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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)


5536948.5K
2024

Mid-year population
2.4B
2021

GDP at current prices, USD
73.2
2022

Under five mortality rate
72.9
2020

Primary enrolment ratio
Population and migration
United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)2.131.901.911.921.962.102.022.142.172.16
Population - Urban (%)49.8050.3050.70
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)57.959.359.459.559.959.559.459.860.760.9
Total fertility rate (per woman)4.54.54.44.34.34.24.14.04.03.9
Population - Urban (number)2,241,7152,318,6102,398,9532,482,6422,569,2732,658,5612,750,6462,845,8232,944,1403,045,608
Median age (years)17.517.517.517.617.717.818.018.118.318.5
Population - Male (number)2,289,2642,337,0522,383,2922,430,5842,479,4422,531,4542,585,1732,640,7022,699,4862,759,692
Population - Urban (%)49.8250.2550.7051.1551.6252.0952.5753.0653.5754.08
Population - Total (number)4,612,3294,706,0984,796,6314,889,3914,985,2895,087,5855,193,4165,302,6815,418,3775,536,949
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)59.260.460.660.961.161.060.861.162.062.3
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)60.461.661.762.262.362.462.162.463.363.6
Population - Female (%)50.3750.3450.3150.2950.2650.2450.2250.2050.18
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)3.373.413.433.433.423.413.403.403.393.38
Population - Female (number)2,323,0652,369,0462,413,3392,458,8082,505,8472,556,1312,608,2432,661,9792,718,8912,777,257
Population - Male (%)50.1750.1950.2150.2350.2550.27
Health
World Bank, World Health Organization, United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
81.579.677.875.973.871.769.467.2
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
94.392.290.288.285.883.581.279.0
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)17.00
94.692.490.688.686.584.281.9
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)13.6010.90
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)
81.779.878.076.274.272.169.9
88.186.084.382.380.077.775.573.2
Proportion of population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (%)31.90
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)97.80
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)64.0080.0087.0091.00
88.386.384.582.680.678.376.0
Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)100.2889.7780.8473.63
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)42.7740.6138.51
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)45.6471.85
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)14.61
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)30.521.522.3
Primary school enrollment - Male (number)366,382334,536324,997310,400
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)36.3544.40
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)38.9644.12
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.8
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)2.92.42.7
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)2.21.92.5
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)48.41
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)47.6048.30
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Primary completion rate - Female (%)28.8011.2128.8028.7030.5328.60
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)6.15.45.24.8
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.91.01.0
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)6.56.45.24.9
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)2.62.62.6
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)32.8134.09
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)37.9036.2737.81
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)46.46
Primary completion rate - Total (%)27.1013.6026.9026.9028.6526.80
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)95.3389.4779.9372.92
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)
Primary completion rate - Male (%)32.409.0733.5034.0032.6935.00
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)64.9686.23
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)90.2089.1679.0072.19
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)32.9131.7637.08
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)
Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, 15-24 years old (%)0.700.830.82
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)54.4755.4077.46
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)0.81.0
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)44.44
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)16.74
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)0.91.01.01.0
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)6.85.95.34.9
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)62.4262.70
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)37.6836.7544.26
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)15.6910.37
Primary school enrollment - Total (number)684,404655,049635,478607,558
Primary school enrollment - Female (number)318,022320,513310,481297,158
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)18.415.2
National accounts
United Nations Statistics Division, Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Construction (ISIC F) (US dollars)47,689,79628,604,00139,662,54750,776,74045,627,59440,812,33044,299,81653,838,750
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - National Currency (billions)2.72.82.8
Industry (%)8.45
Changes in inventories (US dollars)-248305099
Exports of goods and services (US dollars)768,000,000804,000,000808,000,000859,804,809893,241,393854,636,451958,019,7621,115,556,118
Industry (%)10.517.778.609.308.697.94
Services (%)20.0118.5717.8418.2117.2716.45
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)2,321,000,0002,358,000,0002,476,000,0002,414,180,3912,133,046,8772,018,449,4102,404,643,7732,698,533,180
Manufacturing (ISIC D) (US dollars)127,015,515119,544,014113,063,794106,583,57596,723,62295,172,030113,932,532127,574,430
Mining, Manufacturing, Utilities (ISIC C-E) (US dollars)192,628,467158,774,569167,591,543176,352,872159,390,626151,250,551174,787,534201,548,059
Services (%)17.64
Agriculture, hunting, forestry, fishing (ISIC A-B) (US dollars)1,588,610,4091,775,958,8881,773,023,0431,770,087,1991,747,218,7461,828,170,0141,915,348,7492,200,047,946
Transport, storage and communication (ISIC I) (US dollars)140,546,701137,461,364131,997,953136,519,343125,115,477122,103,266140,339,870159,462,762
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - current prices - US dollars (billions)2.72.82.8
Final consumption expenditure (US dollars)2,321,000,0002,271,321,9052,439,300,3362,585,847,7012,556,118,8762,444,012,6132,583,074,4842,709,467,868
GDP, PPP - Current, International dollar (millions)5,6246,2837,2037,4677,4097,2767,898
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (US dollars)2,669,000,0002,655,654,9992,722,046,3752,755,324,7882,692,551,7362,615,256,0492,745,671,3582,877,686,353
Wholesale, retail trade, restaurants and hotels (ISIC G-H) (US dollars)127,813,567125,133,267120,254,626124,266,840113,921,838111,187,977127,785,629145,205,291
Gross fixed capital formation (including Acquisitions less disposals of valuables) (US dollars)1,089,000,0001,109,000,000955,000,000847,075,111994,009,724835,973,560897,314,9741,126,769,366
Prices
Economic Commission for Africa, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Inflation, average, percentage change over previous period7.758.8312.4223.5626.9716.42-56.667.59
inflation rate: end of period price indices percentage change over previous year8.0212.5213.8928.5220.2213.15-57.799.15
Inflation rate (percentage change of CPI over same period of previous year)7.758.8312.4223.5626.9716.42-56.667.59
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)392.11441.20496.08
Consumer price index, All item, 2010=100147.59160.63180.58223.13283.30329.81142.94153.79
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)8.0412.5212.4423.5526.9716.9510.86
Energy
African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration, AfDB, AUC and ECA Joint African Statistical Yearbook
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)109113118
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)000
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)707376
Electricity - total thermal production (Giga watt hours)397318314
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)1.31.3
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)0.10.10.10.20.2
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)139.00148.00157.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)125.0151.0
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)0.0
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)688725764
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)108112117
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)142,000151,000161,000
Tourism
World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)8.93
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)46.0
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)152.0
Transport

Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Paved Road (% of total) (%)
Information society
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.200.17
50.0063.0063.0063.0063.0063.00
10.0015.7016.3018.9022.0025.60
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)79.1866.2355.4638.8532.49
Mobile telephone subscribers (per 100 inhabitants) (%)81.6667.9656.57
0.004.4029.8630.0035.0035.00
10.0015.7016.3018.9022.0025.60
33.63
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)3,652,0003,117,0022,660,000
0.150.170.190.220.260.25
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)0.200.170.120.12
7,0008,0009,00011,00013,00013,000
76.0076.0076.0076.0076.0076.00
, 2018=10027,993,41087,031,8906,328,77013,720,45010,616,8209,529,43010,007,590
International trade
International Road Federation
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Banking, insurance, financial statistics
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Interest rate - Lending (%)13.61
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)86.1994.43112.71144.06186.43
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)
Deposit rate (%) (%)4.05
Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics
World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)8.73.13.74.46.511.36.4
Fiscal deficit (% of GDP)-0.1-0.1-0.2-0.2-0.1-0.1-0.1-0.1
Net ODA - current USD (millions)1,094815.1621.7
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)24.7728.6831.9237.3748.8558.3252.9054.48
General government net lending/borrowing - as % of GDP (%)-4.57-3.80-7.13-4.52-4.81-3.84-2.85
International reserves - current USD (millions)560.7586.0586.0332.2297.1341.0
Net ODA - Per capita (current USD)243.23176.67131.37
Total external debt (% of GNI) (%)28.4230.4836.2138.7742.7150.4756.38
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Balance of payments
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Monetary Fund (IMF), Economic Commission for Africa
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)4,2374,278
Errors and omissions - current USD (millions)
Workers remittances (Net) - current USD (millions)
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)-28.09-22.94-22.28-21.32-19.63-16.33-17.77
Compensation of employees - current USD (millions)39.130.520.2
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Trade balance - current USD (millions)-1,268.0-921.9-630.1
Financial Account net - current USD (millions)
Services Balance - current USD (millions)-96.4-135.6-172.5
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)627.0453.2247.8129.186.787.045.7
Current account balance - current USD (millions)171.1-276.0-565.6
Capital Account net - current USD (billions)0.10.10.1
Primary income (Net) - current USD (millions)112.9-169.1-235.2
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, current USD (millions)30.4167.754.284.1102.080.191.0
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, current USD (millions)7,0567,510
Secondary income (Net) - current USD (millions)1,423950.5472.2
Environment
United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Indicator2015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)
Carbon Dioxide Emissions - per Capita (metric tons)0.280.30
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)1.31.41.31.11.2
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)43.40
CO2 emissions per capita (metric tons)
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)80.6680.3480.0379.7179.4079.08
Energy use (Kg oil equivalent) per $1,000 (PPP) GDP (per 1,000 population)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)0.771.211.211.211.211.211.21
Land area covered by forest (%)
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected (%)0.771.21