LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa
Liberia: 159th largest economy, 155th in military spending
Population5.7M#115 of 194 in the world · 2025
GDP$5.2B#159 of 193 in the world · 2025
GDP per person$915#181 of 193 in the world · 2025
Fossil fuel output0.0 TWh#156 of 186 in the world · 2016
Military spending$33.8M#155 of 167 in the world · 2024
Bars show the share of states this actor is ahead of. Rank is among states, each at its latest year.
Attacks reported
attack log →≥ 9 events in or near Liberia, last 30 days reported by the sources; the strongest are listed. No source sees every attack.
- 2026-10-30 · Armed clash · Konobo, Grand Gedeh, Liberia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-28 · Armed clash · Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-28 · Assault or killing · Monrovia, Montserrado, Liberia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
- 2026-10-28 · Armed clash · Nimba County, Nimba, Liberia · GDELT ↗ · machine-coded
What Liberia's officials said lately
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- Representative of Liberia · Representative, Liberia · 26 Oct
“for the families of the 315 Kuwaiti and third-country nationals still unaccounted for, the passage of time has brought neither answers nor relief”
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5.7M people, 56% in cities
- Population5.7M2025
- Population growth2.1%2025
- Urban population56.1%2025
- Land area96.3k km²2023
A $5.2B economy, $915 per person
- GDP$5.2B2025
- GDP (purchasing power)$11.4B2025
- GDP per person$9152025
- GDP per person (purchasing power)$2k2025
- GDP growth5.0%2025
Fuels are 2% of goods exports
- Fuels, share of goods exports1.8%2023
- Food, share of goods exports24.5%2023
- Ores and metals, share of goods exports0.1%2023
- Manufactures, share of goods exports9.9%2023
- Fuels, share of goods imports31.8%2023
Fossil fuel output of 0.0 TWh
Oilmade 0.0 TWhno figureused
Gasmade 0.0 TWhno figureused
Coalmade 0.0 TWhno figureused
- Fossil fuel production (oil + gas + coal)0.0 TWh2016
- Primary energy consumption2.9 TWh2023
- Energy use per person0.5 MWh2023
- Electricity generation0.6 TWh2024
- Electricity from fossil fuels45.6%2024
Spends $33.8M on its military, 0.7% of GDP
- Military spending$33.8M2024
- Military spending, share of GDP0.7%2024
- Armed forces personnel2k2020
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend-indicator value, 1990 US$)$0.02022
Where these numbers come from
- World Bank World Development Indicators (military figures: SIPRI) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2020-2025
- Our World in Data energy dataset (Energy Institute, Ember, EIA) ↗ · CC BY 4.0 · 2016-2024
- IMF World Economic Outlook (DataMapper) ↗ · IMF open data, attribution · 2026
- Wikidata (heads of state and government) ↗ · CC0
Leaders as of 2026-10-05. Figures fetched 2026-10-05; each shows its own year.