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Country Commercial Guides for FY 2000: Liberia

Report prepared by U.S. Embassy Monrovia, released July 1999
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CHAPTER X: ECONOMIC AND TRADE STATISTICS

APPENDIX A: COUNTRY DATA

POPULATION: 2,771,901 (JULY 1998 EST.)
POPULATION GROWTH RATE: 5.76 PERCENT (1998 EST.)
RELIGIONS: TRADITIONAL 40 PERCENT, CHRISTIAN BLENDED WITH TRADITIONAL ANIMISM 30 PERCENT, MUSLIM 20 PERCENT, CHRISTIAN 10 PERCENT
GOVERNMENT SYSTEM: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
LANGUAGES: OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS ENGLISH, ABOUT 20 TRIBAL LANGUAGES

APPENDIX B: DOMESTIC ECONOMY

1998 IN USD MILLIONS (GOVERNMENT FIGURES)
GDP: 357
GDP GROWTH RATE: 20.1 PERCENT
GOVERNMENT SPENDING AS A PERCENT OF GDP: 13.6 PERCENT
UNEMPLOYMENT: 85 PERCENT
AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE FOR USD 1.00: 40 LIBERIAN DOLLARS
DEBT SERVICE RATIO: .01 PERCENT (COMPARED TO THE NATIONAL BUDGET)

APPENDIX C: TRADE

1999 (GOVERNMENT FIGURES) IN USD MILLIONS

TOTAL COUNTRY EXPORTS: 38.8
TOTAL COUNTRY IMPORTS: 113.7

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