AMMAN — Jordanians working in
Qatar sent home a staggering $440 million (JD312 million) in 2022, a 10 percent
increase compared to 2021 remittances, according to Qatari officials and
directors of exchange and money transfer companies.
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In interviews with the Jordan News Agency,
Petra, on Tuesday, the officials said that remittances by Jordanian expatriates
in 2022 may be the highest in several years. This year’s figures showed an
increase of 10 percent from 2021 remittances, which totaled $400 million
(JD283.6 million), and a 46.6 percent growth compared to
2020 remittances,
which reached $300 million (212.7 million).
A growing Jordanian communityMansour Al-Marri, who is the director of a
Qatari exchange company, said that the growth of the Jordanian community in the
Gulf country contributes significantly to the high remittance numbers.
Currently, around 70,000 Jordanian expats live in Qatar, the majority of whom work in the administrative, medical, and education sectors.
Currently, around 70,000 Jordanian expats
live in Qatar, the majority of whom work in the administrative, medical, and
education sectors.
A few years ago, Qatar launched an
initiative to create 20,000 jobs for Jordanian youth. The first stage,
providing about 10,000 jobs in the Qatari workforce for Jordanians, was
completed at the end of last year.
According to data recently released by the
Central Bank of Jordan, the total value of Jordanian
expatriate remittances in
the first ten months of 2022 increased by 0.6 percent compared to the same
period in 2021 to exceed $2.829 billion (JD2 billion), while in October alone,
they increased by 2.8 percent compared to the same month last year, reaching
$290.4 million (JD205.9 million).
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