Country
Liberia
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Monrovia
- ISO code
- LR · LBR
70 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 5.7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,693 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 62.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 5.7M 2025 116th of 214
- Population density 58 people/km² 2024 144th of 212
- Population growth 2.09 % per year 2025 44th of 214
- Natural increase 22.9 per 1,000 people 2023 31st of 228
- Net migration -1.7 per 1,000 people 2025 147th of 214
- Fertility rate 3.86 births per woman 2024 29th of 214
- Urban population 56.1 % 2025 136th of 214
- Median age 18.4 years 2023 200th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 3.3 % 2025 180th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 5.8 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 179th of 214
- Children under 15 39.1 % 2025 28th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 62.3 years 2024 199th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 63.6 years 2024 202nd of 214
- Life expectancy, men 61.0 years 2024 197th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 2.6 years 2024 206th of 214
- Infant mortality 63.2 per 1,000 births 2024 5th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 86.4 per 1,000 births 2024 10th of 195
- Maternal mortality 628 per 100,000 births 2023 5th of 193
- Health spending per person 104 USD 2023 140th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 233 $ (PPP) 2023 154th of 191
- Physicians 0.18 per 1,000 people 2022 154th of 179
- Hospital beds 1.6 per 1,000 people 2021 99th of 150
- Measles immunization 82 % 2024 137th of 191
- Undernourishment 37.3 % 2024 7th of 165
- Tobacco use 5.2 % 2024 161st of 165
- Calorie supply 2,135 kcal per day 2023 170th of 175
- Meat supply 12.3 kg per person per year 2023 159th of 175
Economy
- GDP 5.2B USD 2025 153rd of 185
- GDP per capita 915 USD 2025 176th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,693 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 177th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 811 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 163rd of 165
- GDP growth 5.0 % 2025 45th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 2.8 % 2025 78th of 185
- Inflation 8.3 % 2025 23rd of 169
- Unemployment 2.9 % 2025 146th of 181
- Youth unemployment 2.3 % 2025 176th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 39.9 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Income inequality (Gini) 35.3 2016 72nd of 151
- Extreme poverty 33.6 % 2016 27th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 33.8 % of GDP 2024 8th of 187
- Women in the labour force 72.0 % 2025 16th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.510 2023 176th of 192
- Literacy rate 59.4 % 2010 not ranked – no value for 2024
- Education spending 2.3 % of GDP 2022 144th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 38 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 11 % 2012 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 58 % 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 11.0 % 2025 161st of 183
- Homicide rate 3.1 per 100,000 people 2012 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 0.9 Mt CO₂ 2024 165th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.2 t CO₂ 2024 185th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.15 t CO₂ 2024 200th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.1 Gt CO₂ 2024 162nd of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.8 t CO₂e 2024 188th of 201
- Forest area 66.1 % of land 2024 21st of 208
- Water stress 0 % 2022 171st of 176
- Arable land 5.2 % of land 2024 134th of 205
- Renewable energy 93.2 % of final energy 2021 3rd of 210
- Renewable electricity 54.4 % of electricity 2024 61st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 1.8 % of electricity 2024 119th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 314 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 127th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 102 kWh 2024 175th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 17.9 µg/m³ 2023 99th of 199
Liberia on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldEnglish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldLiberian dollar (LRD), US dollar (USD)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTCSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType A, B · 120 V · 60 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 1 VPN providerSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)