Employment in agriculture — all countries

Employment in agriculture — Liberia

Employment in agriculture in Liberia in 2025 — 41.1%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has fallen by 10.3 pp.

2025 41.1% −0.8 pp vs 2024
World rank 38of 182
Period maximum 62.6%1995
Period minimum 40.6%2018

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in agriculture — Liberia, 1991–20254050607019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 51.5%1992: 55%1993: 58.4%1994: 60.6%1995: 62.6%1996: 60.8%1997: 55.6%1998: 53.3%1999: 51.1%2000: 48.4%2001: 48.8%2002: 48.7%2003: 52%2004: 51.4%2005: 50.9%2006: 50.1%2007: 49%2008: 47.9%2009: 47%2010: 45.8%2011: 44.6%2012: 43.2%2013: 41.6%2014: 41.3%2015: 41.1%2016: 41.3%2017: 40.6%2018: 40.6%2019: 41.3%2020: 43.2%2021: 43.8%2022: 43.3%2023: 42.6%2024: 41.9%2025: 41.1%
Change over the period: −10.3 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia 41.1%
World 25.8%
Western Africa computed 39.7%
Low-income countries computed 58.5%
Employment in agriculture — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.1 −0.8 pp
2024 41.9 −0.7 pp
2023 42.6 −0.7 pp
2022 43.3 −0.5 pp
2021 43.8 +0.5 pp
2020 43.2 +1.9 pp
2019 41.3 +0.8 pp
2018 40.6 −0.1 pp
2017 40.6 −0.7 pp
2016 41.3 +0.2 pp
2015 41.1 −0.3 pp
2014 41.3 −0.3 pp
2013 41.6 −1.6 pp
2012 43.2 −1.4 pp
2011 44.6 −1.1 pp
2010 45.8 −1.3 pp
2009 47 −0.9 pp
2008 47.9 −1.1 pp
2007 49 −1.1 pp
2006 50.1 −0.8 pp
2005 50.9 −0.5 pp
2004 51.4 −0.6 pp
2003 52 +3.4 pp
2002 48.7 −0.1 pp
2001 48.8 +0.4 pp
2000 48.4 −2.7 pp
1999 51.1 −2.1 pp
1998 53.3 −2.4 pp
1997 55.6 −5.2 pp
1996 60.8 −1.8 pp
1995 62.6 +1.9 pp
1994 60.6 +2.3 pp
1993 58.4 +3.4 pp
1992 55 +3.5 pp
1991 51.5

About the indicator

The share of total employment in agriculture, forestry, hunting and fishing. Set against the share of agriculture in GDP it shows the productivity of the sector: if farming employs 50% of workers and produces 20% of GDP, labor productivity there is three times below the average for the economy.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.