Liberia
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 5.7M (2025). World rank 116 of 216; in Africa, 37 of 54. Area: 111,369 km². World rank 105 of 249; in Africa, 40 of 59. GDP per person: $915 (2025). World rank 200 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 43 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 4.7M → 5.7M, GDP $3.2B → $5.2B, and GDP per person $693 → $915. Better than all its neighbours (Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Liberia
- Local name
- Liberia
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Joseph Boakai
- Head of government
- Joseph Boakai
- Independence
- July 26, 1847
- Women in parliament
- 11% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 5,731,206 2025
- Area
- 111,369 km²
- GDP
- $5.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $915 2025
- Life expectancy
- 62.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- Liberian Dollar (LRD)
- Time zones
- UTC
- Calling code
- +231
- Emergency numbers
- 114, 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B, C, E, F
- Mains voltage
- 120 / 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 579
- Neighbours
- Guinea, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone
- Agricultural land
- 20.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Wuteve, 1,447 m
- Lowest point
- Atlantic Ocean, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 243
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 26
- Warmest month in the capital
- April, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- August, 25°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,391 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 51.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.1% 2025
- Living in cities
- 56.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -9.9K 2025
- Born in another country
- 1.3% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 39.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 57.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 3.3% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 63.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 61 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 3.9 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 30.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 84.9%, Muslim 12%, and no religion 2.6% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 44.6 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 28.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 28.4 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 40.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 58 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $1,981 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $830 2025
- Inflation
- +8.3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 0 2024
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 32.7% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 24.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 40% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 2.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 72% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +2.5% 2024
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +9.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 21.3% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 35.3 2016
- Living on under $3 a day
- 33.6% 2016
Education
- Adult literacy
- 59.4% 2010
- Primary school enrolment
- 66.6% 2022
- Secondary school enrolment
- 37.7% 2020
- Higher education enrolment
- 10.8% 2012
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.3% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 13% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $104 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 63.2% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 1 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 1.6 2021
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 82% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 63.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 86.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 628 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.9% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 9.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 37.9% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 5.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 78.8% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 23.3% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 1% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 3.1 2012
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 38.9 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 63.2 2025
- Natural hazards
- dust and sand storms
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 17.9 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.2 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 0.8 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 66.1% 2024
- Protected areas
- 1.2% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 37,221 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 0.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 32.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 32 2022
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0.3 2022
- Internet domain
- .lr
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 34.9% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 92.8% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 57.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 42.6% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 32,000 1992
- Airports
- 19 2025
- Railways, km
- 429 2008
Science and innovation
- Scientific articles per year
- 32 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 2 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 0.6% 2023