resilience and capacity to overcome difficulties after achieving a range of positive indicators that reflect strength of the economic structure and soundness of financial policies.

Despite the challenges facing the region, the national economy continued to record positive indicators, mainly growth, monetary stability, exports, tourism, and real estate, in addition to tangible progress in several key sectors.

These indicators reflect outcomes of Royal support and attention, government reforms and decisions, and a balanced economic approach focused on strengthening confidence in the national economy, supporting financial stability, and stimulating productive and investment activity.

These factors contributed to maintaining a sustainable growth trajectory and improving many macroeconomic indicators.

The Kingdom's real GDP grew by 2.8% during the second quarter of the year, marking a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2024, which recorded growth of 2.4%.

According to key economic performance indicators during 2025 monitored by "Petra," based on official figures, growth covered most economic sectors, as agriculture topped the list at 8.6%, followed by manufacturing at 5.0%.

At the sectoral level, the electricity and water sector grew by 4.9%, and the social and personal services sector by 4.0%. The transport, storage, and communications industries also saw a notable improvement.

The finance, insurance, and real estate services sector recorded the highest contribution to GDP at 18.3%, followed by manufacturing at 18.2%, government services at 12.6%, wholesale and retail trade, hotels, and restaurants at 9.5%, and the transport, storage, and communications sector at 9%.

This growth coincided with a clear improvement in macroeconomic indicators.

The data revealed the value of national exports during the first ten months of 2025 increased by 7.6% to reach JD7.807 billion, while the value of re-exports rose by 9.1% to reach JD781 million.

Total exports grew by 7.7% to reach JD8.588 billion, compared to the same period last year.

Regarding the monetary sector, the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ)'s foreign currency reserves rose to $24.6 billion by the end of last November, a level sufficient to cover the Kingdom's imports of goods and services for 8.8 months.

As for the labor market, the overall unemployment rate (for Jordanians and non-Jordanians) reached 16.2% during the third quarter of 2025, marking a decrease of 0.1%, compared to the same period in 2024, and 0.3%, compared to the second quarter of the same year.

The unemployment rate among Jordanian men went down to 18%, marking a 0.3% drop compared to the third quarter of 2024.

The data showed a 1.7% decrease in the overall unemployment rate for Jordanians over the past three years, while male unemployment has fallen by 4.4% since 2021.

In public finance, domestic revenues increased by approximately JD300 million by the end of September 2025, reaching JD6.953 billion, compared to JD6.653 billion for the same period in 2024.

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