West Africa
Liberia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Liberia's #4 import source (world lens). Liberia is the EU's #106 goods supplier.
Liberia on the world stage
Total imports
$2.2bn
2023 annual
Total exports
$154m
126 partners
#1 import source
Côte d'Ivoire
30.3%
#1 export dest.
USA
37.4%
2023 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Liberia and the EU
EU imports from
€1.0bn
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€1.4bn
0.1% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #106 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.38
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
436
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State monopoly (LEC)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
LERA (Liberia Electricity Regulatory Authority)
Mt Coffee hydro (88 MW, rebuilt 2016) provides baseload but is insufficient. Heavy oil-fired generation fills the gap at high cost. CLSG WAPP line connected but import capacity is limited.
Tracked infrastructure
0 solar farms
capacity n/a · 1 building
1 hydro plants
88 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
8
1 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
0
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Gold
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
AWaQ programme still being designed
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
18.5
→ 24.7 by 2050
Fertility
3.86
above replacement
Working-age
57.2%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
5.8
→ 7.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 5.61M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +59% (8.91M)