Wages and salaries in Liberia
Liberia: Wages and salaries was 5.20 billion current LCU in 2008. ◆ Volatile
Wages and salaries in Liberia, 2001–2008
Source: World Bank country economists. Measured in current LCU.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 5.20 billion current LCU for wages and salaries in 2008. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 56.9% on the previous year and up 507.9% over ten years.
Liberia ranks 43rd of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Wages and salaries in Liberia, year by year
| Year | current LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 855.07 million current LCU | — |
| 2002 | 651.02 million current LCU | -23.9% |
| 2003 | 539.27 million current LCU | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 675.31 million current LCU | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 2.13 billion current LCU | +215.7% |
| 2006 | 2.12 billion current LCU | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 3.31 billion current LCU | +56.3% |
| 2008 | 5.20 billion current LCU | +56.9% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 5.20 billion current LCU is below the median for low income countries, which is 63.10 billion current LCU, 8% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 5.20 billion current LCU is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 82.80 billion current LCU, 6% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Liberia
More science & technology data for Liberia
- Mobile landline subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, gaps filled 32.06 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per capita 0.3206 units per person (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, gaps filled 1.72 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, per square kilometre 17.89 units per square kilometre (2022)
- Mobile landline subscriptions, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions by country, annual growth rate 4.23 % change on previous year (2022)
- Scientific and technical journal articles 31.54 (2023)
- Scientific and technical journal articles, per capita 0 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wages and salaries in Liberia?
- Wages and salaries in Liberia was 5.20 billion current LCU in 2008, according to World Bank country economists.
- What is the highest wages and salaries recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.20 billion current LCU in 2008.
- What is the lowest wages and salaries recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 539.27 million current LCU in 2003.
- How does Liberia rank for wages and salaries?
- Liberia ranks 43rd out of 51 countries with data for 2008.
- Is wages and salaries rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 507.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank country economists, published as part of Wages and salaries (current LCU). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Wages and salaries consist of all payments in cash, but not in kind, to employees in return for services rendered, before deduction of withholding taxes and employees contributions to social security and pension funds. Data are shown for central government only. Data are in current local currency.