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Liberia

Official language: English
Currency: Liberian Dollar
Capital City: Monrovia
Area: 111369km²
Subregional membership(s): West Africa, Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS), Mano River Union (MRU), Least developed countires, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)

4937.4K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

2.8B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

74.7

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

93.8

₂₀₁₆

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	27.36	25.11	23.76	23.13	22.86	22.59	22.23	21.96	21.78	21.60
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	30.24	30.24	30.24	30.24	29.16	29.16	29.16
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	555.8	560.0	564.2	568.6	573.2	577.8	582.1	586.0	589.5	592.5
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	527.0	532.2	537.3	542.5	547.7	552.7	557.2	561.2	564.5	567.2
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	541.4	545.9	550.7	555.5	560.4	565.2	569.7	573.6	576.9	579.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)					80.82		86.76
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)					75.78		64.17
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)					85.41		76.77
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)					78.84		79.20
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)					93.87		85.86
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)					103.23		95.76
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)					82.53		87.12
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)					71.82		72.72
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)					54.90		59.13
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)					59.04		63.36
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)					39.33		43.65
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)					27.72		30.96
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)					17.91		20.97
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)					28.98		33.57
Population - Female (%)	447.57	447.39
Population - Female (thousands)	18,047	18,571	19,069	19,560	20,057	20,562	21,071	21,585	22,106
Population - Male (thousands)	18,110	18,650	19,166	19,675	20,193	20,719	21,249	21,786	22,330
Population - Total (thousands)	36,157	37,221	38,235	39,236	40,250	41,281	42,320	43,371	44,436
Population - Urban (%)	433.80	437.40	441.00	444.60	448.20	452.70	456.30	460.80	464.40
Population - Urban (%)	433.80	437.40	441.00	444.60	448.20	452.70	456.30
Population - Urban (thousands)	17,658	18,288	18,900	19,521	20,178	20,871	21,591
Total fertility rate (per woman)	43.9	43.1	42.4	41.6	40.9	40.1	39.5	38.9	38.3	37.6

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, World Health Organization

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)	1,341
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	7,182	7,083	6,858	6,669	6,525
Neo-natal mortality (Per 1,000 live births)	259.2	252.0	246.6	241.2	236.7	231.3	225.9
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)			137.70
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	864.00	864.00	864.00	864.00
Prevalence of undernourishment (%)	312.30	307.80	300.60	292.50	287.10
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)			137.70
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	639.00	720.00	666.00
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)	312.30	307.80	300.60	292.50	287.10
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	648.00	657.00	666.00	675.00	684.00
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	144.00	144.00	144.00	153.00	153.00
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	760.5	722.7	686.7	656.1	629.1

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)					295.29
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)					561.78
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)					428.40
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)				8.5	8.6
Gender parity index of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained (ratio)	9.2			9.3	8.9
Gender parity index of teachers in pre-primary education who are trained (ratio)				9.5	11.8
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)	10.3			10.3	10.4
Gender parity index of teachers in upper secondary education who are trained (ratio)				9.7	8.7
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	880.20			826.29	803.52	808.02
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	961.29			897.75	888.30	879.48
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	923.76			862.74	846.81	844.47
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	365.76			298.80	293.49	285.84
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	445.86			383.31	378.18	365.49
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	406.44			341.73	336.60	326.43
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)		81.09
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)		128.34
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)		105.03
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)					453.24	532.26
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)					490.23
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	36.9	36.9	36.9	36.9
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)	365.58			331.47	327.15
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)				348.12	350.64
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)	365.58			339.93	339.12	330.75
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)				136.53	130.32
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)				163.53	148.05
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)				150.30	139.32	93.33
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)				790.92	757.98
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)				766.98	736.20
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)				813.78	778.86
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	241.5			238.5	274.1	243.6
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)				133.9	165.5	136.7
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)		194.8
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	7.9			7.9
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	7.2			6.8
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)		5.6
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)			6.75
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	61.6			57.0	54.8	48.5
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	67.9			62.6	61.2	52.7
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	64.7			59.8	58.1	57.4
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	22.0			20.3	20.1	17.2
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	26.7			26.4	26.3	22.0
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	24.4			23.4	23.2	23.5
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)		4.1
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)		6.4
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)		5.2
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	13.8	15.6	17.4	18.5	24.0	24.8	24.9
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	13.8	15.6	17.4	18.5	24.0	24.8	24.9

Prices

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100	976.41	1,043	1,122	1,233	1,328	1,446	1,625	2,008	2,550
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)	76.41	61.47	68.22	88.74	69.75	79.47	111.78	212.04	242.73
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year	103.05	69.39	76.41	69.12	72.18	112.68	125.01	256.68	181.98
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period	76.41	61.47	68.22	88.74	69.75	79.47	111.78	212.04	242.73
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	103.05	69.39	76.41	68.94	72.36	112.68	111.96
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	2,596	2,796	3,034	3,266	3,529	3,971	4,465

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)						0.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)		234	234	612	630	657	684
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	2,304	2,304	2,304
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	349.65	358.65	358.65	936	972	1,008	1,053
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	6,192	6,525	6,876
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	11.7	11.7	11.7
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)		1,323	1,251	1,251	1,251	1,332	1,413
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	180.0	180.0	1,125	1,125	1,125	1,359
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	349.65	358.65	358.65	947.7	981	1,017	1,062

Tourism

World Bank

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	1,188	1,377	1,530	2,043	1,368
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	167.04			71.55	80.37
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	2,088			495.0	414.0

Transport

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Paved Road (% of total) (%)

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	0.00	0.09	1.08	1.26	1.44
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	2.07	2.97	2.34	2.07	1.80	1.53
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	22.50	23.40	28.80	48.69	297.00	65.88	71.82
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	18,185,733	21,419,100	22,956,975	29,027,322	32,868,000	28,053,018	23,940,000
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	0.6	4.7	45.7	54.0	63.0
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	22.50	23.40	28.80	48.69	53.10
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)	495.00	540.00	540.00
Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network (%)		225.00	450.00	450.00	450.00
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - US dollars (billions)	138.1	219.7	240.7	109.9	220.1

International trade

International Road Federation

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Deposit rate (%) (%)	27.27	31.50	34.83	37.44	36.45
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	650.07	661.59	697.68	755.01
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	9.00	9.00	697.68	755.01	775.71	849.87	1,014	1,297	1,678
Interest rate - Lending (%)	123.75	121.68	121.41	121.50	122.49

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	6.8	10.5	8.5	21.6	78.5	27.5	31.5
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	1,686	1,220	1,125	1,536	2,189	1,590	1,182
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	6,860	5,100	4,823	6,746	9,850	7,336	5,595
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	173.88	158.31	161.19	195.12	232.92	254.70	307.08	364.86	419.94

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Capital Account net - US dollars (billions)	0.8	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.9	0.6	0.6
Compensation of employees - US dollars (millions)	313.4	340.7	341.1	350.7	351.5	274.3	181.5
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-158.67	-155.25	-194.76	-236.88	-238.77	-166.68	-201.24
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	-11,327.4	-15,073.6	-9,385.1	-5,782.9	1,540	-2,484.4	-5,090.1
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	-196.4	-2,902.6	-2,447.7	4,951
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	-6,997.3	-6,885.4	-6,977.0	-4,907.4
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	7,068	8,861	9,551	2,490	5,643	4,079	2,230
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	49,181	64,985	73,409	58,898	63,508	67,587
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	-2,000.8	12,495	2,944	-319.8	273.5	1,509	487.6
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	45,774	51,291	39,104	38,284	38,129	38,500
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-10,652.9	-7,762.9	-5,062.4	1,052	1,016	-1,522.3	-2,116.5
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	8,529	6,420	6,258	9,357	12,803	8,555	4,250
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-2,954.1	-4,131.3	-4,859.7	-3,841.2	-867.7	-1,220.0	-1,552.8
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)				-641.70
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	-6,249.6	-9,599.4	-5,720.5	-12,351.0	-11,412.0	-8,296.8	-5,670.6
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	2,321	1,263	456.3	1,430

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	8,020
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	2.70
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	48.60	43.20	40.50
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)					390.60
Land area covered by forest (%)

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