NLAID - Activity in Liberia

Information on Liberia

Birth rate 37.25 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 20.4% (2007) country comparison to the world: 35

Climate tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers

Death rate 10.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Environment - current issues tropical rain forest deforestation; soil erosion; loss of biodiversity; pollution of coastal waters from oil residue and raw sewage

Infant mortality rate
total 74.52 deaths/1,000 live births
male 78.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female 69.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Languages English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence

Life expectancy at birth
total population 57 years
male 55.44 years
female 58.6 years (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 57.5%
male 73.3%
female 41.6% (2003 est.)

Maternal mortality rate 990 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 5

Natural resources iron ore, timber, diamonds, gold, hydropower

Population
3,786,764 (July 2011 est.)

Population growth rate 2.663% (2011 est.)

Religions Christian 85.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Traditional 0.6%, other 0.2%, none 1.4% (2008 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total 11 years
male 13 years
female 9 years (2000)

Bijdrage aan VN noodhulp verzoek Liberia

Project code NL-1-PPR-22943