Human Development & Economic Performance
Liberia's Human Development Index and its components, overlaid with macroeconomic performance to assess how human capital tracks economic growth.
Latest HDI Snapshot · 2023
0.510
0–1 scale
62.2 yrs
10.5
years
6.2
years
$1,538
PPP USD
177
global (lower = better)
Human Development Index Trend
Liberia HDI value (0–1), 2010–2023
HDI Components Over Time
Life expectancy & schooling (years, lines) vs GNI per capita (PPP USD, bars)
- GNI per Capita (PPP $)
- Life Expectancy
- Expected Schooling
- Mean Schooling
HDI vs GDP Growth — Economic Performance Link
HDI value (left axis) overlaid with annual GDP growth % (right axis) to show how human development tracks economic performance
- HDI
- GDP Growth (%)
HDI – GDP Growth Correlation
Pearson correlation between HDI and annual GDP growth across 6 matched years: 0.55. This indicates a strong positive relationship — rising human development tends to accompany stronger economic growth.
HDI vs Sector Growth Performance
Overlay HDI with any sector indicator to see how human development tracks sector-level economic performance
HDI Dataset · 2010–2023
| Year | HDI | Life Exp. | Exp. Schooling | Mean Schooling | GNI/Capita | Rank | GDP Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.510 | 62.2 | 10.5 | 6.2 | 1,538 | 177 | 4.7% |
| 2022 | 0.465 | 61.0 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 700 | 177 | 3.2% |
| 2021 | 0.455 | 60.2 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 680 | 178 | 5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.451 | 60.5 | 11.0 | 4.4 | 650 | 175 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.457 | 61.4 | 11.0 | 4.4 | 670 | 181 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.454 | 61.2 | 10.9 | 4.3 | 668 | 181 | 0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.427 | 60.6 | 10.4 | 4.1 | 666 | 177 | — |
| 2013 | 0.410 | 59.1 | 10.3 | 4.0 | 640 | 175 | — |
| 2010 | 0.388 | 57.5 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 610 | 162 | — |
Primary sources
- UNDP
- — United Nations Development Programme: Human Development Report and its index components
- LISGIS
- — Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services: 2022 Population and Housing Census, consumer price index, external trade and household surveys
- World Bank
- — World Bank Group: World Development Indicators, Liberia Economic Update, debt and poverty statistics
- WHO
- — World Health Organization: Global Health Observatory: mortality, immunization and health-system estimates
- UNESCO
- — UNESCO Institute for Statistics: Internationally comparable education enrolment, completion and spending data
Each figure above is attributed to the publishing institution and its reporting period. Derived and AI-generated forecasts are labelled separately from published data.