Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Liberia
Liberia: Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex was 0.1903 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.1903
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
17th
of 236 countries
All-time high
0.4479
in 1959
All-time low
0.1903
in 2023
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Liberia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Liberia is 0.1903, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Liberia peaked at 0.4479 in 1959 and was at its lowest, 0.1903, in 2023.
Liberia ranks 17th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.4472 | — |
| 1951 | 0.447 | -0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.4469 | -0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.4467 | -0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.4467 | -0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.4467 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.4469 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.4474 | +0.1% |
| 1958 | 0.4475 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.4479 | +0.1% |
| 1960 | 0.4478 | -0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.4476 | -0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.447 | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 0.4459 | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.4443 | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 0.442 | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 0.4392 | -0.6% |
| 1967 | 0.436 | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.4322 | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 0.4281 | -0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.4242 | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 0.4205 | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 0.4155 | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.4111 | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.4068 | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 0.4025 | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.3985 | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.3946 | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 0.3911 | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.3878 | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3856 | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 0.3835 | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.3826 | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.3819 | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.382 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.3863 | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 0.3848 | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3869 | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 0.389 | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.3906 | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.3953 | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 0.3926 | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.3881 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.3927 | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.3921 | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 0.3778 | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3714 | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.3472 | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 0.3353 | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 0.3224 | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3099 | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.2967 | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 0.285 | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 0.2835 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2631 | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 0.2531 | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 0.2445 | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 0.2367 | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2305 | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.2254 | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.2223 | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 0.2199 | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.2171 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.2146 | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2214 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2208 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2088 | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2056 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2031 | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.2004 | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1969 | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 0.1961 | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1923 | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1903 | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.4471 | 0.4467 | 0.4479 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.441 | 0.4281 | 0.4478 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4053 | 0.3878 | 0.4242 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3853 | 0.3819 | 0.3906 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3715 | 0.3224 | 0.3953 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2628 | 0.2254 | 0.3099 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2134 | 0.2004 | 0.2223 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1939 | 0.1903 | 0.1969 | 4 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Liberia
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 3.95 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,068 kg per hectare (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -4.74 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.48 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.5% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Liberia?
- Lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex in Liberia was 0.1903 in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4479 in 1959.
- What is the lowest lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1903 in 2023.
- How does Liberia rank for lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex?
- Liberia ranks 17th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lifespan inequality: gini coefficient by sex rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); Aburto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of inequality in lifespans, measured between 0 and 1.