International Rankings of Liberia 2023, 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	58	0.3	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	173	13000	2020
Internet users - percent of population	87	34 %	2021
Internet users - total	136	1.768 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	189	6000	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	105	32	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	156	1.700 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	226	6.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	226	5.000 million US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	4.3 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	124	653.403 million US Dollars	2019
Debt - external	170	826.000 million US Dollars	2019
Exports	188	554.013 million US Dollars	2019
GDP (official exchange rate)	176	3.071 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	160	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	175	89.2 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	90	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	148	13.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	134	52.2 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	75	35.3 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	60	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
Imports	184	1.244 billion US Dollars	2019
Industrial production growth rate	11	16.25 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	14	23.56 %	2018
Labor force	121	2.289 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	20	70 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	115	8 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	153	22 %	2000
Population below poverty line	19	50.9 %	2016
Public debt	143	34.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	170	7.391 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	88	4.99 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	172	1400 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	175	340.966 million US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	115	16.9 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	160	4.09 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	151	3.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	149	3.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	152	3.2	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	164	1.346 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	180	292.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	170	196000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	175	26.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	110	40.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	36	59.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	64	0.5 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	175	3.790 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	160	9200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	153	8181 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2017
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	148	1.39 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	107	6.56 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	118	17.19 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	126	28.1	2018
Land use - arable land	121	5.2	2018
Land use - forest	57	44.6	2018
Land use - other	91	27.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	73	20.8	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	2	13.27 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	39	232.000 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	129	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	90	50.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	105	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	31	3.41	1520
Urbanization - urban population	112	53.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	109	96320 sq km	0
Area - total	106	111369 sq km	0
Area - water	5	15.049 million sq km	0
Coastline	100	579 km	0
Elevation - highest point	124	1447 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	119	243 meters	0
Irrigated land	145	30 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	99	1667 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	126	28.1	2018
Land use - arable land	121	5.2	2018
Land use - forest	57	44.6	2018
Land use - other	91	27.3	2018
Land use - permanent crops	65	2.1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	73	20.8	2018
Military
Military expenditures	46	0.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	128	0.38 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	61	0.02 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	45	2.28 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	100	3.12 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	65	0.44 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	11	36.26 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	49	10.9 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	108	24.9 %	1920
Current health expenditure	27	9.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	128	48.7 %	2023
Death rate	125	6.46 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	32	16.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	25	79.7 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	26	73.7 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	33	96.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	31	29.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	32	16 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	32	3.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	59	2.7 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	12	2.33 %	2023
Hospital bed density	71	N/A beds/1,000 population	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	27	39.05 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	28	47.23 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	28	43.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	180	68.15 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	186	63.52 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	180	65.8 years	0
Literacy - female	114	34.1 %	2017
Literacy - male	88	62.7 %	0
Literacy - total population	100	48.3 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	6	652 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	160	18.2 years	2020
Median age - male	147	17.7 years	0
Median age - total	148	18 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	19.1	1920
Net migration rate	146	2.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	106	9.9 %	2016
Physicians density	156	0.05 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	121	5.506 million	2023
Population growth rate	15	2.71 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	81	68 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	18	74.8 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	18	52.5 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	14	32 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	25	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	19	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	94	2 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	120	14.3 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	113	8.2 %	2020
Total fertility rate	13	4.73 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	31	3.41	1520
Urbanization - urban population	112	53.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	151	3.2	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	149	3.2	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	152	3.2	0
Transportation
Airports	96	29	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	72	271000	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	6	4311	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	136	657 km	2018
Roadways - total	118	10600 km	2018
Waterways	109	N/A km	2023

*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 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Liberia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Liberia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.