Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income
Liberia: key statistics
Liberia has 5.7m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $915. Below: 71 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- Low income
- Currency
- Liberian dollar LRD
- Languages
- English
- ISO codes
- LRLBR
- Land neighbours
- Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone
Population5.7m2025 · rank 116 of 217GDP$5.2bn2025 · rank 168 of 211GDP per capita$9152025 · rank 201 of 211Life expectancy62.3 yrs2024 · rank 202 of 217Internet users32.2%2024 · rank 167 of 188Fertility3.862024 · rank 29 of 217CO₂ per person0.15 t2024 · rank 186 of 203Inflation8.3%2025 · rank 28 of 180
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Liberia, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Liberia by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Sub-Saharan Africa.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 5.7m | 2025 | 116/217 | 32/48 | +23% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 2.09% | 2025 | 44/217 | 31/48 | ±0.0 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 56.1% | 2025 | 138/217 | 13/48 | +5.3 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 3.86 | 2024 | 29/217 | 27/48 | −16% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 3.3% | 2025 | 183/217 | 22/48 | +0.2 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 39.1% | 2025 | 28/217 | 26/48 | −3.3 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 58.3 | 2024 | 147/216 | 28/48 | +23% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 30.6 | 2024 | 27/217 | 25/48 | −13% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 111,370 km² | 2024 | 104/216 | 34/48 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $5.2bn | 2025 | 168/211 | 36/46 | +63% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $915 | 2025 | 201/211 | 37/46 | +32% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $1,981 | 2025 | 192/199 | 39/46 | +48% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $830 | 2025 | 190/201 | 37/46 | +34% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 5.0% | 2025 | 51/210 | 21/46 | +5.0 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 2.8% | 2025 | 89/210 | 20/46 | +4.9 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 32.7% | 2025 | 10/198 | 8/45 | −3.3 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 24.5% | 2025 | 91/201 | 23/45 | +7.7 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 40.0% | 2025 | 187/201 | 37/45 | −4.5 pp | 63.3% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 8.3% | 2025 | 28/180 | 13/44 | +0.6 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 8.1% | 2025 | 34/136 | 12/36 | −5.4 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 13.0% | 2025 | 38/136 | 17/36 | −0.6 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 191.31 | 2024 | 52/210 | 28/47 | +128% | — | |
| External debt | 50.5% | 2024 | 43/119 | 13/43 | +26.9 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 0.85% | 2025 | 126/156 | 35/45 | +0.4 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current account | 2.5% | 2024 | 51/185 | 7/42 | +22.4 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 9.5% | 2025 | 23/197 | 7/46 | +2.3 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 21.3% | 2024 | 12/178 | 2/41 | +5.4 pp | 0.8% |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 2.9% | 2025 | 152/187 | 36/47 | +0.3 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 2.3% | 2025 | 182/187 | 44/47 | +0.4 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 76.6% | 2025 | 15/187 | 9/47 | −0.4 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 72.0% | 2025 | 16/187 | 11/47 | +0.1 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $563m | 2023 | 61/145 | 29/48 | +5.0% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 13.9% | 2023 | 19/139 | 7/47 | −4.8 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $102 | 2023 | 43/145 | 11/48 | −15% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 33.6% | 2016 | 27/151 | 27/44 | — | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 55.0% | 2016 | 26/151 | 26/44 | — | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 50.9% | 2016 | 17/145 | 14/45 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 35.3 | 2016 | 73/151 | 35/44 | — | — | |
| Undernourishment | 37.3% | 2024 | 7/167 | 5/44 | +0.7 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 11.0% | 2025 | 165/190 | 42/46 | ±0.0 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 59.4% | 2010 | 127/141 | 29/41 | — | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 47.8% | 2010 | 134/147 | 29/41 | — | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 66.6% | 2022 | 189/191 | 39/41 | −34.2 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 37.7% | 2020 | 167/176 | 25/34 | +3.6 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 10.8% | 2012 | — | — | −7.7 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 57.8% | 2022 | 160/168 | 29/36 | −5.6 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 22.3 | 2017 | 68/173 | 37/40 | −20% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 2.3% | 2023 | 164/184 | 38/43 | +0.6 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 62.3 yrs | 2024 | 202/217 | 34/48 | +5.3% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 63.2 | 2024 | 5/196 | 5/48 | −7.1% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 86.4 | 2024 | 10/196 | 10/48 | −11% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 628 | 2023 | 5/194 | 5/48 | −13% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 13.0% | 2023 | 6/193 | 1/48 | +5.8 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $104 | 2023 | 143/193 | 12/48 | +113% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 0.18 | 2022 | 155/180 | 24/46 | +709% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 82% | 2024 | 140/193 | 23/48 | +24.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.9% | 2024 | 44/153 | 30/44 | −0.5 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 29.8% | 2019 | 30/154 | 20/46 | −6.3 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 78.8% | 2024 | 171/206 | 15/46 | +6.8 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 23.3% | 2024 | 194/203 | 37/46 | +5.4 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 32.2% | 2024 | 167/188 | 28/46 | +26.8 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 32.1 | 2022 | 208/210 | 48/48 | −41% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 0.3 | 2022 | 186/208 | 31/48 | +2,192% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 34.9% | 2024 | 207/215 | 40/48 | +25.5 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 1.0% | 2024 | 190/192 | 46/48 | +1.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 0.15 t | 2024 | 186/203 | 39/47 | −40% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 92.8% | 2022 | 3/212 | 3/48 | +6.6 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 57.4% | 2021 | 59/206 | 21/48 | +35.9 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 66.1% | 2024 | 21/214 | 5/48 | −8.2 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 5.2% | 2024 | 135/206 | 33/48 | ±0.0 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 0.1% | 2022 | 174/177 | 45/47 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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