Liberia, year by year

Every index this site holds for Liberia, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1999

Human development rose from 0.403 in 1999 to 0.510 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 25 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 62.3 years2024at birthUp 5.5 years from 56.8 years in 2005
Internet users: 32%2024of people onlineUp 32 points from 1% in 2006
Urban population: 56%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 10 points from 46% in 2006
Births per woman: 3.862024births per womanDown 1.66 from 5.52 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 93%2022of energy usedUp 3 points from 90% in 2004
Access to electricity: 35%2024of people with electricityUp 32 points from 3% in 2007
Infant mortality: 632024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 26 from 89 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 0.1 t2024of CO2 per person a yearDown 0.1 t from 0.2 t in 2005
Forest area: 78%2023of land under forestDown 6 points from 84% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 5 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	—	37.6	—	—	6.37	89.1	—	171	0.2	88.5	—	—
1991	—	43.6	—	58.0	6.32	90.1	—	172	0.1	88.2	—	—
1992	—	43.6	—	56.4	6.28	89.0	—	172	0.1	87.9	—	—
1993	—	43.0	—	52.7	6.25	87.7	—	170	0.1	87.6	—	—
1994	—	42.6	—	48.3	6.21	87.1	—	166	0.1	87.3	—	—
1995	—	44.6	—	44.5	6.17	87.0	—	161	0.1	86.9	—	—
1996	—	45.0	—	43.0	6.13	87.5	—	155	0.1	86.6	—	—
1997	—	48.3	0.0	43.0	6.08	88.1	—	148	0.1	86.3	—	—
1998	—	49.4	0.0	43.2	6.02	88.5	—	141	0.1	86.0	—	—
1999	0.403	50.4	0.0	43.4	5.95	90.5	—	133	0.1	85.7	—	—
2000	0.443	51.9	0.0	43.8	5.88	91.3	—	126	0.1	85.4	—	—
2001	0.448	53.1	0.0	44.1	5.77	91.6	—	118	0.1	85.0	—	—
2002	0.453	54.1	0.0	44.6	5.65	91.1	—	110	0.1	84.7	—	—
2003	0.429	53.0	0.0	45.0	5.55	90.3	—	102	0.2	84.4	—	—
2004	0.442	56.0	0.0	45.4	5.51	89.6	—	95	0.2	84.1	—	—
2005	0.446	56.8	0.6	45.9	5.52	87.8	—	89	0.2	83.8	—	—
2006	0.450	57.5	0.5	46.2	5.53	87.6	—	84	0.2	83.5	321	815
2007	0.455	58.1	0.6	46.6	5.46	89.8	3	80	0.2	83.2	374	873
2008	0.459	58.7	0.5	47.1	5.33	91.8	1	77	0.1	82.8	452	915
2009	0.463	59.1	2.0	47.6	5.17	91.8	2	74	0.1	82.5	448	939
2010	0.467	59.4	2.3	48.1	5.06	88.6	5	72	0.2	82.2	492	980
2011	0.471	59.5	2.5	48.7	4.97	87.1	4	70	0.2	81.9	568	1041
2012	0.475	59.8	2.6	49.2	4.88	86.2	9	68	0.2	81.6	638	1157
2013	0.481	60.0	3.2	49.7	4.75	87.5	10	67	0.2	81.3	711	1360
2014	0.479	59.2	5.4	50.2	4.62	91.2	9	68	0.3	81.0	707	1419
2015	0.480	59.3	10.0	50.7	4.52	91.9	15	65	0.3	80.7	693	1340
2016	0.485	60.5	15.7	51.3	4.46	92.8	18	64	0.3	80.3	715	1490
2017	0.491	60.8	16.3	51.8	4.40	93.6	24	64	0.3	80.0	699	1665
2018	0.495	61.0	17.3	52.3	4.34	94.4	23	63	0.1	79.7	692	1800
2019	0.497	61.2	19.9	52.9	4.26	89.7	23	63	0.2	79.4	658	1900
2020	0.498	61.3	22.9	53.4	4.17	93.0	28	63	0.2	79.1	617	1660
2021	0.503	61.2	26.4	53.9	4.09	93.2	30	64	0.2	78.8	668	1539
2022	0.508	61.9	30.4	54.5	4.02	92.8	32	64	0.2	78.5	745	1691
2023	0.510	62.2	31.2	55.0	3.95	—	33	64	0.1	78.1	799	1796
2024	—	62.3	32.2	55.5	3.86	—	35	63	0.1	—	851	1874
2025	—	—	—	56.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	915	1981
On the profile	0.510	62.3	32.2	56.1	3.86	92.8	—	—	0.1	78.1	915	1981

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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