Employment in services in Liberia

50.5% of employed people in Liberia worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Employment in services Unit: % of total employment Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2025 50.5% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.7percentage points 2024: 49.8%
World, 2025 50.6% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 121st of 182 See the full ranking

Employment in services in Liberia over time

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% of total employment. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Employment in services (% of total employment), 2001 to 2025
Period LiberiaWorld
2025 50.5% 50.6%
2024 49.8% 50.3%
2023 49.2% 49.9%
2022 48.6% 49.5%
2021 48.1% 49.6%
2020 48.5% 49.5%
2019 50.3% 50.2%
2018 51.0% 49.7%
2017 51.2% 49.1%
2016 50.5% 48.6%
2015 50.5% 48.1%
2014 50.2% 47.3%
2013 50.0% 46.4%
2012 48.4% 45.6%
2011 47.1% 45.1%
2010 46.0% 44.6%
2009 44.8% 44.2%
2008 44.1% 43.7%
2007 43.2% 43.2%
2006 42.2% 42.9%
2005 41.4% 42.3%
2004 40.9% 41.8%
2003 40.3% 41.1%
2002 43.6% 40.7%
2001 43.5% 40.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.7 percentage points from 49.8% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 50.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Liberia has the 121st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SL.SRV.EMPL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Liberia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates