Employment in industry — all countries

Employment in industry — Jordan

Employment in industry in Jordan in 2025 — 16.1%. Ranked 130 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2025 16.1% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 130of 182
Period maximum 25.8%2004
Period minimum 16.1%2025

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in industry — Jordan, 1991–20251517.52022.52527.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 21.6%1992: 21.8%1993: 21.8%1994: 21.7%1995: 21.6%1996: 21.3%1997: 21.2%1998: 21%1999: 20.9%2000: 20.9%2001: 21%2002: 21.2%2003: 23.2%2004: 25.8%2005: 25.6%2006: 25.2%2007: 25%2008: 24.8%2009: 24.5%2010: 24%2011: 23.5%2012: 23.1%2013: 22.5%2014: 21.9%2015: 21.2%2016: 20.6%2017: 20.1%2018: 19.7%2019: 18.4%2020: 17.6%2021: 18.4%2022: 18.3%2023: 16.4%2024: 16.3%2025: 16.1%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.16 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Jordan

Jordan 16.1%
World 23.7%
Western Asia computed 24.3%
Employment in industry — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.1 −0.1 pp
2024 16.3 −0.1 pp
2023 16.4 −2 pp
2022 18.3 −0.1 pp
2021 18.4 +0.8 pp
2020 17.6 −0.9 pp
2019 18.4 −1.2 pp
2018 19.7 −0.5 pp
2017 20.1 −0.4 pp
2016 20.6 −0.6 pp
2015 21.2 −0.7 pp
2014 21.9 −0.7 pp
2013 22.5 −0.5 pp
2012 23.1 −0.4 pp
2011 23.5 −0.5 pp
2010 24 −0.5 pp
2009 24.5 −0.3 pp
2008 24.8 −0.1 pp
2007 25 −0.2 pp
2006 25.2 −0.4 pp
2005 25.6 −0.2 pp
2004 25.8 +2.6 pp
2003 23.2 +2 pp
2002 21.2 +0.2 pp
2001 21 +0.1 pp
2000 20.9 −0 pp
1999 20.9 −0.1 pp
1998 21 −0.1 pp
1997 21.2 −0.2 pp
1996 21.3 −0.3 pp
1995 21.6 −0.1 pp
1994 21.7 −0.1 pp
1993 21.8 −0 pp
1992 21.8 +0.2 pp
1991 21.6

About the indicator

The share of total employment in industry (mining, manufacturing, electricity, water supply) and in construction. The peak is in countries in the middle of the industrial transition; in postindustrial economies the share declines even as industrial output grows, because of automation.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.