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A study launched by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and its partners found that 65.1% of Jordan’s population is of working age, compared with 30.2% under the age of 15 and 4.8% aged 65 or older. This creates an opportunity to boost growth and productivity—if it leads to broader economic participation and better job opportunities. In 2025, labour force participation stood at 38.9% overall: 16.3% among women, compared with 58.9% among men. Unemployment among people aged 20–24 reached 41.5%. The study’s scenarios suggest that raising the wages of workers under 35 by 10% could increase the annual demographic dividend for 2026–2040 from 0.09% to 0.26%; reducing the gender pay gap by 25% could raise it to 0.45%. The findings call for investment in employment, skills, education and training; stronger participation by women and young people, as well as social protection; and preparation for the share of people aged 65 or older to rise to more than 10% in the early 2040s and 20% by the mid-2070s.
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