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IndicatorLBRLiberiaSub-Saharan Africa
Governance
Civil liberties index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #46
Control of Corruption0-100 percentile26.7rank #165
Deliberative democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.49rank #51
Egalitarian democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.39rank #69
Freedom of expression index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #44
Government Effectiveness0-100 percentile27.1rank #187
Human rights index (V-Dem)0-10.84rank #46
Military spending% GDP0.71%rank #127
Participatory democracy index (V-Dem)0-10.32rank #75
Political Stability & Absence of Violence0-100 percentile62rank #121
Regulatory Quality0-100 percentile41.6rank #166
Rule of Law0-100 percentile42rank #156
Rule of law index (V-Dem)0-10.36rank #103
V-Dem electoral democracy0-10.6rank #60
V-Dem liberal democracy0-10.42rank #70
Voice & Accountability0-100 percentile54.9rank #108
Women in parliament% seats11%rank #150
Women's political empowerment index (V-Dem)0-10.82rank #49
Economy
Agricultural employment% employment41.1%rank #38
Agriculture value added% GDP32.7%rank #8
Capital stock per worker2017 US$ per worker12,384.9rank #159
Current account balance% GDP2.5%rank #48
Employment-to-population ratio%74.4%rank #14
External debt stocks% GNI50.5%rank #72
FDI net inflows% GDP9.9%rank #21
GDPcurrent US$5.25Brank #153
GDP growth%5%rank #45
GDP per capita (nominal)current US$915.3rank #177
GDP per capita, PPP2021 intl $1,692.9rank #178
GNI per capita (PPP)2021 intl $1,537.9rank #186
Government expenditure% GDP34.4%rank #13
High-technology exports% manuf. exports0.64%rank #143
Human capital indexindex1.8rank #123
Industry value added% GDP24.5%rank #80
Inflation%8.3%rank #143
Labour force participation rate%76.5%rank #15
Personal remittances received% GDP21.3%rank #10
Unemployment% labor force2.9%rank #35
Unemployment rate (ILO modelled)%2.8%rank #37
Vulnerable employment% employment76.9%rank #167
Youth unemployment% ages 15-242.3%rank #6
Youth unemployment rate (ILO modelled)% ages 15-242.3%rank #7
Health
Basic drinking water access% pop78.8%rank #138
Basic sanitation access% pop23.3%rank #170
Child mortalityper 1008.6rank #148
Daily caloric supply per capitakcal2,135.1rank #171
DTP3 immunization coverage%83%rank #17
Health spending% GDP13%rank #6
Infant mortalityper 1k births63.2rank #145
Life expectancyyears62.3rank #202
Maternal mortalityper 100k628rank #113
Measles immunization% children82%rank #18
Measles (MCV1) immunization coverage%82%rank #18
Physiciansper 1k0.18rank #99
PM2.5 air pollution exposureug/m317.9rank #102
Road traffic deathsper 100k38.9rank #138
Smoking prevalence% adults5.2%rank #4
Suicide mortality rateper 100k6rank #71
Tuberculosis incidenceper 100k207rank #122
Under-5 mortality rateper 1k births86.4rank #187
Undernourishment% pop35.5%rank #76
Education
Adult literacy%59.4%rank #43
Education spending% GDP2.3%rank #101
Expected years of schoolingyears10.5rank #169
Mean years of schoolingyears6.2rank #149
Primary completion rate% relevant age57.8%rank #130
Primary enrollment% gross66.6%rank #164
Secondary enrollment% gross37.7%rank #143
Tertiary enrollment% gross10.8%rank #114
Demography
Crude birth rateper 1,00030.6rank #27
Fertility ratebirths/woman3.9rank #29
Median age of populationyears18.4rank #190
Net migration rateper 1,000-0.91rank #134
Populationpeople5.73Mrank #116
Population growth%2.1%rank #44
Projected life expectancy in 2050 (medium)years65.8rank #207
Projected population in 2050 (medium)thousands8,910.5rank #106
Total age dependency ratioper 100 working-age76.3rank #29
Urban population%56.1%rank #127
Climate
CO₂ emissionst859,369rank #170
CO₂ per capitat0.15rank #193
Electricity access% pop34.9%rank #73
Electricity from coal% generation0%rank #1
Electricity from hydro% generation52.6%rank #39
Electricity from solar% generation1.8%rank #114
Electricity from wind% generation0%rank #104
Forest area% land78.1%rank #10
GHG emissions per capitatCO2e per capita4.5rank #91
Power-sector CO2 intensitygCO2/kWh315.8rank #66
Renewable electricity%54.4%rank #56
Renewable energy share%92.8%rank #2
Total GHG emissions incl. LULUCFMtCO2e24.6rank #77
Society
Asylum seekerspeople3,725rank #97
Extreme poverty% pop33.6%rank #45
Female labor participation%72%rank #16
Fixed broadband subscriptionsper 1000.27rank #181
Gender Development Indexratio0.87rank #97
Gender Inequality Index0-10.65rank #148
Gini indexindex35.3rank #39
Homicide rateper 100k3.1rank #71
Human Development Index0-10.51rank #144
Inequality-adjusted HDI0-10.33rank #131
Internally displaced personspeople237,822rank #9
Internet users% pop32.2%rank #160
Life satisfaction0-104.3rank #127
Planetary pressures-adjusted HDI0-10.51rank #110
Poverty gap at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.03rank #153
Poverty headcount at $2.15/dayproportion (0-1)0.15rank #122
Poverty headcount at $3.65/dayproportion (0-1)0.44rank #152
Poverty headcount at $6.85/dayproportion (0-1)0.8rank #175
Refugees hosted (by country of asylum)people1,172rank #123
Refugees originating (by country of origin)people5,117rank #98
Youth NEET rate%14.7%rank #70
Risk
Battle-related deaths (state-based)deaths/year1,787rank #28
Deaths in armed conflictsdeaths0rank #1
Hazard & exposure0-103.7rank #31
Human hazard & exposure0-103.4rank #29
INFORM risk score0-105.3rank #42
Lack of coping capacity0-107rank #60
Lack of infrastructure coping capacity0-107.6rank #64
Lack of institutional coping capacity0-106.4rank #43
Natural hazard & exposure0-103.9rank #26
Organized-violence deaths (total)deaths/year1rank #1
Socio-economic vulnerability0-107.1rank #67
Vulnerability0-105.6rank #45
Vulnerable groups0-103.6rank #31
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