Jordan - Employment in services

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, female (% of female employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was 86.27 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.27 in 2019, while its lowest value was 81.32 in 2004.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 81.90
1992 81.82
1993 81.91
1994 82.06
1995 82.19
1996 82.38
1997 82.59
1998 82.80
1999 83.04
2000 83.33
2001 83.66
2002 83.86
2003 82.93
2004 81.32
2005 81.71
2006 81.95
2007 82.01
2008 82.34
2009 82.69
2010 83.14
2011 83.51
2012 83.92
2013 84.41
2014 84.76
2015 85.12
2016 85.44
2017 85.73
2018 86.02
2019 86.27

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services, male (% of male employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was 70.46 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 73.63 in 2001, while its lowest value was 67.64 in 2009.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 72.83
1992 72.56
1993 72.64
1994 72.80
1995 72.91
1996 73.12
1997 73.30
1998 73.42
1999 73.54
2000 73.62
2001 73.63
2002 73.53
2003 71.28
2004 68.44
2005 68.22
2006 68.19
2007 67.76
2008 67.86
2009 67.64
2010 67.89
2011 68.39
2012 68.71
2013 69.16
2014 69.51
2015 69.84
2016 70.18
2017 70.43
2018 70.66
2019 70.46

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in Jordan was 73.09 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 74.95 in 2002, while its lowest value was 69.88 in 2007.

Definition: Employment is defined as persons of working age who were engaged in any activity to produce goods or provide services for pay or profit, whether at work during the reference period or not at work due to temporary absence from a job, or to working-time arrangement. The services sector consists of wholesale and retail trade and restaurants and hotels; transport, storage, and communications; financing, insurance, real estate, and business services; and community, social, and personal services, in accordance with divisions 6-9 (ISIC 2) or categories G-Q (ISIC 3) or categories G-U (ISIC 4).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in September 2019.

See also:

Year Value
1991 73.80
1992 73.58
1993 73.69
1994 73.82
1995 73.94
1996 74.23
1997 74.43
1998 74.59
1999 74.76
2000 74.91
2001 74.95
2002 74.95
2003 72.79
2004 70.07
2005 69.90
2006 69.97
2007 69.88
2008 70.00
2009 69.96
2010 70.33
2011 70.87
2012 71.22
2013 71.52
2014 71.91
2015 72.23
2016 72.60
2017 72.89
2018 73.18
2019 73.09

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Economic activity