Liberia's life expectancy rose from 44.6 yrs in 1995 to 62.3 yrs in 2024.
Liberia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 21 with data
Liberia's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 45.1 yrs in 2000 to 54.0 yrs in 2021.
Liberia's infant mortality fell from 161.0 ‰ in 1995 to 63.2 ‰ in 2024.
Liberia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 253.7 ‰ in 1995 to 86.4 ‰ in 2024.
Liberia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 1,811.0 /100k in 1994 to 628.0 /100k in 2023.
Liberia's ncd mortality fell from 23.1 % in 2000 to 22.0 % in 2021.
Liberia's suicide mortality rate rose from 5.1 /100k in 2000 to 6.0 /100k in 2021.
Liberia's mortality caused by road traffic injury rose from 35.5 /100k in 2000 to 38.9 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.6 pts6th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.4 %141st of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +1.0 pts179th of 192
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- Physiciansup +5.3 %105th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +107.2 %106th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −3.0 %92nd of 127*
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts138th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)unchanged +0.0 pts136th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)down −0.1 pts103rd of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −3.7 %177th of 208
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Liberia.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data