Liberia

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Key facts

  • Currency: U.S. dollar
  • Capital city: Monrovia
  • Region: Western Africa
  • Continent: Africa
  • Land area: 96,320 km²
  • Population: 5,302,681
  • Political Leader: George Weah (President)

Latest news

French court hands former Liberian rebel commander 30-year jail sentence

Read: France 24

2024-03-27

Deadly mining protests in Liberia kill 1 and injure many, official says

Read: ABC News

2024-03-01

Liberian star: Kendrick Lamar is a prophet to me

Read: BBC

2024-02-16

Liberia's drug problem: Drug abuse is on the rise with few treatment facilities

Read: Daily Telegraph

2024-01-31

Liberia's President Boakai had heat exhaustion during inauguration - spokesman

Read: BBC

2024-01-23

Joseph Boakai sworn in as Liberia's new president

Read: France 24

2024-01-22

Liberia's new president takes office with a promise to 'rescue' Africa's oldest republic

Read: The Washington Times

2024-01-22

Metrics

Business

Central government debt 20.32 % of GDP
GDP 4,001,050,000.00 current US$
Inflation 23.56 annual %
Self-employed 78.61 % of total employment
Tax revenue 12.46 % of GDP
Unemployment 3.02 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment 77.19 % of total employment


Environment

Agricultural land 19,230.40 km²
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) 1,179.50 kt
Fertility rate 4.09 births per woman
Forest area 75,871 km²
Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 803.34 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Median age 14.20 years
Methane emissions 338.87 kt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions 295.30 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
Female Population 2,661,979
Male Population 2,640,702
Renewable energy consumption 92.94 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area 95,557.60 km²
Rural population 2,488,813
Urban land area 652.56 km²
Urban population 2,813,868
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters 9.52 % of total population


Health

Birth rate 31.29 per 1,000 people
Death rate 8.84 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita 56.71 current US$
Health expenditure 9.50 % of GDP
Hospital beds 0.80 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth 61 years
Suicide mortality rate 4.50 per 100,000 population


Other

Access to electricity 29.85 % of population
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence 23,000
Individuals using the Internet 33.63 % of population
Net migration -5,000
Press freedom 2.48


Politics

Armed forces personnel 2,000
Democracy score 5.35
Democracy type Hybrid regime
Military expenditure 1.27 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments 10.96 %


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Coordinates: [6°50′N, -9°50′S]
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Source

SIPRI, World Bank

Updated: 1 day ago

License

CC BY 4.0

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