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Liberia — statistics

All indicators in the section for Liberia — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

294 indicators Region: Sub-Saharan Africa Subregion: Western Africa Income group: Low income ISO: LBR
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 5.73M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 62.3 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 3.86 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 30.6 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 8 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.09 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 56.1 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 3.21M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 43.9 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 57 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.3 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 39.1 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 73.7 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -9,870 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.07 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 2.86M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 2.87M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 2.24M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 3.3M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 191,132 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 61.02 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 63.63 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 124.7 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 24.9 2020 UN DESA
Rural population people 2.52M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 72,423 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 1.3 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 1,167 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 5,086 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 20.8 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 12.2 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 207 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.9 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 36,000 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 900 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 12,000 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 1,600 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 3,563 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 77.62 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 22 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 63.2 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 86.4 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 628 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 6 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases % 35 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from infections % 57 2021 WHO
Share of deaths from injuries % 7.1 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 38.9 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 794 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 152.7 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 34.6 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.83 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 54 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 286.6 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 242.7 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 43.1 2031 IMF
Government revenue % 32.2 1982 World Bank
Government expense % 34.38 1982 World Bank
Budget balance % -0.9 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 2.23B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 472M 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 74.91M 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 9.87 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.05 2024 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 167 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 256,200 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,068 2023 FAO
Food production index index 102.7 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 104.1 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 19.97 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 5.19 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.091 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 11.7 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 19,230 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 500,000 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 240,000 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 115.6 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Renewables share of final energy consumption % 92.8 2022 World Bank
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 0.011 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 1.9 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 0.001 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 0 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 0 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 0 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 32,000 1992 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 2,200 1992 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 0.1 1992 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 91,454 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.4 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 32.23 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 32.1 2022 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.27 2022 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.12 2022 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 13 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 1.72M 2022 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 14,759 2022 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 3.09 2012 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 135 2012 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 60 2025 UNODC
Capacity of prisons and detention facilities people 252 2025 UNODC
Battle-related deaths people 1,787 2003 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.51 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.865 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.646 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 27 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.32 2020 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Inbound tourism receipts US$ 123M 2009 UN Tourism
Outbound tourism expenditure US$ 51M 2009 UN Tourism
Tourism share of exports % 27.09 2009 UN Tourism

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.

Western Africa