# Employment in services in Jamaica

Employment in services in Jamaica was 68.9% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `employment_services_share`
- Place id: `jm`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People employed in services (ISIC Rev. 4 sections G to U), including trade, transport, hotels and restaurants, finance, public administration, education and health, as a percentage of total employment. ILO modelled estimates, ages 15 and over.
- Note: ILO modelled estimates: model outputs that fill years without a survey, not survey results. The latest year is a nowcast and is revised as surveys arrive. Sectors follow ISIC; where a country counts the armed forces, they are in services.
- Source: World Bank, Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Employment in services (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) (SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-18. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employment-in-services/jamaica
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employment_services_share&place=jm

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 68.9 |
| 2024 | 68.6 |
| 2023 | 68.2 |
| 2022 | 67.7 |
| 2021 | 67.2 |
| 2020 | 68.3 |
| 2019 | 68.6 |
| 2018 | 67.6 |
| 2017 | 67.5 |
| 2016 | 67.6 |
| 2015 | 67.3 |
| 2014 | 66.6 |
| 2013 | 66.5 |
| 2012 | 66.4 |
| 2011 | 66.3 |
| 2010 | 63.7 |
| 2009 | 63.1 |
| 2008 | 63.1 |
| 2007 | 62.6 |
| 2006 | 62.2 |
| 2005 | 62.3 |
| 2004 | 61.5 |
| 2003 | 60.3 |
| 2002 | 60.7 |
| 2001 | 60 |
| 2000 | 60.1 |
| 1999 | 59.2 |
| 1998 | 58.5 |
| 1997 | 58 |
| 1996 | 54.7 |
| 1995 | 54.2 |
| 1994 | 54.6 |
| 1993 | 53.7 |
| 1992 | 51 |
| 1991 | 50.6 |