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Self-employed — Liberia

Self-employed in Liberia in 2025 — 78.3%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.3 pp.

2025 78.3% −0.3 pp vs 2024
World rank 19of 182
Period maximum 84.6%1996
Period minimum 77%1991

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Self-employed — Liberia, 1991–202576788082848619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 77%1992: 78.9%1993: 80.6%1994: 82.2%1995: 83.7%1996: 84.6%1997: 84.2%1998: 83.6%1999: 83%2000: 82.4%2001: 81.9%2002: 81.6%2003: 81.4%2004: 81.2%2005: 81.1%2006: 80.9%2007: 80.7%2008: 80.5%2009: 80.3%2010: 80%2011: 79.8%2012: 79.6%2013: 79.3%2014: 79.1%2015: 79%2016: 78.8%2017: 78.7%2018: 78.6%2019: 78.5%2020: 79.7%2021: 79.3%2022: 79.1%2023: 78.9%2024: 78.6%2025: 78.3%
Change over the period: +1.3 pp Annual average: 0.04 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Liberia 78.3%
World 46.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa 77.7%
Western Africa computed 82%
Low-income countries computed 78.5%
Self-employed — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 78.3 −0.3 pp
2024 78.6 −0.3 pp
2023 78.9 −0.2 pp
2022 79.1 −0.1 pp
2021 79.3 −0.5 pp
2020 79.7 +1.2 pp
2019 78.5 −0.1 pp
2018 78.6 −0.1 pp
2017 78.7 −0.1 pp
2016 78.8 −0.2 pp
2015 79 −0.1 pp
2014 79.1 −0.2 pp
2013 79.3 −0.2 pp
2012 79.6 −0.2 pp
2011 79.8 −0.2 pp
2010 80 −0.3 pp
2009 80.3 −0.2 pp
2008 80.5 −0.2 pp
2007 80.7 −0.2 pp
2006 80.9 −0.2 pp
2005 81.1 −0.1 pp
2004 81.2 −0.2 pp
2003 81.4 −0.2 pp
2002 81.6 −0.4 pp
2001 81.9 −0.5 pp
2000 82.4 −0.6 pp
1999 83 −0.6 pp
1998 83.6 −0.6 pp
1997 84.2 −0.5 pp
1996 84.6 +0.9 pp
1995 83.7 +1.5 pp
1994 82.2 +1.5 pp
1993 80.6 +1.8 pp
1992 78.9 +1.9 pp
1991 77 —

Western Africa, 2025

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

NE Niger 89.5 SL Sierra Leone 88.8 NG Nigeria 86.2 BF Burkina Faso 82.6 GN Guinea 81.9 BJ Benin 79.8 LR Liberia 78.3 TG Togo 76.6 ML Mali 76.4 GW Guinea-Bissau 75.5 CI Côte d'Ivoire 71 GM Gambia 68.6 GH Ghana 67.5 SN Senegal 64.3 MR Mauritania 57.4 CV Cabo Verde 38.5
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About the indicator

The share of total employment that is self-employed: employers, own-account workers, members of producers cooperatives and contributing family workers. High values in low-income countries reflect not developed entrepreneurship but the absence of wage jobs and informal work in agriculture and small-scale trade.

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

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