Labour force participation in Liberia

The ILO estimates that 76.6% of people aged 15 and over in Liberia were in the labour force in 2025.

Measure: Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of working-age population aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Liberia, 2025 76.6% % of working-age population aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 76.6%
World, 2025 60.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 15th of 181 See the full ranking

Labour force participation in Liberia over time

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% of working-age population aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) (% of working-age population aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period LiberiaWorld
2025 76.6% 60.8%
2024 76.6% 61.0%
2023 76.6% 61.0%
2022 76.7% 60.7%
2021 76.3% 60.4%
2020 76.1% 59.7%
2019 76.8% 61.0%
2018 76.9% 61.2%
2017 76.9% 61.3%
2016 76.9% 61.5%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 76.6% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 77.0%, the figure has changed by −0.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Liberia has the 15th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EAP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_T.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Liberia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates