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(c) Brookings

The youth unemployment crisis in Jordan is stark. According to World Bank data, 37 percent of Jordanian youth ages 15-24 are unemployed, and this statistic has risen nearly 10 percentage points in the past five years. Jordan has the third highest unemployment rate in the Middle East and North Africa region, home of the world’s highest youth unemployment rate for the past 25 years.

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