Liberia

Republic of Liberia

Capital
Monrovia
Region
Western Africa
Population, 2025
5.7 million
Currency
LRD
Area
111,369 km²

Across Liberia's 1 priced cities, one person needs about $1,225 a month, rent included; the average net salary is $700.

Medium confidence1 cities in the index
2 cities, coloured by livability; the city table below lists them all.

Livability

The same seven domains as for cities, scored at country level; safety falls back to the homicide rate where Numbeo has no survey.

65out of 100
LivabilityMedium confidence
  • Purchasing power25%42
  • Safety20%88
  • Health care15%No data
  • Climate10%No data
  • Air quality10%84
  • Connectivity10%No data
  • Cost10%60
How each domain is scored
Purchasing power, 25%
What a local net salary buys against local prices, as a percentile.
Safety, 20%
Numbeo safety index for the city, or for its country when the city has no survey.
Health care, 15%
Numbeo health care index, city first, then country.
Climate, 10%
Numbeo climate index where surveyed, otherwise a comfort score from NASA climate normals.
Air quality, 10%
30-day mean US AQI on a 0-100 scale: 100 at AQI 25 or cleaner, 0 at 150 or worse.
Connectivity, 10%
Percentile of median fixed broadband download speed, city first, then country.
Cost, 10%
Cheaper places score higher: the percentile of the cost-of-living plus rent index, inverted.

What it costs

Averages over the country’s cities, weighted by population. New York = 100.

Cost of living index
65.0
New York = 100, rent excluded
Rent index
5.7
New York = 100
Purchasing power
65.3
New York = 100
One person
$1,225
A month, rent included
Net salary
$700
Average, a month after tax
Rent, one bedroom in the centre
$250
A month

Economy

World Bank development indicators; each figure is the latest year with data.

GDP per person
$915
2025
Growth
+5.0%
2025
Unemployment
2.9%
2025
Inflation
8.3%
2025
Life expectancy
62.3 years
2024
Internet users
32%
2024

Taxes

Headline rates side by side from three references, with the source of each.

Corporate tax
25%
SourcePwC

Headline statutory rates as of Sep 2026; brackets, allowances and regional taxes change what a given person pays.

Safety and internet

Numbeo’s crime survey, the World Bank homicide series and the Speedtest Global Index.

Safety

Safety indexNumbeo, higher is safer
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Crime indexNumbeo, lower is better
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HomicidesPer 100,000 people, 2012
3.1

Internet

Fixed downloadMbps, median
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Mobile downloadMbps, median
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Change in a yearFixed download speed
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Cities in Liberia

Sort by any column. Livability and cost use the same scales as every city page.

Cities in Liberia
1Monrovia5965.0$250$70065.31.5MLow confidence, 1 contributors
2Fish Town—————5.4KLow confidence

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