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ANNEX 13: SETTLEMENTAND POPULATION
A13.1: Socio-Economy
Basic Indicators
The socio-economic indicators from the latest UNDP Human Development Report
(HDR), 2011 show an improvement in some sectors from the 2008 indicators for
Liberia in general. According to the HDR Liberia is ranked 182 on the Human
Development Index (HDI) with a value of 0.329, thus falling in the Low Human
Development category, but this is an improvement from 2010 ranking by one place.
Population has grown, and with it the number of people living below the national
poverty line has decreased. However, the health indicators show a deteriorating
situation with an increase of people with infectious diseases and government spending
on health as a percentage of GDP also going down. Government spending on the
education sector has increased, albeit the constant percentage of student enrolment at the
different levels of education. The HDI index trend for Liberia has been 0.453 in 1995,
0.459 in 2000 to the present 0.483.
9.7% of the population is vulnerable to poverty while 57.5% are vulnerable to severe
poverty. The poor who are deprived of environmental services are as follows: 33.5% are
deprived of clean water, 78.9% of the population don’t have access to improved
sanitation, while 83.9% have no access to modern fuels. For the years 2000-2009, the
proportion of the population living below the national poverty line was 63.8%. This
should have improved now with the return of a number of Liberians from the USA and
the beginning of a semblance to democracy.
Table 30-12: Socio-economic indicators
Social Indicators 2011 2010 Economic Indicators 2011 2010
HDI 0.329 0.325 Goss National Income per capita PPP$ 265
Population in millions (2011) 4.1 GDP in USD in billions 1.0
Average annual population growth, %, 2010-2015 2.6 GDP per capita in USD 246.9
Population below national poverty line, %, 2000-09 63.8 GDP per capita, PPP in USD, (2009) 396
Population in severe poverty , %, 2007 57.5 % Average annual Growth rate GDP per
capita , (1970-2008)
Health: (2009)
Life expectancy at birth (Years) 56.8
HIV prevalence (% ages15-24), 2009, Female
HIV prevalence (% ages15-24), 2009, Male
Incidence of TB per 100,000, (2009) 288.0
Population under 5 suffering from stunting, 2000-9
Pop under 5 suffering from wasting, 2000-09
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births – under 5
mortality rate, 2009
Adult mortality rate per 1,000 people, 2009, Fema.
Adult mortality rate per 1,000 , 2009, Male
0.7
0.3
39.4
20.4
112
337
389
Undernourished % of total population , 2007 33 % of total health expenditure, public, 2009 39.7
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