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.