Employment in services in Jamaica
68.9% of employed people in Jamaica worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Jamaica, 2025
68.9%
Change from 2024
+0.3percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
64th of 182
Employment in services in Jamaica over time
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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Jamaica | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68.9% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 68.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 68.2% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 67.7% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 67.2% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 68.3% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 68.6% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 67.6% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 67.5% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 67.6% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 67.3% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 66.6% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 66.5% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 66.4% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 66.3% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 63.7% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 63.1% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 63.1% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 62.6% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 62.2% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 62.3% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 61.5% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 60.3% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 60.7% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 60.0% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 68.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 67.3%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Jamaica has the 64th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Jamaica
All statistics for Jamaica
Employment in agriculture
13.9%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
17.1%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.3%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
10.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
69.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
63.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT