
Liberia
General information
Capital: Monrovia
Currency unit: Liberian dollar
Official language: English
Area: 111,370 km²
Population in million: 4.7
GDP per capita (current US dollars): 456
GDP per capita, PPP (current international $): 826
Demography
Labor force participation rate (% of total population ages 15+): 55.7
Annual growth rate of the population: 2.5 %
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births): 55.9 %
Life expectancy at birth: 62.5 ans
Youth literacy rate Literacy rate, youth total (% of people ages 15-24): 48 %
Production
Gross domestic product (GDP) in billions of US dollars: 2.16
Agriculture value added of GDP: 34.2
Industry value added of GDP: 12.2
Services value added of GDP: 53.6
Trade
Total exports in billions of US dollars: 0.97
Total imports in billions of US dollars: 7.68
Major manufactured products (as % of total exports) :
Diamonds (1.68 %)
Anti-knock preparations (0.01 %)
Weight of major primary products excluding minerals and oil (as % of total exports) :
Natural rubber (40.51 %)
Wood in the rough (4.18 %)
Cocoa beans (3.30 %)
Fuel wood (1.05 %)
Synthetic rubber derived from oils (0.46 %)