60% of Jordanians ‘not optimistic’ about economy — CSS poll

60% of Jordanians ‘not optimistic’ about economy — CSS poll

AMMAN — Only one quarter of the Jordanian population are optimistic about the current government, according to a survey conducted by the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS).

The CSS on Tuesday announced the findings of the Centre’s public opinion poll, the fifth of its kind since Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh’s appointment 30 months ago.

The survey is intended to evaluate the public’s view of the past two and a half years of government measures, CSS Director Zaid Eyadat told the press.

“The past three governments experienced difficult turmoil in the region and the difficultly of the pandemic internally, which obviously took a toll on people’s opinions and the results of the survey,” Eyadat explained.

Turning to the survey results, the CSS director said that 60 per cent of Jordanians are “not optimistic” about the Jordanian economy.

“The majority of Jordanians [74 per cent] believe most social matters are going in a negative direction because of the deteriorating economic situation, price hikes, rising numbers of poverty and unemployment and the corruption,” according to the survey.

As a result, 61 per cent of Jordanians believe that their current economic situation is worse than what it was 12 months ago, the survey found.

Meanwhile, only 37 per cent stated that