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🇱🇷 Liberia

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Policy rate not yet covered
Headline inflation 5.00% Jun 2026
FX premium not yet covered
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Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
Official not yet covered
Marketparallel 187.78 27 Sep 2026, 00:35 UTC Binance P2P
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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

83136190201420162018202020222024

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline 5.00% Jun 2026 Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

16 of 24 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

5.7M · 2025

4.6M5.2M5.7M201520172019202120232025

↑ 1.2M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$1,981 · 2025

$1,300$1,650$2,000201520172019202120232025

↑ $562.32 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

2.8% · 2025

-5%0%3%201520172019202120232025

↑ 4.2 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

62.3 years · 2024

5960.562201420162018202020222024

↑ 3.1 years since 2014

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Child mortality

86.4 per 1,000 · 2024

8691.597201420162018202020222024

↓ 10.6 since 2014

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Internet users

32.2% · 2024

5.4%18.7%32%201420162018202020222024

↑ 26.8 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

not available

Electricity access

34.9% · 2024

9.4%22.2%35%201420162018202020222024

↑ 25.5 pts since 2014

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Poverty ($3/day)

33.6% · 2016

31%32.5%34%201420152016

↑ 1.9 pts since 2014

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National poverty line

50.9% · 2016

50%52%54%201420152016

↓ 3.2 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

not available

Debt service / exports

9.1% · 2024

2.4%6.2%10%201420162018202020222024

↑ 6.7 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

$1.4B · 2024

$360M$880M$1.4B201420162018202020222024

↑ $662.4M since 2014

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GDP growth

5% · 2025

-3%0%6%201520172019202120232025

↑ 4.3 pts since 2014

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GDP

$5.2B · 2025

$3.1B$4.2B$5.2B201520172019202120232025

↑ $2B since 2014

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Unemployment

2.9% · 2025

2.5%3.3%4.1%201520172019202120232025

↑ 0.8 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$471.5M · 2024

$-94M$0$501.9M201420162018202020222024

↓ $30.3M since 2014

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Remittances

$1B · 2024

$340M$670M$1B201420162018202020222024

↑ $504.8M since 2014

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External debt

$2.2B · 2024

$680M$1.4B$2.2B201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.6B since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

32.7% · 2025

32%35.5%39%201520172019202120232025

↓ 3.3 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

40% · 2025

37%41.5%46%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.8 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

not available

Terms of trade

134.30 · 2024

100.00120.00140.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 30.70 since 2014

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FX reserves

$338.8M · 2025

$290M$495M$700M201520172019202120232025

↓ $160.2M since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

13.3% · 2017

13%13.5%14%2014201520162017

↓ 0.3 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

5% · 2017

3.8%4.4%5%2014201520162017

↑ 0.9 pts since 2014

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Gini index

35.30 · 2016

33.0034.0035.00201420152016

↑ 2.10 since 2014

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Health expenditure

13% · 2023

8%11%14%2014201820202023

↑ 4.9 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.2 per 1,000 · 2022

00.10.2201520192022

↑ 0.1 since 2015

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Tertiary enrollment

not available

Tourist arrivals

not available

Account ownership

52.2% · 2024

35%43.5%52%201720212024

↑ 16.5 pts since 2017

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$240.96 · 2024

$77$158.5$240201420162018202020222024

↑ $89.77 since 2014

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Median age

18.4 years · 2023

1717.5182014201820202023

↑ 0.8 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

20.7% · 2026

20%26%32%201620182020202220242026

↓ 7.8 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

53.8% · 2026

24%41%58%20142017202020232026

↑ 29.5 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

LRD 3B · 2026

LRD 750MLRD 1.9BLRD 3B20142017202020232026

↑ LRD 2.3B since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-12% · 2026

-33%-19.6%-6.3%20142017202020232026

↑ 20.2 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-1.6% · 2026

-8.6%-5%-1.4%20142017202020232026

↑ 3.3 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.60 · 2025

0.590.610.63201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.01 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$1.4B · 2024

$360M$880M$1.4B201420162018202020222024

↑ $662.4M since 2014

Imports

$1.8B · 2024

$1.2B$1.9B$2.5B201420162018202020222024

↓ $724.5M since 2014

Balance derived

−$412.3M · 2024

$-1.8B$-1.1B$-410M201420162018202020222024

↑ $1.4B since 2014

Top exports · 2023

Products

  1. Rubber $97.2M · 63.2%
  2. Animal or vegetable fats and oils $32.4M · 21.1%
  3. Machinery and mechanical appliances $5.7M · 3.7%
  4. Cocoa and cocoa preparations $4.1M · 2.7%
  5. Mineral fuels $2.8M · 1.8%
  6. Soap, waxes, candles $2.5M · 1.6%
  7. Articles of iron or steel $1.8M · 1.2%
  8. Wood and wood articles $1.6M · 1.0%
  9. Toys, games, sports $1.4M · 0.9%
  10. Vehicles other than railway $1.2M · 0.8%

Partners

  1. United States $57.6M · 37.4%
  2. Belgium $32.9M · 21.4%
  3. Cameroon $10.6M · 6.9%
  4. Ghana $7.5M · 4.9%
  5. Singapore $6.8M · 4.4%
  6. United Kingdom $4.5M · 2.9%
  7. Malaysia $3.9M · 2.6%
  8. United Arab Emirates $3.8M · 2.4%
  9. Spain $3.2M · 2.1%
  10. Morocco $2.7M · 1.8%

Top imports · 2023

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $690.7M · 31.9%
  2. Cereals $242.1M · 11.2%
  3. Vehicles other than railway $235.5M · 10.9%
  4. Machinery and mechanical appliances $160.5M · 7.4%
  5. Electrical machinery and equipment $97M · 4.5%
  6. Articles of iron or steel $56.3M · 2.6%
  7. Plastics $51.2M · 2.4%
  8. Meat and edible offal $50.9M · 2.4%
  9. Animal or vegetable fats and oils $40.7M · 1.9%
  10. Salt, earths, stone, cement $37.4M · 1.7%

Partners

  1. Côte d'Ivoire $656.3M · 30.3%
  2. China $361.8M · 16.7%
  3. India $340.9M · 15.8%
  4. United States $80.6M · 3.7%
  5. Japan $58.7M · 2.7%
  6. Brazil $42.7M · 2.0%
  7. United Arab Emirates $41.5M · 1.9%
  8. Indonesia $38.2M · 1.8%
  9. Türkiye $35M · 1.6%
  10. Egypt $32M · 1.5%

2025 filings are still arriving — this page updates as each country reports

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