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Liberia

LR

Monrovia · pop. 5M · English · Liberian dollar

Trajectories

economic complexity

#141

Slipping in export sophistication, from #109 in 1995.

2024 · −2.28

Harvard Growth Lab · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers30
whenvaluechange
1995−0.81
1996−1.25−0.44 pts
1997−0.81+0.44 pts
1998−1.25−0.44 pts
1999−0.84+0.41 pts
2000−1.12−0.28 pts
2001−0.67+0.46 pts
2002high−0.39+0.27 pts
2003−0.73−0.34 pts
2004−0.79−0.06 pts
2005−1.21−0.43 pts
2006−1.11+0.10 pts
2007−1.41−0.30 pts
2008−1.40+0.01 pts
2009−0.75+0.65 pts
2010−1.12−0.37 pts
2011−0.48+0.64 pts
2012−1.20−0.72 pts
2013−0.94+0.26 pts
2014−1.21−0.27 pts
2015−1.61−0.40 pts
2016−1.16+0.45 pts
2017−0.74+0.42 pts
2018−0.90−0.16 pts
2019−1.06−0.16 pts
2020−1.50−0.44 pts
2021−1.21+0.29 pts
2022−1.14+0.07 pts
2023−1.47−0.33 pts
2024latest−2.28−0.81 pts

economic momentum

$851

Tripled since 2000. GDP per head in 2024, in current US dollars.

2024 · $851

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
the numbers35
whenvaluechange
1990$173
1991$178+2.9%
1992$108−39.4%
1993$74−31.0%
1994low$61−17.4%
1995$62+1.1%
1996$71+14.9%
1997$123+71.7%
1998$135+9.8%
1999$157+16.3%
2000$298+90.6%
2001$300+0.7%
2002$300−0.3%
2003$240−19.9%
2004$284+18.5%
2005$287+1.2%
2006$321+11.5%
2007$374+16.7%
2008$452+20.7%
2009$448−0.7%
2010$492+9.8%
2011$568+15.4%
2012$638+12.4%
2013$711+11.3%
2014$707−0.6%
2015$693−2.0%
2016$715+3.2%
2017$699−2.1%
2018$692−1.0%
2019$658−4.9%
2020$617−6.3%
2021$668+8.3%
2022$745+11.5%
2023$799+7.3%
2024latest$851+6.5%

prices

8.2%

A year’s rise in consumer prices, in 2024. The world’s median was 3.1%.

2024 · 8.2%

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median
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whenvaluechange
200214.2%
200310.3%−3.83 pts
20047.8%−2.50 pts
200510.8%+3.01 pts
20067.3%−3.49 pts
200711.4%+4.05 pts
200817.5%+6.10 pts
20097.4%−10.1 pts
20107.3%−0.14 pts
20118.5%+1.20 pts
2012low6.8%−1.66 pts
20137.6%+0.75 pts
20149.9%+2.28 pts
20157.7%−2.11 pts
20168.8%+1.09 pts
201712.4%+3.59 pts
201823.6%+11.1 pts
2019high27.0%+3.40 pts
202017.0%−10.0 pts
20217.8%−9.14 pts
20227.6%−0.22 pts
202310.1%+2.50 pts
2024latest8.2%−1.88 pts

demographic curve

3.9 children per woman

Above replacement: still growing. Fell from 6.9 in 1980.

2024 · 3.9

World Bank · thin line is the world’s median · rule marks replacement (2.1)
the numbers65
whenvaluechange
19606.4
19616.4+0.9%
19626.5+0.9%
19636.6+0.8%
19646.6+0.4%
19656.6+0.5%
19666.6+0.2%
19676.7+0.3%
19686.7+0.1%
19696.6−0.2%
19706.6−1.0%
19716.5−0.5%
19726.6+0.9%
19736.7+0.8%
19746.7+0.6%
19756.7+0.8%
19766.8+0.7%
19776.8+0.7%
19786.9+0.6%
1979high6.9+0.5%
19806.9−0.7%
19816.8−0.6%
19826.8−0.7%
19836.8−0.4%
19846.7−0.5%
19856.7−0.5%
19866.6−0.8%
19876.6−1.0%
19886.5−1.0%
19896.4−1.1%
19906.4−1.0%
19916.3−0.7%
19926.3−0.7%
19936.2−0.5%
19946.2−0.6%
19956.2−0.6%
19966.1−0.7%
19976.1−0.8%
19986.0−1.0%
19996.0−1.1%
20005.9−1.3%
20015.8−1.7%
20025.7−2.1%
20035.5−1.9%
20045.5−0.7%
20055.5+0.2%
20065.5+0.2%
20075.5−1.2%
20085.3−2.5%
20095.2−2.9%
20105.1−2.2%
20115.0−1.7%
20124.9−1.8%
20134.7−2.7%
20144.6−2.7%
20154.5−2.1%
20164.5−1.4%
20174.4−1.5%
20184.3−1.4%
20194.3−1.8%
20204.2−1.9%
20214.1−2.0%
20224.0−1.8%
20234.0−1.6%
2024latest3.9−2.2%

Metrics

  1. population
    5M
    121 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $4B
    156 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $799
    158 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $63M
    140 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    1.4%
    86 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    111K km²
    107 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    45.0 /km²
    114 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    62.2 yr
    160 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    23%
    151 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    0.15 t
    156 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanisation
    56%
    106 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    3.9
    27 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    1.3%
    121 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    21%
    10 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. scientific articles / yr
    26
    156 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  16. high-tech exports %
    1%
    135 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  17. gini inequality
    35.3
    73 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  18. youth unemployment
    2%
    7 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  19. democracy (v-dem)
    0.42
    68 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  20. clean government
    27
    121 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  21. press freedom
    33.4
    83 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  22. human development
    0.510
    148 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  23. refugees hosted
    1.2K
    119 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  24. refugees produced
    5.1K
    71 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data