Jordan's GDP growth reached 2% in the fourth quarter of 2022, while growth reached 2.5% last year compared to 2021.
The Department of Statistics issued the preliminary results of the quarterly estimates of GDP at constant market prices for the fourth quarter of 2022, where the results showed a growth of 2% during the fourth quarter of 2022 compared to the same period of 2021, and a growth of 2.5% in 2022 compared to 2021.
Preliminary estimates showed that the economic sectors achieved growth during the fourth quarter of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021, where the agriculture, hunting, forestry, and fishing sector achieved the highest growth rate during this period, reaching 4.8%, contributing 0.28 percentage points of the achieved growth rate. The construction sector contributed 3.2% and 0.1 percentage points. Manufacturing contributed 2.7%, contributing 0.5 percentage points. Wholesale and retail trade, hotels, and restaurants contributed 2.6%, contributing 0.21 percentage points to the achieved growth rate.
Source (Al-Araby Al-Jadeed Newspaper, Edited)
