Labour force participation in Sierra Leone
The ILO estimates that 53.4% of people aged 15 and over in Sierra Leone were in the labour force in 2025.
Sierra Leone, 2025
53.4%
Change from 2024
−0.2percentage points
World, 2025
60.8%
Position in 2025
143rd of 181
Labour force participation in Sierra Leone 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.
| Period | Sierra Leone | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53.4% | 60.8% |
| 2024 | 53.6% | 61.0% |
| 2023 | 53.6% | 61.0% |
| 2022 | 53.7% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 53.6% | 60.4% |
| 2020 | 53.3% | 59.7% |
| 2019 | 53.8% | 61.0% |
| 2018 | 53.9% | 61.2% |
| 2017 | 54.7% | 61.3% |
| 2016 | 55.4% | 61.5% |
Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 53.6% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 56.2%, the figure has changed by −2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Sierra Leone has the 143rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2025 was 60.8%.
More for Sierra Leone
All statistics for Sierra Leone
Women's labour force participation
51.6%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment-to-population ratio
51.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of the unemployment rate
3.2%
2025 · ILOSTAT
ILO estimate of youth unemployment
3.7%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Employment in agriculture
44.5%
2025 · World Bank
Employment in industry
11.5%
2025 · World Bank