Employment in services in Jordan
80.8% of employed people in Jordan worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Jordan, 2025
80.8%
Change from 2024
+0.2percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
18th of 182
Employment in services in Jordan 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 | Jordan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80.8% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 80.5% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 80.4% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 78.4% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 78.3% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 79.1% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 78.2% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 76.6% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 76.5% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 76.0% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 75.4% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 74.7% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 74.1% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 73.6% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 73.1% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 72.5% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 72.0% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 71.5% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 71.2% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 70.9% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 70.4% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 70.1% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 72.7% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 74.8% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 74.9% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 80.5% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 75.4%, the figure has changed by +5.3 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Jordan has the 18th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Jordan
All statistics for Jordan
Employment in agriculture
3.1%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
16.1%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
16.5%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
38.9%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
40.1%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
16.0%
2025 · ILOSTAT