Khaberni - A recent report issued by the Arab Monetary Fund expects the inflation rate in Jordan to rise to 2.6% by 2026, compared to 2.2% in 2025, according to the report on the prospects of the Arab economy.
The report indicates that Jordan is among the countries with the lowest recorded inflation rates within the group, having seen a notable slowdown in 2024 to 1.6%, compared to 2.1% in 2023. The decline is attributed to the balanced economic policies implemented by the government and the central bank, which have contained inflationary pressures, in addition to the decline in global commodity prices and the resulting reduction in import costs and support for local price stability, according to opinions.
The report expects the inflation rate in Jordan to register at 2.2% in 2025 before rising to 2.6% in 2026 amidst current economic developments.
In a regional context, the Arab Monetary Fund report suggests that the inflation rate in the group of Arab oil-importing countries will see a significant drop during 2025 and 2026, amid the continuous gradual decrease of global inflation rates since 2023, despite internal economic challenges and pressures on local currency exchange rates in some of the group’s countries.
The report anticipates that the inflation rate in these countries will reach around 31% in 2025, then decline to 20.4% in 2026, after high rates were recorded at 63.2% in 2023 and 48.9% in 2024.
The report states that the high inflation levels in the group during 2023 were driven by sharp increases in Lebanon (221.3%), Sudan (190.3%), and Syria (117.3%). Despite a notable decline in 2024 in Lebanon to 45.2% and in Syria to 57%, Sudan remained at high inflation levels close to 170%, along with the continued rise in inflation in Egypt to around 27.9% due to the depreciation of the Egyptian pound, which limited the potential for a larger decrease in the group's inflation rate during 2024.
