Khaberni - The Jordan Chamber of Industry confirmed that the Jordanian industrial sector continued its strong performance during 2025, achieving positive results in terms of growth, employment, production, and trading on the stock exchange. The sector succeeded in creating more than 6,000 new job opportunities for Jordanians during the first nine months of the current year, bringing the total number of organized workers in the sector to more than 270,000, with a growth rate of 4.5% for Jordanian labor compared to the same period in 2024.
The Chamber clarified that about half of the new job opportunities were concentrated in the food industry sector, as a result of the development of its exports and their continued growth during the current year, which reflects the direct impact of industrial exports activities in enhancing employment opportunities and stimulating real growth, and confirms that expansion into foreign markets has become a main lever for economic development and job opportunities in the kingdom.
The Chamber explained that the industrial sector achieved real growth of 4.8% during the second quarter of 2025, contributing to 39% of the total national economic growth, which confirms its pivotal role in supporting the economy and creating quality job opportunities.
Data showed an increase in the industrial production index by 1.76% during the first eight months of the year, driven by increased production in nine out of ten industrial sectors, notably the construction industries (+5.5%), packaging and wrapping (+4.1%), engineering industries (+3.5%), and iron and steel (+37%), which is the highest growth level recorded by the manufacturing industries in 17 years.
In the aspect of foreign trade, industrial exports grew by 7.5% during the first eight months of 2025, representing 91% of total national exports, while the export coverage ratio of imports reached 51%, which is the highest in the history of Jordanian trade.
Regarding the performance of the industry on the Amman Stock Exchange, the share of industrial companies from the market value was 42.2%, while they constituted 31.6% of the trading volume during September 2025, and the industrial sector contributed 42.56% to the general index of the stock market, reflecting the strength of the industry's contribution to local financial and investment activity.
The Chamber confirmed that this integrated performance reflects a qualitative transformation in the structure of the industrial sector towards high-value-added products, adopting digital transformation and energy efficiency, in addition to expanding export markets including non-traditional ones such as Europe and some African countries.
The Chamber emphasized that the year 2025 represents a phase of recovery and qualitative transformation in the journey of the Jordanian industry, which has proven its ability to create job opportunities, stimulate economic growth, and enhance investor confidence, in line with the goals of the Economic Modernization Vision 2033. It highlighted that the second phase of the Modernization Vision is hoped to truly and effectively unleash the potential of the industrial sector and achieve the desired targets.
