The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Liberia, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 5.0% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 8.3% | High inflation: money loses value quickly. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 2.9% | Low: the job market is tight. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $915 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2024) | +2.5% of GDP | Surplus: earns more from abroad than it spends. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's Finance Minister, Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan, has paid tribute to Dr. Zarau Wendeline Kibwe, the outgoing Executive Director of the World Bank Group's Africa Group 1 Constituency, commending his service while urging African countries to strengthen peer learning and share practical solutions…
[Liberian Investigator] Liberia's fisheries regulator is using a World Bank-backed project, which has now disbursed more than 80% of its funds, as a springboard to court private investors in aquaculture, fish processing, and cold storage, arguing the sector can create jobs and keep more of its value at home if…
The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has approached Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) for technical guidance on risk-based capital requirements, insurance supervision, and regulatory transition as it seeks to strengthen Liberia’s insurance industry.
[New Dawn] MONROVIA -- Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti and Special Envoy for U.S. Trade and Investment Isaac E. Taggart Jr. have concluded discussions on Liberia's investment roadshow, aimed at attracting American investors and strengthening economic cooperation between the two countries.
[New Republic] Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA) Commissioner General James Dorbor Jallah has disclosed that the country's mining sector has contributed approximately US$432 million to domestic revenue, underscoring the sector's importance to the government's revenue mobilization efforts.
[New Republic] TUBMANBURG, Bomi County -- The Government of Liberia has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening oversight of the mining sector, curbing illegal mining, promoting local mineral processing, and ensuring that the country's natural resources contribute more significantly to national revenue and economic…
[New Republic] NEW YORK, USA -- Liberia has called for an immediate ceasefire, the protection of civilians, and unhindered humanitarian access in Ukraine, as the country renewed its appeal for a peaceful settlement of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict in accordance with the United Nations Charter.
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA -- Opposition leader Musa Hassan Bility said Thursday that the government's collection of more than US$1 billion in domestic revenue has done nothing to improve ordinary Liberians' lives. He called it "growth without development."
[Liberian Observer] Acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General Cllr. Betty Lamin Blamo has warned that the effective discharge of the Ministry of Justice and its auxiliary agencies' mandates depends heavily on the availability of adequate financial resources, strong institutional capacity and timely government…
[Liberian Investigator] The exchange rate has moved from about L$190 to L$170 for US$1, but small traders say wholesalers still convert their purchases at the old rate. The government must establish what is happening, enforce transparent pricing and end a silence that is feeding confusion and resentment.