WFP Country Brief February 2023

The preliminary results of WFP’s Food Security Outcome Monitoring for Quarter1 2023 showed that the food insecurity of refugee beneficiaries decreased compared to Quarter1 2022. 62 percent of refugees in host communities and camps benefiting from WFP assistance were food insecure, compared to 72 percent in Quarter1 2022 thanks to the increased seasonal job opportunities. However, households headed by women, large households, and households with persons with disabilities disproportionally resort to crisis and emergency coping strategies. According to the Department of Statistics, Jordan’s unemployment rate was 23 percent during the fourth quarter of 2022; with a slight decrease compared to the same quarter in 2021. Unemployment is 20.6 percent among men compared to 32 percent among women. The youth unemployment rate remained extremely high at 47 percent.