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	2017
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	173	8000	0
Internet users - percent of population	211	7.98 %	2018
Internet users - total	156	383819	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	190	8394	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	188	56.57	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	143	2.793 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	182	693.800 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	182	553.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	4.3 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	136	35.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	139	43.2	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	46	88.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	149	19.2	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	171	3.071 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	156	17.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	71	16.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	1	128.8 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	171	89.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	88	19.5 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	16	6.7 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	15	34 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	143	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	127	52.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	59	30.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2007
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	27	2.4 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	18	9 %	2017
Labor force	126	1.677 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	111	8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	148	22 %	2000
Population below poverty line	18	50.9	2016
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	165	7.049 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	191	1428 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	135	16.9 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	159	1.163 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	182	279.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	41	57	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	31	43	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	171	151000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	175	300.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	131	8000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	148	8181 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	144	1.39 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	106	6.56 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	115	17.19 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	122	28.1	2018
Land use - arable land	119	5.2	2018
Land use - forest	56	44.6	2018
Land use - other	88	27.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	71	20.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	2	13.27 % 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	52.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	107	96320 sq km	0
Area - total	103	111369 sq km	0
Area - water	5	15.049 million sq km	0
Coastline	96	579 km	0
Elevation - highest point	113	1447 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	118	243 meters	0
Irrigated land	138	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	96	1667 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	122	28.1	2018
Land use - arable land	119	5.2	2018
Land use - forest	56	44.6	2018
Land use - other	88	27.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	71	20.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	36	232.000 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	18	20.35 %	6137
Age structure - 25-54 years	193	30.01 %	4615
Age structure - 55-64 years	195	3.46 %	6231
Birth rate	9	36.96 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	107	24.9 %	1920
Current Health Expenditure	44	6.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	113	6.78 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	113	5.9 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	36	17 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	28	77.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	29	71.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	44	93.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	29	32.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	35	19 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	25	6.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	51	2.6 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	27	1.1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	38	1300	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	54	35000	2020
Hospital bed density	61	0.8 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	29	45.98 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	171	67.4 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	177	62.86 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	173	65.1 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	7	661	2017
Median age - female	156	18.2 years	2020
Median age - male	142	17.7 years	0
Median age - total	143	18 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	79	19.1	1920
Net migration rate	136	2.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	105	9.9 %	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	64.1 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	15	76.5 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	15	55.9 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	14	35.9 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	17	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2021
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2021
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	28	0.97	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	19	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	15	0.96 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	11	4.84 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	138	2.2	2016
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	131	2.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	138	2.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	30	3.41	1520
Urbanization - urban population	121	52.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	95	29	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	43	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	76	2	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
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
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	115	429 km	2008
Roadways - paved	133	657 km	2018
Roadways - total	109	10600 km	2018
Waterways	95	N/A km	2021

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Liberia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.