International Rankings of Liberia 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Liberia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Liberia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1.00	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	173	8000	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	211	7.98 %	2018
Internet users - total	156	383819	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1.00	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	190	8394	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	188	56.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	143	2.793 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	182	693.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	182	553.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	4.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	119	627.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	166	826.000 million US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	136	35	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	139	43	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	46	89	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	149	19	2020
Exports	180	330.000 million US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	171	3.071 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	156	17.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	71	16.70 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	1	128.80 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	171	89.20 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	88	19.50 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	16	6.70 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	15	34.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	143	13.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	127	52.20 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	76	35 %	2016
Gross national saving	148	58	2018
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	59	30.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	27	2.40 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	170	1.820 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	18	9.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	16	12.40 %	2017
Labor force	126	1.677 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	111	8 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	148	22 %	2000
Population below poverty line	18	51 %	2016
Public debt	130	34.40 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	166	7.049 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	71	2.50 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	213	1428 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	151	459.800 million US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	135	16.90 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	146	2.80 %	2014
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	159	1.163 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	182	279.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	41	57	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	31	43	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	171	151000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	175	300.000 million	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	131	8000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	148	8181 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	144	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	106	7 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	115	17 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	122	28	2018
Land use - arable land	119	5	2018
Land use - forest	56	45	2018
Land use - other	88	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	71	21	2018
Revenue from forest resources	2	13 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	36	232.000 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	155	12.300 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	117	53.400 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	139	80.200 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	30	3.41	1520
Urbanization - urban population	121	53	2021
Geography
Area - land	107	96320 sq km	N/A
Area - total	103	111369 sq km	N/A
Area - water	35	15049 sq km	N/A
Coastline	97	579 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	111	1447 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	118	243 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	137	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	97	1667 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	122	28	2018
Land use - arable land	119	5	2018
Land use - forest	56	45	2018
Land use - other	88	27	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	71	21	2018
Total renewable water resources	36	232.000 billion	2017
Population Density	149	54.13 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	65	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	18	20.35	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	193	30.01	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	195	3.46	N/A
Birth rate	9	36.96 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	107	24.90 %	1920
Current Health Expenditure	44	7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	113	6.78 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	113	5.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	17.00 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	28	77.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	29	71.70 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	44	94 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	29	32 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	35	19 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	25	6 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	51	3 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	27	1.10	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	38	1300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	54	35000	2020
Hospital bed density	61	0.80 beds/1,000 population	2010
Infant mortality rate - female	27	41.68 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	30	50.16 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	29	45.98 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	171	67 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	177	63 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	173	65 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	7	661.00	2017
Median age - female	156	18 years	2020
Median age - male	142	18 years	N/A
Median age - total	143	18 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	79	19	1920
Net migration rate	136	2.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	105	9.90 %	2016
Physicians density	152	0.04 physicians/1,000 population	2015
Population	121	5.214 million	2021
Population growth rate	14	2.74 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	92	64 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	15	77 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	15	56 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	14	36 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	19	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	15	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	11	4.84 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	138	2	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	131	2	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	138	2	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	30	3.41	1520
Urbanization - urban population	121	53	2021
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	25	5	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	50	8	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	70	27	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	54	14	2013
Railways - total	106	429 km	2008
Roadways - paved	132	657 km	2018
Roadways - total	109	10600 km	2018

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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