Country Report Liberia June 2011

Economic structure: Annual indicators

	2006a	2007a	2008a	2009a	2010b
GDP at market prices (L$ bn)	35.5	45.0	56.1	62.6	71.6
GDP (US$ bn)	0.6	0.7	0.9	0.9	1.0
Real GDP growth (%)	7.3	11.4	6.1	3.8	6.3
Consumer price inflation (av; %)	8.0	13.7	17.5	7.4	7.5
Population (m)	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.8	4.0a
Exports of goods fob (US$ m)	154.6	196.2	249.0	180.0	207.0
Imports of goods fob (US$ m)	441.1	498.5	728.8	559.0	726.7
Current-account balance (US$ m)	-369.2	-383.2	-618.2	-541.1	-692.5
Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m)	72.0	119.4	160.9	372.5	399.8
Exchange rate (av) L$:US$	58.0	61.3	63.2	68.3	71.8a
a Actual. b Economist Intelligence Unit estimates.

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Origins of gross domestic product 2008	% of total	Components of gross domestic product 2007	% of total
Agriculture	61.4	Total consumption	130.5
Industry	12.8	Gross domestic investment	20.0
Services	25.8	Exports of goods & services	33.3
		Imports of goods & services	83.8

Principal exports 2008	US$ m	Principal imports 2008	US$ m
Rubber	206.8	Machinery & transport equipment	215.2
Gold	13.3	Food & live animals	206.8
Diamonds	10.0	Petroleum products	147.2
Coffee	3.4	Manufactured goods	104.7

Main destinations of exports 2010a	% of total	Main origins of imports 2010a	% of total
South Africa	23.5	South Korea	32.5
US	19.5	China	28.4
Spain	8.4	Singapore	18.7
Denmark	5.9	Japan	12.4
a Derived from partners' trade returns.

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