Liberia Economy: GDP, Inflation, CPI & Interest Rates

This chart displays Economic Growth (GDP, annual variation in %) for Liberia from 2012 to 2021.

Liberia Economic Data

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Population (million)	4.7	4.8	4.9	5.1	5.2
GDP (USD bn)	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.0	3.5
GDP per Capita (USD)	706	677	624	600	677
GDP (LCU bn)	417	513	577	497	508
Economic Growth (Nominal GDP, ann. var. %)	40.1	23.0	12.5	-14.0	2.3
Economic Growth (GDP, ann. var. %)	2.5	1.2	-2.5	-3.0	5.0
Fiscal Balance (% of GDP)	-6.7	-3.9	-3.9	-2.6	-1.5
Public Debt (% of GDP)	31.8	37.1	48.5	58.7	53.3
Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, eop)	21.9	42.1	27.0	16.6	6.7
Inflation (CPI, ann. var. %, aop)	20.4	36.1	37.5	21.8	9.6
Policy Rate (%, eop)	13.25	-	-	-	-
Exchange Rate (LRD per USD, eop)	126	157	187	163	145
Exchange Rate (LCU per USD, aop)	103	145	188	190	164
Current Account Balance (USD bn)	-1	-1	-1	-	-
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-17.0	-20.7	-21.2	-	-
Merchandise Trade Balance (USD bn)	-0.6	-0.5	-0.4	-	-
Merchandise Exports (USD bn)	0	1	1	-	-
Merchandise Imports (USD bn)	1	1	1	-	-
Merchandise Exports (ann. var. %)	32	41	5	-	-
Merchandise Imports (ann. var. %)	-17	4	-10	-	-
Foreign Direct Investment (USD bn)	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
International Reserves (USD bn)	1	0	0	0	-
International Reserves (months of imports)	7.0	3.8	3.8	-	-
External Debt (USD bn)	1	1	1	1	2
External Debt (% of GDP)	34	35	41	48	53