Economy · Growth
GDP, sector output, IMF / World Bank forecasts, and the drivers of Liberia’s expansion.
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CBL Statistical Data · National Accounts
Gross domestic product at market prices (LBR_NAT_0) and constant 1992 prices (LBR_NAT_00). Annual series.
Chart showing Liberia nominal GDP over 15 years. Most recent: $5,159.7M in 2025.
Source: Central Bank of Liberia DataWarehousePro · Updated nightly
banking
Broad money reached L$299,356.37 million in March 2026, up 10.66% year-on-year, according to CBL data. But the composition is diverging: narrow money grew 7.86% in a single month while quasi money contracted 6.51%, signaling a liquidity preference shift with direct implications for bank lending and credit availability.
investing
The gap between what banks charge borrowers and what they pay savers widened to 11.17 percentage points in February 2026, according to CBL data. With inflation at 4.50%, every Liberian-dollar savings account is losing purchasing power — and depositors are responding by pulling money out.
policy
The Liberia Revenue Authority is steering the country's biggest indirect-tax overhaul in decades: replacing the single-rate Goods and Services Tax with a multi-stage Value Added Tax. With tax revenue at US$59.46 million in March 2026 — a month when one-off non-tax receipts swelled total revenue to US$304.37 million — the shift is as much about broadening the tax base as changing the rate.
