Financial Sector · Liberia
Yearly data from 1974 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Liberia's net foreign assets (current LCU) was 163.79 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 46.49% from 306.11 million in 2014 (6.06% a year on average, compounded).
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 163.79 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 67.69 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 306.11 million | 2014 |
| Highest | 342.87 million | 2011 |
| Lowest | -792.33 million | 2004 |
| Average since 2015 | 139.49 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 839,885 | 1974 |
Over five years it is up 141.97% from 67.69 million in 2019 (19.33% a year on average, compounded). Since 1974 it is up 19,402% from 839,885 in 1974 (11.12% a year on average, compounded). The World Bank has no value for 1 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2024, Liberia's net foreign assets (current LCU) rose 78.45 million on 2023 (from 85.34 million to 163.79 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +19.67 million and a typical year strayed about 237.17 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 963.85 million in 2010 and the biggest yearly fall was 426.5 million in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 28% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2024, Liberia had the 40th highest value of the 40 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Net foreign assets are the sum of foreign assets held by monetary authorities and deposit money banks, less their foreign liabilities. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
| Year | Net foreign assets (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 163,790,688 |
| 2023 | 85,336,247 |
| 2022 | 108,209,152 |
| 2021 | 129,702,234 |
| 2020 | 63,180,130 |
| 2019 | 67,689,166 |
| 2018 | 85,930,772 |
| 2017 | 104,097,258 |
| 2016 | 276,940,116 |
| 2015 | 310,055,923 |
| 2014 | 306,107,229 |
| 2013 | 339,477,454 |
| 2012 | 342,492,354 |
| 2011 | 342,873,898 |
| 2010 | 306,658,898 |
| 2009 | -657,195,324 |
| 2008 | -655,521,041 |
| 2007 | -229,024,154 |
| 2006 | -750,160,246 |
| 2005 | -721,081,741 |
| 2004 | -792,331,817 |
| 2003 | -658,516,740 |
| 2002 | -746,239,156 |
| 2001 | -663,610,044 |
| 2000 | -691,881,868 |
| 1999 | -631,793,875 |
| 1998 | -711,699,121 |
| 1997 | -474,009,164 |
| 1996 | -678,205,554 |
| 1995 | -563,393,785 |
| 1994 | -705,155,529 |
| 1993 | -504,714,017 |
| 1992 | -325,140,174 |
| 1991 | -497,074,666 |
| 1990 | no data |
| 1989 | -386,488,467 |
| 1988 | -369,624,527 |
| 1987 | -365,996,195 |
| 1986 | -295,617,571 |
| 1985 | -246,487,314 |
| 1984 | -217,518,709 |
| 1983 | -218,955,447 |
| 1982 | -182,825,395 |
| 1981 | -126,498,407 |
| 1980 | -84,433,396 |
| 1979 | -1,147,006 |
| 1978 | 66,922 |
| 1977 | 884,633 |
| 1976 | 1,139,085 |
| 1975 | 492,190 |
| 1974 | 839,885 |
Every indicator for Liberia is on the Liberia data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator FM.AST.NFRG.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Financial Statistics database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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