Análisis del sector construcción jordano

Abstract

The construction sector in Jordan is an important economic sector due to its contribution to GDP and employment. Regard to the GDP, it was ranked the sixth inms of the highest economic sectors contribution to GDP and accounted the 5% in 2018. About the employment, for the 2018, the construction sector represented about 5% of employed Jordanians. Major and governmental projects are executed by registered contractors and classified according to the capital and executive capacity of the Ministry of Public Works.The secondary projects are implemented by skilled workers and contractors not registered in the union, which mostly includes finishing and electrical installations. The objective of this communication is to describe and analyse the Jordanian construction through the statistics of production rates, employment, public procurement, licenses number, etc., that will give us a picture of the historical evolution of sector to the current situation.