Liberia
General information
Capital: Monrovia
Currency unit: Liberian dollar
Official language: English
Area: 96,320 km²
Population in million: 4,818,980.0
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 677
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 1,309
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 56.1
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.5 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 53.5 %
Life expectancy at birth: 63.3 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 48 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 3,264,000,000.00
Agriculture value added of GDP: 37.3
Industry value added of GDP: 12.5
Services value added of GDP: -4.6
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 1,019,780.00
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 3,472,210.00
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Diamonds (0.17 %)
Anti-knock preparations (0.01 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Natural rubber (25.64 %)
Wood in the rough (2.27 %)
Cocoa beans (2.09 %)
Fuel wood (0.67 %)
Synthetic rubber derived from oils (0.29 %)
Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator
The indicator highlights the scores of each of the three pillars of the sustainable competitiveness. A larger area means a higher score (0-100) and therefore a more favorable economic situation.
| 2020 | Liberia | |
|---|---|---|
| Global Sustainable Competitiveness Indicator | 41 | |
| National attractiveness Liberia: 26 | 26 | |
| Price competitiveness Liberia: 32 | 32 | |
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities Liberia: 66 | 66 | |
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances Liberia: - | - |
National attractiveness
| 2020 | Liberia | |
|---|---|---|
| National attractiveness | 26 | |
| Infrastructures Liberia: 16 | 16 | |
| Market Liberia: 14 | 14 | |
| Human and financial capital Liberia: 24 | 24 | |
| Political and economic governance Liberia: 49 | 49 |
Price competitiveness
| Liberia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Price competitiveness | 32 | |
| Macroeconomic competitiveness Liberia: 31 | 31 | |
| Products competitiveness Liberia: 59 | 59 |
Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities
| 2020 | Liberia | |
|---|---|---|
| Durability and resistance to vulnerabilities | 66 | |
| Economical vulnerability Liberia: 78 | 78 | |
| Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index (PVCCI) Liberia: 46 | 46 | |
| Internal Violence Index (IVI) Liberia: 8 | 8 |
Revealed competitivenes and economic performances
| Liberia | ||
|---|---|---|
| Revealed competitivenes and economic performances | - | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported primary products (except oil and ores) Liberia: >2,000 | >2,000 | |
| Weighted market shares index of the 5 major exported manufactured products Liberia: 100 | 100 |