Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Jordan
Jordan: Self-employed, total (% of total employment) was 11.2% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Jordan, 1991–2025
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
Analysis
Jordan recorded 11.2% for self-employed, total (% of total employment) in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Jordan peaked at 18.7% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 11.1%, in 2020.
That places Jordan 166th out of 186 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Jordan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 18.7% | — |
| 1992 | 18.7% | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 18.7% | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 18.7% | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 18.6% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 18.6% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 18.6% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 18.5% | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 18.4% | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 18.2% | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 18.0% | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 17.7% | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 17.5% | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 17.2% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 16.8% | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 16.4% | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 16.1% | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 15.8% | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 15.5% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 15.3% | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 15.1% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 14.9% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 14.8% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 14.8% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 14.9% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 15.0% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 14.8% | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 12.7% | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 11.7% | +4.8% |
| 2022 | 11.7% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 11.5% | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 11.3% | -1.4% |
| 2025 | 11.2% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18.6% | 18.4% | 18.7% | 9 |
| 2000s | 16.9% | 15.5% | 18.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.5% | 12.4% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.4% | 11.1% | 11.7% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Jordan?
- Self-employed, total (% of total employment) in Jordan was 11.2% in 2025, according to ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO).
- What is the highest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 18.7% in 1993.
- What is the lowest self-employed, total (% of total employment) recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.1% in 2020.
- How does Jordan rank for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Jordan ranks 166th out of 186 countries with data for 2025.
- Is self-employed, total (% of total employment) rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Jordan data come from?
- The figures come from ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as part of Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.