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Monrovia · Liberian dollar (LRD) · ECOWAS
Reference
- Capital
- Monrovia
- Currency
- Liberian dollar · LRD
- Central bank
- Central Bank of Liberia
- Regional membership
- ECOWAS — Economic Community of West African States
- Official languages
- English
- Stock exchange
- Not listed here
- Instant payments
- Not listed here
- Regulatory sandbox
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Figures
- GDP (current US$)
- $5.2 bn · 2025
- GDP growth (annual %)
- 5.0% · 2025
- Population
- 5.7 m · 2025
- Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
- 8.3% · 2025
- Personal remittances received (current US$)
- Not available for the latest year
- Exchange rate · LRD
- 181 LRD per US dollar · 2026-08-29
World Bank, World Development Indicators, via the World Bank API; year as published. Mid-market reference from exchangerate-api.com, refreshed daily; not a dealing rate.
Headlines · 30
From the AllAfrica country feed and pan-African newsrooms; each item links to the original.
AllAfrica · Liberia
Supreme Court Orders Five Former FDA, Lands Officials Jailed in U.S.$6 Million Forestry Case
[Liberian Investigator] - Liberia's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered five former forestry and lands officials imprisoned for one year each after upholding their economic sabotage convictions in a long-running case…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Supreme Court Upholds PPAL Official's Economic Sabotage Conviction - U.S.$10,000 Fine or 10 YearsPAL
[Liberian Investigator] - Liberia's Supreme Court has given former Planned Parenthood Association of Liberia official Enree Bee Neeplo 60 days to pay a US$10,000 fine or serve 10 years in prison after upholding her…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Supreme Court Orders Ecobank, Kollie and Williams to Pay U.S.$350,000
[Liberian Investigator] - Liberia's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered Ecobank Liberia, Martin K.N. Kollie and Alex Williams to pay a former government official a combined US$350,000, ruling that the bank failed in its…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Liberia Launches Digital Collateral Registry to Curb Duplicate Claims, Expand Business Credit
[Liberian Investigator] - Liberia has launched an upgraded digital registry that will allow lenders to verify ownership and existing claims against assets before accepting them as collateral, a reform intended to reduce…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Gender Minister's Call for Wives to Support Jobless Husbands Sparks Legal Dispute
[Liberian Investigator] - Gender Minister Gbeme Horace-Kollie's invitation for unemployed husbands to report working wives who refuse to support them has set off a legal dispute over whether joblessness meets the…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Liberia Gears Up to Host 30-Nation African Scrabble Championship
[Liberian Investigator] Published: August 27, 2026…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Grand Kru Plans Pitch Upgrades Ahead of County Meet Hosting
[Liberian Investigator] - Grand Kru County will host Bomi and Margibi counties during the preliminary rounds of the 2026/2027 National County Sports Meet, but officials say its football pitches require improvements…
AllAfrica · Liberia
LFA Appeal Com'ttee Overturns Kuoh's Expulsion, Says Disciplinary Committee Lacked Authority
[Liberian Investigator] - The Liberia Football Association Appeal Committee has overturned the expulsion of FC Fassell President Cassell Anthony Kuoh, ruling that the LFA Grievance and Disciplinary Committee acted…
AllAfrica · Liberia
President Boakai Warns Weak Procurement Controls Fuel Waste, Favoritism Claims
[Liberian Investigator] - President Joseph Boakai has warned Cabinet officials that failure to enforce Liberia's procurement rules could drain public resources and reinforce perceptions that government contracts are…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Deputy Finance Minister Dehpue Zuo Leaves Government for Senior Ecowas Post
[Liberian Investigator] - Deputy Finance Minister for Economic Management Dehpue Y. Zuo is leaving the Liberian government to become ECOWAS commissioner for economic affairs and agriculture, placing one of the country's…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Gender Ministry, Legal Experts Clash Over Spousal Support Law
[Liberian Observer] A fierce public dispute has erupted between the Ministry of Gender, Children, and Social Protection and legal experts over the interpretation of Liberia's Domestic Relations Law, triggering a broader…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Boakai Warns Officials Against Bypassing Procurement Rules
[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has warned government officials against attempts to bypass Liberia's public procurement rules, stressing that strict compliance with established procedures is…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Bentol Residents Hail AFL Recruitment Awareness
[Liberian Observer] The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) has held a public awareness engagement with residents of Bentol City and surrounding communities, aimed at providing accurate information on the institution's…
AllAfrica · Liberia
CBL Launches Enhanced Collateral Registry to Expand Access to Credit
[Liberian Observer] The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has officially launched an Enhanced Collateral Registry System designed to expand access to credit, strengthen secured lending and improve confidence in Liberia's…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Ecowas Honours Ecomog Commanders, Fallen Journalists in Liberia, Sierra Leone War
[Daily Trust] The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday awarded the Commanders of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group, otherwise known as ECOMOG, for restoring peace and unity in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Fact Check - Was Red Cross Budget Cut in the 2026 National Budget?
[Liberian Investigator] Published: August 27, 2026…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Liberia Reports 201,074 Metric Tons in Agricultural Output
[New Republic] MONROVIA-The Government of Liberia says agricultural output has increased to approximately 201,074 metric tons as the administration intensifies efforts to strengthen food production and reduce the…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Boakai Vows to Enforce Drug Laws Without Fear or Favor, Defends Due Process for Jewel Howard Taylor
[New Republic] MONROVIA, LIBERIA -- August 26, 2026: President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has assured Liberians that his administration will intensify the fight against illicit drug trafficking and organized crime while…
AllAfrica · Liberia
From 'Death Trap' to Modern School
[Liberian Observer] Nimba County District #9 Representative Taa Wongbe has dedicated a newly constructed modern primary school in Volay Town near Tappita City, describing the project as an investment in the future of…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Rhush Brings Much Needed Relief to Rural Community in Margibi
[Liberian Observer] A US-based non-for-profit organization, Restoring Health and Uplifting Souls for Heaven (RHUSH) over the weekend donated more than fifty bags of 25kg rice to residents of Richard Town in Weala…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Muslim Council Demands Equal Justice in Liberia's Drug War
[Liberian Observer] The National Muslim Council of Liberia has called on the Government of Liberia to prosecute all individuals linked to narcotics offenses where credible and admissible evidence is established, warning…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Liberia Flexes Diplomatic Muscle At UN
[Liberian Observer] Liberia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Lewis G. Brown II hosted a lunch for Secretary General António Guterres and the ten elected members of the Security Council, known…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Konneh Urges Boakai to Turn Cocaine Seizure Into Lasting Drug-Enforcement System
[Liberian Observer] Gbarpolu County Senator Amara M. Konneh has urged President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to transform Liberia's unprecedented cocaine seizure into a lasting national drug-enforcement system, warning that…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Prez Boakai Urges Liberians to Turn Patriotism to Action
[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has called on Liberians to transform patriotism into responsible citizenship by rejecting division, corruption, violence, and drug abuse while working collectively…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Justice Minister Vows Relentless War On Drug Trafficking
[Liberian Observer] Justice Minister and Attorney General Cllr. N. Oswald Tweh has warned drug traffickers and their alleged networks that the Liberian Government will remain relentless in its campaign against illicit…
AllAfrica · Liberia
'UL Needs National Reset, Not Another Temporary Fix'
[Liberian Observer] Former Assistant Minister for Mines, Mineral Resource Development and Conservation Carlos E. Tingban, Sr. is calling on President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to undertake a sweeping institutional reset of…
AllAfrica · Liberia
'Dictators Shouldn't Address Lawyers'
[Liberian Observer] Prominent Nigerian human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has launched a scathing criticism of Liberia's former ruling establishment, accusing the administration of…
AllAfrica · Liberia
[Liberian Observer] President Joseph Nyuma Boakai has drawn a firm line against political interference in Liberia's escalating fight against illicit drug trafficking, declaring that no individual will be protected or…
AllAfrica · Liberia
Court Rejects House Arrest for Ex-VP Taylor
[Liberian Observer] The Monrovia City Court has rejected a defense request to move former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor from police custody to home confinement or a medical facility, drawing a firm legal boundary…