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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Liberia: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Liberia is placed 131st of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 19.91 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 3.2 (2024).
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Mobility & Trade
131st
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Liberia on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
19.91
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 143rd of 177 by UNCTAD
Liberia: 19.91. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in Western Africa
- 139.37 Ghana
- Land neighbours
- Côte d’Ivoire 135.75 · Guinea 32.74 · Sierra Leone 29.93
3.2
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Liberia: 3.2. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in Western Africa
- 3.2 Liberia
- Land neighbours
- Côte d’Ivoire 6.2 · Guinea 6.6 · Sierra Leone 4.9
2.4
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 115th of 139 by World Bank Group
Liberia: 2.4. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in Western Africa
- 2.9 Benin
- Land neighbours
- Guinea 2.5
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Liberia, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in Western Africa
- 0.26 Côte d’Ivoire
- Land neighbours
- Côte d’Ivoire 0.26
02Over time
Which way Liberia is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
LiberiaWorld median
Liberia rose from 16.55 in 2006 to 17.74 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Liberia World median 2026 17.7 56.21 2025 19.9 60.84 2024 18.5 55.22 2023 17.3 54.78 2022 14.4 51.49 2021 16.2 52.64 2020 19.5 47.86 2019 21.6 51.05 2018 21.4 52.03 2017 22.5 49.87 2016 20.6 48.09 2015 25.3 49.13 2014 22.4 48.08 2013 26.7 51.32 2012 25.2 47.44 2011 13.1 50.26 2010 14.3 50.51 2009 18.4 53.04 2008 19.3 51.68 2007 29.1 55.78 2006 16.5 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
LiberiaWorld median
Liberia rose from 2.314 in 2007 to 2.4 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Liberia World median 2023 2.40 2.900 2018 2.23 2.706 2016 2.20 2.734 2014 2.62 2.753 2012 2.45 2.773 2010 2.38 2.746 2007 2.31 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
LiberiaWorld median
Liberia fell from 0.02 in 2017 to 0 in 2023; the world median went from 0.63 to 0.69.
Every year’s figures
Year Liberia World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 0.00 0.690000 2022 0.01 0.565000 2021 — 0.550000 2020 0.00 0.680000 2019 0.02 0.625000 2018 1.85 0.480000 2017 0.02 0.630000 2016 — 0.865000 2015 — 0.790000 2014 — 0.760000 2013 — 0.645000 2012 — 0.630000 2011 — 0.535000 2010 — 0.560000 2009 — 0.780000 2008 — 0.595000 2007 — 0.660000 2006 — 0.445000 2005 — 0.570000 2004 — 0.535000 2003 — 0.530000 2002 — 0.510000 2001 — 0.490000 2000 — 0.430000
03In context
Liberia beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Liberia and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Côte d’Ivoire | 98th | 135.75 | 6.2 | — | 0.26 |
 Sierra Leone | =117th | 29.93 | 4.9 | — | — |
| Liberia | 131st | 19.91 | 3.2 | 2.4 | — |
 Guinea | 146th | 32.74 | 6.6 | 2.5 | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Western Africa
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Liberia in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Liberia is ahead of the world, and behind
17 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median2
Statistics on which Liberia does better than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.22.3451.2▲ Improved since 2015
Liberia: 2.345 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 10th of 176 · derived.
Cost of Sending RemittancesWorld Bank Group · 2023 · world median 3.2252.8333.225▼ Worsened since 2016
Liberia: 2.833 · world median 3.225 · Average cost of sending $200 home (% of the amount). World Bank Group, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -49.69 to 19.63; lower is better.
Position 50th of 93 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median2
Statistics on which Liberia does worse than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2410.206No real change since 2015
Liberia: 0.241 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 53rd of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.45611.354.456No earlier reading
Liberia: 11.35 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 26th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end13
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23157.13103.23Moved since 2015
Liberia: 157.13 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.4650.306Moved since 2015
Liberia: 0.465 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.872.342.8No real change since 2012
Liberia: 72.3 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.666.223.66Moved since 2012
Liberia: 6.22 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1779.6967.17Moved since 2014
Liberia: 79.69 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.73767.08275.73Moved since 2016
Liberia: 767.08 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,8367251,836Moved since 2015
Liberia: 725 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451145,919444,451Moved since 2015
Liberia: 145,919 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.911-0.133Moved since 2013
Liberia: -0.911 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,32372,423223,323Moved since 2015
Liberia: 72,423 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2691,17212,269Moved since 2015
Liberia: 1,172 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0891.296.089Moved since 2015
Liberia: 1.29 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6020.7539.602Moved since 2015
Liberia: 0.753 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
No current reading for Liberia
Container Port Traffic (last 2019), Creative Goods Exports (last 2023), Creative Services Exports, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports (last 2022), Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023), ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary (last 2012) and Trade (% of GDP). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Liberia’s 16 topics
Mobility & Trade is Liberia’s 7th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Environment & Sustainability39th of 1864/4 keys
- Energy55th of 1652/3 keys
- Peace & Security77th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties104th of 1984/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 97th of 1834/4 keys
- Work & Labour101st of 1824/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade131st of 1773/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequalityjoint 119th of 1593/3 keys
- Risk & Resilience153rd of 1934/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions155th of 1944/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation144th of 1764/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture160th of 1843/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge188th of 1984/4 keys
- Digital & Technology189th of 1983/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeingjoint 192nd of 2004/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital190th of 1963/3 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Liberia can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Africa
South Africa39th4/4 keysHighest in Western Africa
Côte d’Ivoire98th3/4 keysThis page
Liberia131st3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Liberia and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Liberia on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Liberia rank on mobility & trade?
Liberia is placed 131st of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Liberia?
19.91 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Liberia?
3.2 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Liberia compare with Côte d’Ivoire on mobility & trade?
Côte d’Ivoire is placed 98th of 177, and Liberia 131st. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Côte d’Ivoire 135.75, Liberia 19.91; Container Import Dwell Time: Côte d’Ivoire 6.2, Liberia 3.2.
How have Liberia’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 16.55 in 2006 to 17.74 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.314 in 2007 to 2.4 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports fell from 0.02 in 2017 to 0 in 2023.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Liberia?
No current reading is published for Liberia on Container Port Traffic, Creative Goods Exports, Creative Services Exports, Digitally-Deliverable Services Exports, Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports, ICT Services Exports, Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP), Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary and Trade (% of GDP). They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 17 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Liberia’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Liberia (banner) — Sahmeditor derivative work: Jjtkk, Public domain
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Liberia: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/liberia/mobility