The Ministry of Investment Launches Its Performance Report for the First Half of the Current Year

* The total volume of investments in development areas increased by 18.79 percent.

* 65 investors obtained Jordanian citizenship with investments amounting to 72 million dinars.

* The number of investment opportunities offered on the 'Invest in Jordan' platform increased to 120 investment opportunities.

Amman, September 15 (Petra) - Mashhur Al-Shikhaneh – The Ministry of Investment launched its performance report for the first half of 2026, which showed a noticeable acceleration in a number of investment indicators, progress in developing the legislative and regulatory environment, simplifying and digitizing procedures, and improving the efficiency of services provided to investors.

The Ministry confirmed that the achieved results reflect the transition of investment work, within the framework of the second phase of the Economic Modernization Vision for the years 2026–2029, from building frameworks and legislation to accelerating implementation and maximizing economic and developmental impact, by attracting quality investments, enabling existing projects to expand and develop, and directing investment activity towards sectors with added value and governorates, which supports local development and expands the base of production and operation.

Investment Minister Dr. Tariq Abu Ghazaleh told the Jordanian News Agency (Petra) that the report reflects the Ministry's approach, which is based on establishing transparency, measuring performance, clearly presenting results, and continuing to work on converting investment policies and opportunities into productive projects with a tangible impact, in parallel with developing the business and investment environment by simplifying procedures, reducing time and cost, and following up on the project and investor from establishment and licensing to operation and expansion.

He added that the success of investment work is measured by the results achieved on the ground and by what investments add to the national economy in terms of production, exports, and sustainable job opportunities, and the resulting economic and developmental activity in various governorates of the Kingdom.

The report showed that 327 projects, including new projects, expansions, and development operations for existing projects, benefited from incentives and exemptions during the first half of the year, with an expected future investment volume of about 711.2 million dinars, compared to 308 projects for the same period of 2025.

The total number of investment facilitation transactions, which include new investment decisions, exemptions, follow-up, and post-investment services, increased from 2992 transactions during the first half of 2025 to 3801 transactions during the same period of 2026, while the Ministry completed 3153 follow-up transactions and 260 Jordanian certificates of origin.

The Ministry worked on preparing a unified guide for incentives and exemptions, developing the Harmonized System codes for goods subject to exemptions, and starting to develop an electronic system for fixed assets and production inputs exempted in development areas, which enhances the clarity and accuracy of procedures and reduces time and cost for investors.

Development areas recorded a noticeable performance, as the total volume of investments in them increased from about 5.819 billion dinars to nearly 6.9 billion dinars during the first half of 2026, with a growth rate of 18.79 percent, and the number of job opportunities provided by these areas increased from about 117 thousand to nearly 123 thousand, with an increase of nearly 6 thousand job opportunities, reflecting the growing role of development areas in expanding the base of economic activity and supporting employment in the governorates.

The number of new investment projects registered in development areas was 46, compared to 27 projects during the first half of 2025, while their expected investments increased from about 60 million dinars to 402 million dinars, and it is expected that they will provide 1841 job opportunities when they enter the implementation and operation stages.

The Kingdom has 20 development areas in which 1676 projects and companies operate, within a system that aims to support industry and innovation, directing investments towards value-added sectors, and enhancing the competitiveness of the governorates and their contribution to growth.

In the field of regulation and compliance, the Ministry issued and renewed 56 occupation permits for areas totaling nearly 126 thousand square meters, while the level of investor satisfaction with developers in development areas increased from 75.1 to 77.1 percent, in parallel with the unification of oversight and inspection models and conducting periodic environmental tours.

In order to accelerate the transition of projects from the licensing stage to implementation, the Ministry introduced the fast track for issuing reconstruction licenses and occupation permits, becoming the first regulatory authority in the Kingdom to apply this procedure, which contributed to reducing the duration of issuing reconstruction licenses from a period ranging between 7 and 15 working days to about 4 days, while the organizational plans for projects are issued within one working day, and these procedures contributed to increasing the total licensed area within development areas from about 85.3 thousand square meters during the first half of 2025 to about 111.6 thousand square meters during the same period of the current year, with an increase of about 30 percent.

The achievements also included the approval of the master plan for the third phase of the Dhileen Development Area, the completion of the study of the master plans for Ajloun National Park and Jerash Development Area, the updating of the plans for the King Hussein Business Complex and the Dead Sea Development Area, and the conversion of the master plans for 6 industrial cities into the Geographic Information System, which enhances the efficiency of planning and the speed of providing data to investors.

In the legislative environment, the amended Investment Environment Regulation System No. 30 of 2026 was issued, which contributes to simplifying procedures, reducing the duration of licenses and approvals, and expanding the scope of incentives to include the expansion and development of existing projects, the introduction of modern technology, and the support of creative industries.

Instructions for granting a license to practice economic activity on the condition of compliance in development and free zones were also issued, as well as instructions for regulating the appointment of official commissioners and their work with the Ministry, in addition to amending the decision on granting citizenship and residence through investment, which enhances its economic impact, raises the requirements for benefiting from it, and directs investments towards the governorates and strategic national projects.

In investor services, the Ministry issued and renewed 1690 investor cards and their family members, and granted 6 five-year residence permits through real estate investment, linked to investments worth 1.38 million dinars.

Jordanian citizenship was granted to 65 investors during the first half of the current year, compared to 29 investors during the same period of 2025, and the approved applications were linked to investments worth about 72.3 million dinars, in addition to granting citizenship to 250 individuals from investors' families.

Official commissioners working with the Ministry completed more than 47 thousand transactions, including residence permits, visas, entry approvals, work permits, tax transactions, civil defense, environment, health, food and drug services, and company registration, which consolidates the integrated service model and reduces the number of authorities that investors need to visit.

In the field of developing investment opportunities, the number of opportunities offered on the 'Invest in Jordan' platform increased from 44 during the first half of 2025 to about 120 by the end of the first half of the current year, distributed across various sectors and governorates.

The works included preparing studies and reference conditions for a number of strategic projects, developing a mechanism for collecting, evaluating, and promoting municipal and governorate opportunities, and regularly updating development projects in the governorates, which contributes to converting local advantages into clear and executable investment opportunities.

In public-private partnership projects, the portfolio expanded from 8 projects during 2025 to 11 projects during the first half of the current year, covering the transport, energy, water, education, health, and logistics sectors.

The partnership unit continued to raise the technical, financial, and legal readiness of the projects, issued preliminary qualification documents for a number of strategic projects, and completed feasibility studies for three projects, preparing them for the stages of tendering, contracting, and implementation.

In the field of investment promotion, the Ministry implemented promotional activities and campaigns in China, the United Kingdom, and a number of European Union countries, including participation in exhibitions and economic forums, and holding direct meetings with companies, investors, investment funds, chambers of commerce, financial and development institutions; with the aim of introducing the competitive advantages of Jordan, marketing priority investment opportunities, and linking investors with them, as part of the preparations for the Jordanian-European Investment Conference.

The Investment Promotion Directorate received 34 investment applications through the Investor Relationship Management System, and contributed to completing the procedures for establishing and registering 6 companies, with an expected investment volume of about 97.8 million dollars, and expected job opportunities reaching 2165 when the projects are implemented and operated.

The Ministry also launched the updated version of the 'Invest in Jordan' platform in Arabic and English, after completing its technical and operational checks, linking it to the interactive map of projects and opportunities and free trade agreements, and developed a virtual assistant powered by artificial intelligence, which facilitates the investor's access to available information and opportunities.

In the digital transformation, the ministry re-engineered investment services procedures in 6 directorates and service units, analyzed 121 services and merged similar services, reducing them to 94 services in preparation for automation, thereby reducing repetitive procedures, shortening completion times, and improving the investor experience.

The ministry developed a modern communication system that connects investors and stakeholders with relevant employees during official working hours and after hours, and initiated electronic integration procedures with the Income Tax and Sales Tax departments and the Jordan Customs to exchange data and expedite transaction processing.

The ministry introduced the 'Investment Calculator', an interactive digital tool that enables investors to input the type of activity, project location, and investment size, and obtain preliminary estimates for establishment and registration costs, labor, residency, energy, water, taxes, operations, and to learn about available incentives, compare locations, and investment scenarios.

In terms of communication and media, the ministry produced and published 1114 various media materials, prepared 174 news stories, and saw a 144 percent increase in views on its platforms during the first half of 2025, a 43.2 percent increase in interaction with published content, a 107 percent increase in followers, and a 36.1 percent increase in the volume of published content, while responding to all media issues and inquiries.

The report indicated that these results were achieved alongside positive economic indicators, with the real GDP growing by 2.9 percent during the first quarter of the year, and the Central Bank's foreign currency reserves exceeding $26 billion by the end of June, covering about 9 months of the Kingdom's imports.

Trading volume on the Amman Stock Exchange reached about JD 1.6 billion during the first half of the year, with non-Jordanians owning 46.4 percent of the market value of shares, and total exports rising by 14.5 percent to reach about JD 6.4 billion.

The ministry affirmed that the next phase will build on these results, accelerate the conversion of opportunities and requests into productive investments, expand partnership projects, enhance the integration of government agencies with the private sector, and continue to develop a competitive and transparent investment environment that protects investors' rights and reduces time and cost, emphasizing that the priority will remain to maximize the economic and developmental impact of investment in various governorates; success will be measured by a project that starts production, an existing investment that expands, a young person who finds a job, a local supplier who grows, and a governorate that transforms its resources and advantages into income and sustainable economic activity that the citizen feels.

To view the full report, please visit the following link: https://invest.jo/ar/publication/tqryr-ada-wzart-alastthmar-llnsf-alawl-mn-am-202 6.