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| GDP | USD 3.249bn (World ranking 166, World Bank 2018) |
| Population | 4.82mn (World ranking 123, World Bank 2018) |
| Form of state | Republic |
| Head of government | George Weah (President) |
| Next elections | 2024, presidential and legislative (House of Representatives) |
- Mineral resources (iron ore, timber, diamonds)
- Financial support from international organizations
- Very high and structural current account deficit (-25% of GDP in 2019)
- Poor levels of education, which leads to a shortage of skilled workforce
- Very low foreign currency liquidity, exchange rate instability and structural inflation
- Poor public financial management
- Poor health infrastructure and organization, which led to the Ebola outbreak in 2014 (the presence of the virus has been declared over by WHO)