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Employment in services — Liberia

Employment in services in Liberia in 2025 — 50.5%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 9.9 pp.

2025 50.5% +0.7 pp vs 2024
World rank 121of 182
Period maximum 51.2%2017
Period minimum 30.1%1995

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in services — Liberia, 1991–20253040506019911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 40.6%1992: 37.2%1993: 34%1994: 31.9%1995: 30.1%1996: 31.8%1997: 36.9%1998: 39.2%1999: 41.3%2000: 43.9%2001: 43.5%2002: 43.6%2003: 40.3%2004: 40.9%2005: 41.4%2006: 42.2%2007: 43.2%2008: 44.1%2009: 44.8%2010: 46%2011: 47.1%2012: 48.4%2013: 50%2014: 50.2%2015: 50.5%2016: 50.5%2017: 51.2%2018: 51%2019: 50.3%2020: 48.5%2021: 48.1%2022: 48.6%2023: 49.2%2024: 49.8%2025: 50.5%
Change over the period: +9.9 pp Annual average: 0.29 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Liberia 50.5%
World 50.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5%
Western Africa computed 44.3%
Low-income countries computed 31.1%
Employment in services — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 50.5 +0.7 pp
2024 49.8 +0.6 pp
2023 49.2 +0.7 pp
2022 48.6 +0.5 pp
2021 48.1 −0.4 pp
2020 48.5 −1.8 pp
2019 50.3 −0.8 pp
2018 51 −0.1 pp
2017 51.2 +0.7 pp
2016 50.5 −0.1 pp
2015 50.5 +0.3 pp
2014 50.2 +0.2 pp
2013 50 +1.6 pp
2012 48.4 +1.3 pp
2011 47.1 +1.1 pp
2010 46 +1.1 pp
2009 44.8 +0.8 pp
2008 44.1 +0.9 pp
2007 43.2 +1 pp
2006 42.2 +0.7 pp
2005 41.4 +0.5 pp
2004 40.9 +0.6 pp
2003 40.3 −3.3 pp
2002 43.6 +0.1 pp
2001 43.5 −0.4 pp
2000 43.9 +2.6 pp
1999 41.3 +2.1 pp
1998 39.2 +2.3 pp
1997 36.9 +5.1 pp
1996 31.8 +1.8 pp
1995 30.1 −1.8 pp
1994 31.9 −2.1 pp
1993 34 −3.2 pp
1992 37.2 −3.4 pp
1991 40.6 —

Western Africa, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 67.7 GM Gambia 53.6 MR Mauritania 52.8 LR Liberia 50.5 NG Nigeria 49.5 SN Senegal 47.9 GH Ghana 47.2 TG Togo 44.2 SL Sierra Leone 44 BJ Benin 41.4 CI Côte d'Ivoire 40.3 GN Guinea 38.5 BF Burkina Faso 31.6 GW Guinea-Bissau 29.2 ML Mali 28.4 NE Niger 17.7
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About the indicator

The share of total employment in the service sector: trade, transport, communications, finance, business services, public administration, education, health care. In high-income countries it exceeds 70–80%; the rise of this share is the main line of structural change in labor markets over the past half century.

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

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