Unemployment in Jordan has dropped to 11 percent by the end of the fourth quarter of 2013, down from 14 percent in the third quarter of the same year, according to figures by the Department of Statistics (DoS). Unemployment among males stood at 9.5 percent, while it reached 18.7 percent for females in the fourth quarter, the DoS added, according to the Jordanian news agency Petra. This is the lowest unemployment rate since 2009, the department noted.