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General Information

Region		Western Africa
Population (000, 2025)		5 731^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		59.5^a
Capital city		Monrovia
Capital city pop. (000, 2025)		1 467.0^c
UN membership date		2 November 1945
Surface area (km2)		111 369^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		99.7^a
National currency		Liberian Dollar (LRD)
Exchange rate (per US$)		188.5^b

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	3 060	3 461	5 039^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	10.8	-3.6	4.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	657	672	917^b
Economy: Agriculture^d (% of Gross Value Added)	22.4	23.9^e	21^e,b
Economy: Industry^d (% of Gross Value Added)	16.6	18.3^f	24.7^f,b
Economy: Services and other activity^d,g (% of GVA)	61	57.8	54.3^b
Employment in agriculture^h (% of employed)	42	40.3	38.9^b
Employment in industry^h (% of employed)	8.9	8.1	8.2^b
Employment in services^h (% employed)	49.1	51.6	52.9^b
Unemployment^h (% of labour force)	2.6	4.1	2.8
Labour force participation rate^h (female/male pop. %)	71.9 / 82.2	71.4 / 80.9	72.0 / 81.6
CPI: Consumer Price Index (2010=100)	148	331	423^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	108	115^b
International trade: exports^h (million current US$)	1 329	418	164ⁱ
International trade: imports (million current US$)	2 755^h	1 186	1 869^h,i
International trade: balance^h (million current US$)	- 1 426	-768	- 1 705ⁱ
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	171	-275	65^j

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.2	2.1	2.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	49.8	51.6^c	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.4^k	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.5	4.2	3.8^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	60.4 / 58.1	62.6 / 59.9	63.8 / 61.1^a
Population age distribution^l (0-14/60+ years old, %)	42.4 / 5.0	41.4 / 5.1	39.1 / 5.4^a
International migrant stock^m (000/% of total pop.)	112.1 / 2.4	87.9 / 1.7	72.4 / 1.3ⁱ
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	40.4	8.2	1.8ⁱ
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	92.3	77.2	69.2^a
Health: Current expenditureⁿ (% of GDP)	10.5	12.9	13.5^j
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	~0.0	0.2	0.2^j
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	84.5 / 95.4	71.7 / 73.1	67.4 / 65.8^j
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	38.0 / 48.7	42.9 / 44.4	49.7 / 48.6^j
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	24.1 / 33.2	30.4 / 31.7	37.8 / 37.5^j
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.1^o	...	...
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	11	12.3^p	11^p

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^h (per 100 inhabitants)	10	19.4	23.5^b
Threatened species (number)	158	218	306ⁱ
Forested area (% of land area)	80.7	79.1	78.5^j
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	0.6 / 0.1	0.6 / 0.1	0.7 / 0.1^j
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	76	90	96^j
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	18	19	20^j
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	15.8	15.8	15.8ⁱ
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	37.14	22.62	13.86^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		2019
d		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
e		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
f		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
g		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
h		Estimate.
i		2024
j		2022
k		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
l		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
m		Including refugees.
n		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 July.
o		2012
p		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.