Employment in services in Sierra Leone
44.0% of employed people in Sierra Leone worked in services in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1991.
Sierra Leone, 2025
44.0%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
World, 2025
50.6%
Position in 2025
145th of 182
Employment in services in Sierra Leone 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.
| Period | Sierra Leone | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44.0% | 50.6% |
| 2024 | 43.6% | 50.3% |
| 2023 | 43.2% | 49.9% |
| 2022 | 42.6% | 49.5% |
| 2021 | 42.2% | 49.6% |
| 2020 | 42.3% | 49.5% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | 50.2% |
| 2018 | 43.2% | 49.7% |
| 2017 | 41.7% | 49.1% |
| 2016 | 39.3% | 48.6% |
| 2015 | 36.6% | 48.1% |
| 2014 | 36.3% | 47.3% |
| 2013 | 35.0% | 46.4% |
| 2012 | 32.9% | 45.6% |
| 2011 | 31.0% | 45.1% |
| 2010 | 30.0% | 44.6% |
| 2009 | 28.9% | 44.2% |
| 2008 | 28.3% | 43.7% |
| 2007 | 27.3% | 43.2% |
| 2006 | 26.2% | 42.9% |
| 2005 | 25.6% | 42.3% |
| 2004 | 25.0% | 41.8% |
| 2003 | 27.2% | 41.1% |
| 2002 | 26.6% | 40.7% |
| 2001 | 25.1% | 40.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 43.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 36.6%, the figure has changed by +7.4 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2025, Sierra Leone has the 145th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 50.6%.
More for Sierra Leone
All statistics for Sierra Leone
Employment in agriculture
44.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
11.5%
2025 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
3.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Labour force participation
53.4%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Women's labour force participation
51.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT