Liberia vs World: Self-employed, total (% of total employment)
Self-employed, total (% of total employment) over time
- Liberia
- World
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 78.3% against 46.4% in World, a difference of 31.9%.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.7 times World's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Liberia has been ahead every year.
Liberia ranks 20th and World ranks 22nd of 187 countries.
Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.0% | 52.2% | 29.8% | Liberia |
| 2000s | 81.2% | 50.3% | 30.9% | Liberia |
| 2010s | 79.1% | 47.2% | 32.0% | Liberia |
| 2020s | 79.0% | 46.6% | 32.4% | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher self-employed, total (% of total employment), Liberia or World?
- Liberia, at 78.3% against 46.4% in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in self-employed, total (% of total employment) between Liberia and World?
- 31.9%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and World?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Liberia and World rank globally for self-employed, total (% of total employment)?
- Liberia ranks 20th and World ranks 22nd 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.