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🇱🇷 Liberia

Republic of Liberia

LBR LR $ Liberian dollar (LRD)

Every statistic we track for Liberia — 101 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →

GDP per capita (PPP)

$2,095

#184 of 191

Life expectancy

63.1 yrs

#153 of 188

Happiness score

4.28

#130 of 147

Liberal democracy

0.42

#76 of 179

All indicators

📈 Economy

Account Ownership 52.2% #106/139 2024
Bank Account Ownership 52.2% #106/139 2024
Current Account Balance -12% #172/190 2026
Debit Card Ownership 3.9% #137/140 2024
Digital Payments Usage 50.2% #54/97 2024
Exchange Rate (per US$) 191.3 #44/197 2024
Extreme Poverty 0% #141/237 2023
Fiscal Balance -1.6% #56/189 2026
GDP (current US$) 5.6 #159/190 2026
GDP (PPP) 12.3 #159/191 2026
GDP per Capita 964 #178/190 2026
GDP per Capita (Long Run) 811 #163/165 2022
GDP per Capita (PPP) 2,095 #184/191 2026
GDP per Capita Growth 4.9% #21/184 2019
Government Debt 53.8% #89/185 2026
Income per Person 631 #180/183 2018
Income per Person 631.2 #180/183 2018
Inflation (CPI) 5.7% #46/191 2026
Made a Digital Payment 24.1% #105/144 2017
Mobile Money Account 47.5% #23/80 2024
Real GDP Growth 5.1% #26/191 2026
Share of World GDP (PPP) 0% #155/191 2026
Total GDP (Long Run) 4,231,561,135 #156/165 2022

👥 Demographics

Fertility Rate (WB) 3.9 #29/217 2024
Median Age 19 #207/235 2026
Population 4.4 #125/229 2013
Population 5.9 #111/191 2026
Population Density 60.8 #158/235 2026
Refugees by Country of Origin 5,117 #80/195 2025
Urban Population 55.5% #137/213 2024

🌐 Connectivity

Access to Electricity 32.5% #205/214 2023
Internet Users 32.2% #162/182 2024
Mobile Subscriptions 32.1 #207/209 2022
Read News Online 19.1% #67/75 2024

🫀 Health

Adult Obesity 15.6% #140/199 2022
Alcohol Consumption per Capita 1.7 #158/207 2022
Child Mortality (under-5) 8.6 #10/199 2024
Health Spending (QoG) 13.5% #7/189 2022
Hypertension Prevalence 39.4% #86/194 2019
Infant Mortality (QoG) 52.6 #11/191 2023
Life Expectancy 63.1 #153/188 2013
Life Expectancy 66.2 #147/186 2020
Suicide Rate 9.7 #75/185 2021
Tobacco Use Prevalence 5.8% #162/167 2022
Undernourishment 35.5% #8/166 2023
Universal Health Coverage Index 49 #160/195 2023

🎓 Education

Education Spending (QoG) 2.3% #93/112 2023
Mean Years of Schooling 5.8 #130/146 2020

🌱 Environment

CO₂ per Capita (WB) 0.2 #187/203 2024
Renewable Electricity 54.4% #62/195 2024

🏛️ Governance

Civil Liberties (V-Dem) 0.8 #62/179 2025
Clean Elections (V-Dem) 0.6 #87/179 2025
Control of Corruption (QoG) -1.1 #157/192 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index 27 #136/179 2024
Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) 27 #134/177 2024
Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) 0.5 #56/179 2025
Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) 0.4 #74/179 2025
Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) 0.6 #74/179 2025
Freedom House Status (QoG) 2 #82/193 2024
Freedom in the World Score 64 #96/196 2024
Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) 0.8 #52/179 2025
Gender Equality (V-Dem) 0.8 #63/179 2025
Government Effectiveness (QoG) -1.3 #178/192 2024
Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) 0.6 #98/179 2025
Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) 0.4 #76/179 2025
Military Spending 0.9% #120/150 2025
Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) 0.3 #82/179 2025
Perceived Democracy (Afrobarometer) 63.9% #5/39 2023
Political Corruption (V-Dem) 0.9 #15/179 2025
Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) 65.1 #60/173 2024
Rule of Law (V-Dem) 0.4 #119/179 2025
Support for Democracy (Afrobarometer) 73% #16/39 2023
Trust in the President (Afrobarometer) 38.2% #27/39 2023
Voice & Accountability (QoG) -0.1 #98/192 2024

📰 Media & news

Press Freedom Index 64.5 #58/177 2026

🛡️ Safety

Homicide Rate 5.1 #86/204 2023
Road Traffic Deaths 15.3 #74/195 2021

⚠️ Risk & resilience

Climate Seen as a Threat 77.6% #122/142 2023
Confident Can Protect Family 55.3% #35/142 2023
Disaster Exposure (WRI) 0.5 #118/193 2025
Experienced a Disaster 17.5% #108/142 2023
Experienced Discrimination (Skin Colour) 19.2% #9/139 2023
INFORM Risk Index 5.3 #49/191 2025
Resilience to Risk (WRP) 46.4 #108/141 2023
World Risk Index 3.6 #105/193 2025
Worry About Violent Crime 82.5% #25/142 2023

😊 Wellbeing

Happiness (Cantril Ladder) 4.3 #130/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Freedom 0.8 #112/146 2025
Happiness Driver: GDP 0.9 #140/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Generosity 0.1 #49/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Healthy Life Expectancy 0.4 #122/146 2025
Happiness Driver: Low Corruption 0.1 #116/147 2025
Happiness Driver: Social Support 0.8 #124/147 2025
Human Development Index 0.5 #177/193 2023

🧭 Attitudes & values

Attended a Demonstration 14.2% #47/151 2017
Believe Vaccines Are Effective 68.1% #127/143 2018
Believe Vaccines Are Safe 96% #4/143 2018
Trust in parliament 4.7 #70/151 2017
Trust in Science 71.3% #82/143 2018
Trust in Scientists 57.5% #103/143 2018
Trust in the legal system 4.7 #97/153 2017

Latest available period per indicator; rank is the country's position among all countries with data. Sources are credited on each indicator page.