Employment in services — all countries

Employment in services — Jordan

Employment in services in Jordan in 2025 — 80.8%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 7.1 pp.

2025 80.8% +0.2 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 182
Period maximum 80.8%2025
Period minimum 70.1%2004

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Jordan, 1991–20257075808519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 73.6%1992: 73.6%1993: 73.7%1994: 73.8%1995: 74%1996: 74.2%1997: 74.5%1998: 74.7%1999: 74.8%2000: 74.9%2001: 74.9%2002: 74.8%2003: 72.7%2004: 70.1%2005: 70.4%2006: 70.9%2007: 71.2%2008: 71.5%2009: 72%2010: 72.5%2011: 73.1%2012: 73.6%2013: 74.1%2014: 74.7%2015: 75.4%2016: 76%2017: 76.5%2018: 76.6%2019: 78.2%2020: 79.1%2021: 78.3%2022: 78.4%2023: 80.4%2024: 80.5%2025: 80.8%
Change over the period: +7.1 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Jordan 80.8%
World 50.6%
Western Asia computed 63.9%
Employment in services — Jordan, by year Jordan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 80.8 +0.2 pp
2024 80.5 +0.2 pp
2023 80.4 +2 pp
2022 78.4 +0.1 pp
2021 78.3 −0.8 pp
2020 79.1 +0.9 pp
2019 78.2 +1.6 pp
2018 76.6 +0.1 pp
2017 76.5 +0.5 pp
2016 76 +0.6 pp
2015 75.4 +0.7 pp
2014 74.7 +0.6 pp
2013 74.1 +0.5 pp
2012 73.6 +0.5 pp
2011 73.1 +0.6 pp
2010 72.5 +0.5 pp
2009 72 +0.4 pp
2008 71.5 +0.3 pp
2007 71.2 +0.3 pp
2006 70.9 +0.5 pp
2005 70.4 +0.3 pp
2004 70.1 −2.6 pp
2003 72.7 −2.1 pp
2002 74.8 −0.1 pp
2001 74.9 +0 pp
2000 74.9 +0.1 pp
1999 74.8 +0.1 pp
1998 74.7 +0.2 pp
1997 74.5 +0.2 pp
1996 74.2 +0.3 pp
1995 74 +0.2 pp
1994 73.8 +0.1 pp
1993 73.7 +0.1 pp
1992 73.6 −0 pp
1991 73.6

About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

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