Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia
Liberia: Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants was 2.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia, 2000–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia is 2.6%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and down 56.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia peaked at 7.5% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2002.
Liberia ranks 10th of 149 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.3% | — |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -17.7% |
| 2002 | 1.0% | -8.4% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +108.2% |
| 2004 | 2.1% | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 1.9% | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 3.1% | +58.5% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +79.0% |
| 2009 | 5.8% | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 5.1% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 5.0% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 4.1% | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | +48.0% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | +25.6% |
| 2016 | 4.9% | -34.8% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | -8.5% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 3.7% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 3.1% | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | -30.9% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 2.6% | +9.6% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 2.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 1.5%, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 2.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.7%, 3.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +108.2% | 1.0% | 2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.0% | 5.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.0% | 3.7% | 7.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 7 East Timor 2.9% compare
- 7 Malawi 2.9% compare
- 9 Marshall Islands 2.8% compare
- 11 Afghanistan 2.5% compare
- 12 Mozambique 2.4% compare
- 13 Gambia 2.4% compare
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 share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia?
- Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants in Liberia was 2.6% in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2002.
- How does Liberia rank for share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants?
- Liberia ranks 10th out of 149 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by recipient countries (percentage of GNI).