SEI — Social Entrepreneurship Index

Liechtenstein

EFTA · statistics to 2024–25 · policy framework at end-2025 · policy desk-coded from public documents

29.5composite, 0–100
45 / 45rank · 4 of 4 in EFTA
−0.2change since 2015, time-varying indicators
Economic25.0Legal0.0Financial22.1Institutional56.0Political44.4
LiechtensteinEFTA average

Dimensions

DimensionScoreRank /45EFTAEU-27Indicators
Political44.43648.070.07 / 8
Economic25.04556.463.41 / 20
Legal0.04534.366.02 / 12
Institutional56.02370.561.83 / 16
Financial22.14323.062.33 / 7
Composite29.54546.464.716 / 63

Indicators = scored now / in the full SEI matrix. Ties share a rank.

Composite, 2015–2024

203040502015201820212024
LiechtensteinEFTA average

Same goalposts every year. Legal and financial scores are held at their single readings, so change comes from governance, social and labour statistics, firm demography and early-stage entrepreneurship.

Social-enterprise policy and legal framework, end-2025

SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1
S10S20S30S40S50
Criteria and evidence
  • S1 · Status: 0 (none)
    No SE strategy found: 'none'. · source 1
  • S2 · Dedication: 0 (SE absent from adopted national strategies)
    Liechtenstein's second Voluntary National Review on the 2030 Agenda (June 2023), which lists the Government programme 2021-2025 and the sector strategies (Education 2025+, Energy 2030, Climate 2050, Mobility 2030), nowhere mentions social enterprise or the social economy: 'SE absent from adopted national strategies'. · source 1
  • S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
    No instrument: 'no adopted instrument'. · source 1
  • S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
    No instrument to monitor: 'none'. · source 1
  • S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
    No instrument, hence 'no evidence'. · source 1
0.0
Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2
I10I20I30I40
Criteria and evidence
  • I1 · Lead responsibility: 0 (none identified)
    No responsibility for SE identified; the Ministry of Economy offers general business advice only: 'none identified'. · source 1
  • I2 · Breadth of mandate: 0 (none)
    No body holds an SE mandate: 'none'. · source 1
  • I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 0 (none, or only in a draft)
    No consultative body: 'none'. · source 1
  • I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 0 (none)
    No inter-ministerial coordination on SE: 'none'. · source 1
0.0
Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2
P1100P20P30P40
Criteria and evidence
  • P1 · Legal basis: 100 (reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed, a national SSE quota))
    The Public Procurement Act (ÖAWG, LGBl. 1998 Nr. 135, consolidated version of 1 Feb 2025) provides in Art. 6b that contracting authorities may, for health, social and cultural services, 'nach Massgabe von Art. 77 der Richtlinie 2014/24/EU vorsehen, dass an diesen Verfahren nur Organisationen teilnehmen'; Art. 6a reserves contracts for 'geschützte Werkstätten oder Betriebe' with at least 30% disabled or disadvantaged workers: 'reservation ... explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed)'. · source 1
  • P2 · National policy push: 0 (none)
    A 2023 parliamentary postulate notes that the procurement law sets no obligation beyond compliance with environmental, equal-treatment and working-conditions law ('darüber hinaus kennt das ÖRWG keine Verpflichtung') and that social aspects are 'in den Hintergrund gestellt'; the national procurement office's page only links EU and Swiss guidance on social and ecological procurement; no national guidance or plan found: 'none'. · source 1
  • P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
    No figures or reported cases of social clauses or reserved contracts; the 2023 postulate cites only total procurement spend (about CHF 131m in 2019): 'none'. · source 1
  • P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
    The Public Procurement Department's page lists laws, thresholds and links to foreign guidance but no training or helpdesk on social clauses or reserved contracts, for contracting authorities or SEs: 'none'. · source 1
25.0
Official SE definition 3.1
D10D20
Criteria and evidence
  • D1 · Where defined: 0 (nowhere (a lapsed draft counts as nowhere))
    No definition in law, strategy or official document found: 'nowhere'. · source 1
  • D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 0 (none of the three, or no definition)
    No definition counted in D1: 'no definition'. · source 1
0.0
Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 0 of 3
None · source 1
L10L20L30L40L50
Criteria and evidence
  • L1 · Adoption stage: 0 (none, announced, or consultation draft)
  • L2 · Scope: 0 (none)
  • L3 · Implementing rules: 0 (none adopted, or law not in force)
  • L4 · Status or register: 0 (foreseen with no entity recognised, or law not in force)
  • L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 0 (foreseen, not set up, or law not in force)
0.0
SE support ecosystem 4.3.6
E133E233E333E4100E567
Criteria and evidence
  • E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
    The Ideenkanal Foundation runs a recurring idea competition and Ideencamps (Ideencamp X, Nov 2023, aimed at '(social) entrepreneurs' and bringing Liechtenstein into the European Social Enterprise Monitor; Ideencamp #36 in Vaduz, Nov 2025, held with the municipality and the government); no government SE programme exists: 'project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead)'. · source 1
  • E2 · Territorial coverage: 33 (capital or one region)
    Ideencamps are held in Vaduz (Vadozner Huus): 'capital or one region'. · source 1
  • E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
    Run by a private foundation with crowdfunding for selected projects; no national budget line identified (government involvement as co-host, no funding stated): 'mainly donor or EU funded' (read as philanthropic). · source 1
  • E4 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
    Ideenkanal held its twelfth competition round in 2021 (pitch night, Vaduz) and its Ideencamp series had reached #36 by November 2025: 'five years or more'. · source 1
  • E5 · Range of services: 67 (two)
    Documented services are mentoring sessions and feedback for project teams (Ideencamp #36) and funding of selected teams with prizes of EUR 2,000 (Ideenkanal 2021) and crowdfunding (2023): acceleration and finance: 'two'. Medium: a small-scale programme. · source 1
53.3
EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1
F10F20F30F40
Criteria and evidence
  • F1 · Programming: 0 (SE not mentioned)
    Not an EU member state or recipient of EU external assistance (index rule)
  • F2 · Calls and instruments: 0 (none)
    Not an EU member state or recipient of EU external assistance (index rule)
  • F3 · Channel: 0 (none)
    Not an EU member state or recipient of EU external assistance (index rule)
  • F4 · Evidence of take-up: 0 (none)
    Not an EU member state or recipient of EU external assistance (index rule)
0.0
Dedicated national funding 5.2.2
N133N20N30N40
Criteria and evidence
  • N1 · Dedicated line: 33 (only general SME/employment programmes open to SE)
    The only national start-up instrument is Innosuisse Start-up Coaching, opened to Liechtenstein founders under the 2021 agreement with Switzerland, with coaching vouchers of up to CHF 130,000 paid by Liechtenstein; it is general and does not mention social enterprises; no SE line exists: 'only general SME/employment programmes open to SE'. · source 1
  • N2 · Instrument types: 0 (none)
    N1 = 33: 'none, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1
  • N3 · Continuity: 0 (none)
    N1 = 33: 'none, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1
  • N4 · Execution: 0 (no evidence)
    N1 = 33: 'no evidence, or N1 <= 33'. · source 1
8.3

Policy composite 10.8 of 100 (mean of the eight indicators). Liechtenstein has no SE law, definition, strategy, funding, responsible body or support structures; SEs rely on the country's flexible general legal forms (AG, Anstalt, foundation, cooperative).

Cite this profile

Social Entrepreneurship Observatory & SENIC. (2026). Liechtenstein: SEI 2026 country profile (provisional edition, version 0.9.4). Social Entrepreneurship Index. https://seindex.org/countries/liechtenstein/