Jordan’s Producer Prices Rise 5.41% in September, Nine-Month Gain Reaches 2.61%
Jordan’s industrial producer prices rose 5.41% in September from a year earlier, the Department of Statistics said on Sunday, the fastest annual rate since May after three months of easing.
For Jordan’s manufacturers and the businesses that buy from them, September broke a summer slide: the index rose from August for the first time since May, with prices up in all three sectors it covers. Over the first nine months, producer prices averaged 2.61% more than in the same period of 2025, a year in which they fell 0.75%. In The Edge’s reading, the gap between a 1.94-point rise in the annual rate and a 0.92% monthly gain reflects a soft September 2025 comparison, so October’s figures will be the cleaner test of whether the pickup lasts.
The index is measured against a 2018 base of 100. It reached 111.28 in September, up from 110.26 in August. That left it 11.28% above its base-year level. A year earlier it was 105.56.
Prices rise from August in every sector
The index rose 0.92% from August, its first monthly increase since May. It had fallen in each of the three months before, by 1.15% in June and 1.07% in July. August’s 0.61% decline, set out earlier on our page on Jordan’s September inflation, was the smallest of the three.
Manufacturing, which carries 88.74% of the index weight, rose 0.98% on the month. Extractive industries, weighted at 5.36%, rose 0.59%. Electricity, with a weight of 5.91%, rose 0.21%.
September’s level sits 1.70% above the nine-month average of 109.42, so the final quarter starts from a level above the year’s mean so far.
A soft base a year ago lifts the annual rate
The annual rate climbed to 5.41% from 3.47% in August. That 1.94-point step came as the index itself rose 0.92% on the month.
The two figures are not parts of one sum. The gap between them reflects the comparison base: the index fell between August and September 2025, to 105.56, so this September was measured against a lower month.
Manufacturing prices were 5.60% higher than a year earlier.
Extractive industries posted the highest annual rate of the three, at 6.46%. Electricity prices were 1.78% higher.
The department attributes September’s annual rise to all three sectors and prints their weights alongside. By The Edge’s calculation, applying those fixed weights to each sector’s annual rate gives an illustrative 5.42%, close to the published 5.41%. That is a rough guide, not an exact split of the annual change, since each sector’s true share also depends on how far its prices have moved against the others since the base year.
On that rough guide, manufacturing accounts for 4.97 points. Extractive industries, despite the highest rate of the three, come to 0.35 points because of their small weight, and electricity to 0.11 points.
September change by sector (%)
| Sector | On year | On month |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 5.60 | 0.98 |
| Extractive | 6.46 | 0.59 |
| Electricity | 1.78 | 0.21 |
| All industry | 5.41 | 0.92 |
On year: against September 2025. On month: against August 2026. Weights in the index: manufacturing 88.74%, extractive industries 5.36%, electricity 5.91%.
The nine-month rise climbs to 2.61%
The average index for January to September was 109.42, against 106.63 a year earlier. That 2.61% rise compares with 2.24% for the first eight months.
The step of 0.37 points was larger than in either of the two months before.
All three sectors are higher over nine months. Extractive industries lead at 5.68%, ahead of manufacturing at 2.52%. Electricity is up 1.22%.
Year-to-date change by sector (%)
| Sector | Jan to Sep |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing | 2.52 |
| Extractive | 5.68 |
| Electricity | 1.22 |
| All industry | 2.61 |
Average index for the period against the same period of 2025.
An April jump still shapes the year
The year began in negative territory. Producer prices fell 0.75% across 2025, and December 2025 stood 1.33% below December 2024.
January 2026 was 2.89% lower than January 2025. The annual rate stayed negative through March, then turned in April, when the index jumped 6.98% in a single month.
That was by far the largest of the monthly changes the department printed this year, and the department’s statement on the April figures gives no reason for it. The annual rate peaked at 6.62% in May.
The year-to-date figure turned positive with the May data, at 1.05%, and has risen with every release since. Between January and September, the annual rate swung 8.30 points.
September’s annual rate is now 1.21 points below May’s peak, but it is the highest since then.
Producer prices in 2026, change (%)
| Month | On year | On month | To date |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.89 | -0.79 | -2.89 |
| February | -2.64 | n.a. | -2.73 |
| March | -1.66 | 1.17 | -2.48 |
| April | 5.80 | 6.98 | -0.34 |
| May | 6.62 | 0.60 | 1.05 |
| June | 5.27 | -1.15 | 1.75 |
| July | 3.93 | -1.07 | 2.06 |
| August | 3.47 | -0.61 | 2.24 |
| September | 5.41 | 0.92 | 2.61 |
On year: against the same month of 2025. On month: against the previous month. To date: the average index from January to the month shown against the same period of 2025; for January, the month itself. n.a.: not available.
Producer prices run ahead of consumer prices
Consumer prices rose 2.73% in September from a year earlier, as set out earlier, against 5.41% for producer prices. That puts the producer rate 2.68 points above the consumer rate for the month.
Over nine months the two are much closer, at 2.61% for producers against 2.26% for consumers. The gap there is 0.35 points. On the month, consumer prices rose 0.16% in September, against the producer index’s 0.92%.
The two indices measure different baskets, so the gap is a comparison, not a forecast for shop prices.
The wider data set out earlier point to an economy that is still growing. Industrial output rose 3.34% in August from a year earlier, and the economy grew 3.0% in the second quarter.
Figures are from the Department of Statistics’ industrial producer price index release for September 2026, dated 1 November 2026, as carried by Petra, and its monthly releases for 2025 and 2026, base 2018 = 100; percentages, differences and weighted figures not attributed to a source are The Edge’s calculations.
Sources: Department of Statistics (Jordan), Petra, The Edge.
