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Liberia — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Liberia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
76.58%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · -1.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Liberia was 76.58% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 77.33% in 1991. The lowest was 76.09% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.03% per year.
Liberia ranks 15 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Liberia sits above it. It peaked in 1991 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
76.58%
First (1990)
77.32%
Change
-1.0%
Highest
77.33%
in 1991
Lowest
76.09%
in 2020
Average
76.99%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.03%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.58% |
| 2024 | 76.61% |
| 2023 | 76.65% |
| 2022 | 76.69% |
| 2021 | 76.34% |
| 2020 | 76.09% |
| 2019 | 76.82% |
| 2018 | 76.87% |
| 2017 | 76.91% |
| 2016 | 76.94% |
| 2015 | 76.97% |
| 2014 | 76.98% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.