Liberia vs Low & middle income: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Liberia
- Low & middle income
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 78.3% against 55.0% in Low & middle income, a difference of 23.3%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Liberia has been ahead every year.
Liberia ranks 20th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 187 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Low & middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.0% | 63.0% | 19.0% | Liberia |
| 2000s | 81.2% | 60.2% | 21.0% | Liberia |
| 2010s | 79.1% | 56.1% | 23.1% | Liberia |
| 2020s | 79.0% | 55.3% | 23.7% | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Liberia or Low & middle income?
- Liberia, at 78.3% against 55.0% in Low & middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Liberia and Low & middle income?
- 23.3%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Low & middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and Low & middle income rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Liberia ranks 20th and Low & middle income ranks 17th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ILO Modelled Estimates database (ILOEST), International Labour Organization (ILO), published as Self-employed, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Self-employed workers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners or in cooperative, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs." i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced. Self-employed workers include sub-categories of employers, own-account workers and members of producers' cooperatives and contributing family workers.