Employment in industry — all countries

Employment in industry — Liberia

Employment in industry in Liberia in 2025 — 8.3%. Ranked 168 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 0.4 pp.

2025 8.3% +0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 168of 182
Period maximum 8.5%2014
Period minimum 7.3%1995

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of employment

Employment in industry — Liberia, 1991–202577.588.519911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 7.9%1992: 7.8%1993: 7.6%1994: 7.4%1995: 7.3%1996: 7.3%1997: 7.4%1998: 7.5%1999: 7.6%2000: 7.6%2001: 7.7%2002: 7.7%2003: 7.6%2004: 7.6%2005: 7.6%2006: 7.7%2007: 7.8%2008: 8%2009: 8.1%2010: 8.3%2011: 8.3%2012: 8.4%2013: 8.4%2014: 8.5%2015: 8.4%2016: 8.2%2017: 8.2%2018: 8.4%2019: 8.4%2020: 8.3%2021: 8.1%2022: 8.1%2023: 8.2%2024: 8.3%2025: 8.3%
Change over the period: +0.4 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia 8.3%
World 23.7%
Western Africa computed 16%
Low-income countries computed 10.4%
Employment in industry — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 8.3 +0.1 pp
2024 8.3 +0.1 pp
2023 8.2 +0.1 pp
2022 8.1 −0 pp
2021 8.1 −0.1 pp
2020 8.3 −0.1 pp
2019 8.4 −0 pp
2018 8.4 +0.2 pp
2017 8.2 +0 pp
2016 8.2 −0.2 pp
2015 8.4 −0.1 pp
2014 8.5 +0 pp
2013 8.4 +0.1 pp
2012 8.4 +0.1 pp
2011 8.3 +0 pp
2010 8.3 +0.1 pp
2009 8.1 +0.1 pp
2008 8 +0.2 pp
2007 7.8 +0.1 pp
2006 7.7 +0.1 pp
2005 7.6 +0 pp
2004 7.6 −0 pp
2003 7.6 −0.1 pp
2002 7.7 +0 pp
2001 7.7 +0.1 pp
2000 7.6 +0.1 pp
1999 7.6 +0 pp
1998 7.5 +0.1 pp
1997 7.4 +0.1 pp
1996 7.3 +0 pp
1995 7.3 −0.1 pp
1994 7.4 −0.2 pp
1993 7.6 −0.1 pp
1992 7.8 −0.1 pp
1991 7.9 —

About the indicator

The share of total employment in industry (mining, manufacturing, electricity, water supply) and in construction. The peak is in countries in the middle of the industrial transition; in postindustrial economies the share declines even as industrial output grows, because of automation.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.