Liberia Civic national reference
Economy and Development in Liberia
Money, work, infrastructure, opportunity, and public accountability
Liberia’s economy connects farms, markets, mines, forests, ports, offices, workshops, households, public institutions, and a global diaspora. Understanding it requires more than one GDP figure: it requires evidence about who produces value, who benefits, how public money is used, and which communities remain underserved.
This collection will date every statistic, name its source and measurement, and separate approved budgets from actual spending, policy targets from results, registered businesses from informal livelihoods, and economic growth from improvements in people’s lives.
Explore the economy and development collection
Revenue, spending, debt, procurement, audits, and how public money is reported.
ECONOMY 02Money, banking, and financial services →The Liberian and US dollars, inflation, monetary policy, banks, mobile money, credit, and consumer protection.
ECONOMY 03Trade, imports, and exports →Goods and services moving through ports and borders, major trading partners, prices, and the trade balance.
ECONOMY 04Jobs, livelihoods, and the informal economy →Employment, farming, household enterprise, wages, skills, youth opportunity, and worker protections.
ECONOMY 05Business and entrepreneurship →Starting and operating enterprises, finance, markets, cooperatives, innovation, and barriers to growth.
ECONOMY 06Concessions and natural-resource governance →Mining, rubber, forestry, agriculture, community rights, contracts, taxes, and environmental responsibility.
ECONOMY 07Infrastructure and transportation →Roads, bridges, railways, ports, airports, water systems, logistics, and maintenance.
ECONOMY 08Energy and electricity →Generation, access, tariffs, hydropower, imports, mini-grids, solar power, and reliability.
ECONOMY 09Telecommunications and the digital economy →Mobile networks, internet access, broadcasting, digital payments, technology businesses, and inclusion.
ECONOMY 10Poverty, inequality, and social protection →Income and non-monetary poverty, regional inequality, food security, safety nets, and measurement.
ECONOMY 11Education, health, and human capital →Learning, skills, health, nutrition, productivity, and the services people need to flourish.
ECONOMY 12Development plans and indicators →National plans, SDGs, projects, targets, outcomes, and tools for tracking progress.
How to read Liberia’s economic data
- Check the year: GDP, inflation, employment, debt, population, and poverty figures describe a specific period.
- Check the definition: national and international poverty lines, formal and informal employment, and sector classifications measure different things.
- Separate forecasts from results: projections and government targets are not completed achievements.
- Compare budgets with execution: an appropriation shows authorization; expenditure reports and audits show what was actually spent.
- Look beyond national averages: conditions can differ sharply by county, sex, age, disability, livelihood, and urban or rural location.
Key institutions
Economic evidence is produced and managed by institutions including the Ministry of Finance and Development Planning, Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services, Central Bank of Liberia, Liberia Revenue Authority, Public Procurement and Concessions Commission, General Auditing Commission, sector ministries, regulators, and the Legislature.
Primary sources and data portals
- Ministry of Finance and Development Planning: National budgets
- LISGIS: Census and thematic reports
- Central Bank of Liberia: Annual reports and economic publications
- World Bank: 2025 Liberia Country Economic Memorandum
- World Bank: Liberia Poverty Assessment
This is a nonpartisan public-information collection. Figures will be corrected transparently when official revisions or stronger evidence become available.