Liberia vs Rwanda: Economic Indicators Comparison

Rwanda with a GDP of $9.5B ranked the 145th largest economy in the world, while Liberia ranked 164th with $3.3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Rwanda and Liberia ranked 7th vs 161st and 180th vs 186th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatLiberiaRwanda
GDP$3.3B$9.5B
GDP growth, 1 year1.2%8.6%
GDP growth, 5-years average0.6%7.4%
Population4.7M12.2M
GDP per capita$677$773
GDP per capita growth-1.23%5.77%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor0.52295.65
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate0.520.34
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$1.4k$2.3k
GNI, Atlas method$2.9B$9.6B
GNI per capita$610$780
GNI, PPP adjusted$5.5B$27.1B
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted$1.1k$2.2k

Financial system and Human development

StatLiberiaRwanda
Income Tax Rate25%30%
Corporate Tax Rate25%30%
Inflation, consumer prices23.4%1.4%
Inflation, GDP deflator-1.9%-0.8%
Unemployment2%1%
Economic Freedom Index4970.9
Personal Freedom Index6.17.34
Human Freedom Index6.67
Property Rights Index31.176.5
Judical Effectiveness Index37.978.3
Business Freedom Index48.260.3
Fiscal Health Index59.786.7
Labor Freedom Index38.281.8
Investment Freedom Index5560
Financial Freedom Index2040
Trade Freedom Index60.670.4
Monetary Freedom Index62.179.8
Government Spending Index65.579.8
Tax Burden Index86.179.2
Government Integrity Index23.857.6
Corruption Perceptions Index3256
Life expectancy at birth, years63.368.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people6.86.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people35.929.7
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people3.22.5
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A932k

Government debt & reserves

StatLiberiaRwanda
Central government debt, % of GDP40.5%40.7%
External debt stocks, % of GNI44.7%58%
External debt stocks$1.3B$5.4B
Short-term debt, % of total reserves0%8.5%
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income2.8%12.6%
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI-99%-4.4%
Gross savings, % of GDP-64.1%12.4%
Gross capital formation, % of GDP12.9%24.4%
Total reserves including gold$560.3M$1.2B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$129.1M$305.5M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatLiberiaRwanda
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP26%17.4%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP94.3%34.1%
Current account balance (balance of payments)-$674.1M-$746.9M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP15.7%20%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$436.2M$621.4M
Personal remittances received$459.9M$260.5M
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP12.5%16.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP37.3%29%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/AN/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/AN/A
Expense, % of GDP16.5%18.9%
Government Expenditure, % of GDP33.9%26%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

Liberia vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M
Burundi
$272
10.9M

Rwanda vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M
Nepal
$1k
29.4M
Sudan
$977
40.5M
Yemen
$944
28.3M
Benin
$902
11.2M
Mali
$900
18.5M
Guinea
$879
12.7M
Haiti
$868
11M
Tajikistan
$827
8.92M
Eritrea
$811
3.5M
Guinea-Bissau
$778
1.86M
Ethiopia
$772
105M
Chad
$728
15.5M
Gambia
$716
2.1M
Burkina Faso
$715
19.2M
Togo
$679
7.8M
Uganda
$643
42.9M
DR Congo
$562
86.8M
Sierra Leone
$534
7.56M
Madagascar
$528
25.6M
Afghanistan
$521
34.9M
Mozambique
$499
29.7M
Central African Republic
$476
4.66M
Niger
$414
21.5M
Malawi
$389
18.6M
Somalia
$315
11M