Social Development in Liberia

146 indicators covering social development for Liberia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Democracy Index 7 2018 up 16.7% 69th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 3,725 2025 up 54.3% 85th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per capita 0.0006 units per person 2025 up 25.5% 75th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 5.1% 34th
Political Rights Score 31 2025 up 10.7% 76th
Freedom Score 65 2025 up 6.6% 95th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 725 2025 up 6,490.9% 104th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per capita 0.0001 units per person 2025 up 5,258.4% 100th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 up 3,954.4% 42nd
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, annual growth rate -16.59 % change on previous year 2025 down 505.0% 74th
Full democracy 0 2025 78th
States involved in state-based conflicts 0 2025 36th
Sovereign state 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of Democracy Index 17 2018 up 6.2% 70th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, annual growth rate 5.53 % change on previous year 2025 up 108.3% 61st
Equal Rights Protection Index 0.686 2025 down 0.6% 77th
Physical Integrity Rights Index 0.845 2025 up 8.2% 72nd
Political Corruption Index 0.877 2025 up 3.2% 15th
Political Corruption Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.877 2025 up 3.2% 15th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.0883 2024 down 9.4% 160th
Number of armed conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 34th
Number of state-based conflicts 0 conflicts 2025 19th
Countries where armed conflicts took place 0 2025 56th
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin, per square kilometre 0.0405 units per square kilometre 2023 up 97.0% 91st
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum, per square kilometre 0.0064 units per square kilometre 2023 up 1,187.5% 108th
LGBT+ Rights Index -0.3355 2019 unchanged 138th
Forcibly displaced people 1,897 2025 down 94.8% 143rd
Terrorist attacks by severity 0 attacks 2021 1st
Press freedom 1 2016 61st
Countries with accredited independent national human rights institutions 2 number 2025 1st
Age of electoral democracy 21 years 2025 up 90.9% 106th
Corruption Perceptions Index 27 2024 down 27.0% 134th
Internally displaced people due to conflict 0 people 2024 38th
Alcohol, total per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.69 2024 down 2.2% 159th
Alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 0.545 2024 down 2.2% 153rd
Alcohol, unrecorded per capita (15+) consumption (in litres of pure) 1.14 2024 down 2.2% 36th
Alcohol, tourist consumption (in litres of pure alcohol), three-year 0.0047 2024 down 14.6% 36th
Self-reported life satisfaction 4.28 2025 up 18.2% 132nd
Happiness vs. life satisfaction 4.28 2025 up 18.2% 132nd
Alcohol, consumption of pure alcohol by type of beverage 16.5% 2024 down 25.9% 160th
Homicide rate 3.09 homicides per 100,000 population 2012 up 13.3% 83rd
Homicides 135 homicides 2012 up 35.0% 86th
Homicide rate, WHO vs. UNODC 3.09 homicides per 100,000 population 2012 up 13.3% 83rd
Homicide rate in 1990 vs. 2020 3.09 homicides per 100,000 population 2012 up 13.3% 83rd
Age of electoral democracy 20 years 2025 up 100.0% 75th
States involved in interstate conflicts 0 2014 51st
Citizen support for democracy 0.0866 2020 down 83.2% 57th
Citizen satisfaction with democracy -0.206 2020 down 153.4% 73rd
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions 100.0% 2025 1st
Homicides 484.51 deaths 2021 up 4.3% 86th
Homicide rate 9.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 16.0% 44th
Estimates of rates of homicides per 100 000 population 9.36 2021 down 16.3% 43rd
Number of current tobacco smokers, estimate 131,000 2030 down 14.4% 140th
States involved in wars 0 2011 5th
Alcohol, total  (recorded + unrecorded) per capita (15+) consumption 3.35 2030 up 11.9% 120th
States involved in state based conflicts, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2004 unchanged 31st
Freedom of Association Score 8 2025 unchanged 22nd
Freedom of Expression Score 7 2025 up 16.7% 19th
Civil Rights Score 6 2025 up 20.0% 31st
Estimate of current tobacco use prevalence (%) 3.8% 2030 down 40.6% 164th