CPIA business regulatory environment rating in Liberia
Liberia: CPIA business regulatory environment rating was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025. ▼ Falling
CPIA business regulatory environment rating in Liberia, 2009–2025
Source: CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 1=low to 6=high.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cpia business regulatory environment rating in Liberia is 2.5 1=low to 6=high, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cpia business regulatory environment rating in Liberia peaked at 3 1=low to 6=high in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2.5 1=low to 6=high, in 2018.
Liberia ranks 61st of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 17 years of available data.
CPIA business regulatory environment rating in Liberia, year by year
| Year | 1=low to 6=high | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 1=low to 6=high | — |
| 2010 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.9 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 3 1=low to 6=high | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 2.5 1=low to 6=high | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 61 Bolivia 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Chad 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Guinea-Bissau 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Guyana 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Honduras 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Kiribati 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Marshall Islands 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Myanmar 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Sierra Leone 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 East Timor 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
- 61 Tuvalu 2.5 1=low to 6=high compare
More public sector data for Liberia
- Arms imports 0 SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 0 SIPRI trend indicator values (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 6.03 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0071 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -45.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 33.83 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per square kilometre 649.07 current USD per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cpia business regulatory environment rating in Liberia?
- Cpia business regulatory environment rating in Liberia was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2025, according to CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG).
- What is the highest cpia business regulatory environment rating recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 3 1=low to 6=high in 2009.
- What is the lowest cpia business regulatory environment rating recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 1=low to 6=high in 2018.
- How does Liberia rank for cpia business regulatory environment rating?
- Liberia ranks 61st out of 84 countries with data for 2025.
- Is cpia business regulatory environment rating rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from CPIA database, World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of CPIA business regulatory environment rating (1=low to 6=high). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The CPIA measures the extent to which a country’s policy and institutional framework supports sustainable growth and poverty reduction, and consequently the effective use of development assistance. The outcome of the exercise yields both an overall score and scores for sixteen criteria that compose the CPIA. These criteria include: A. Economic Management (1. Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies; 2. Fiscal Policy; 3. Debt Policy and Management), B. Structural Policies (4. Trade; 5. Financial Sector; 6. Business Regulatory Environment), C. Policies for Social Inclusion/Equity (7. Gender equality; 8. Equity of public resource use; 9. Building human resources; 10. Social protection and labor; 11. Policies and institutions for environmental sustainability), D. Public Sector Management and Institutions (12. Property rights and rule-based governance; 13. Quality of budgetary and financial management; 14. Efficiency of revenue mobilization; 15. Quality of public administration; 16. Transparency, accountability, and corruption in the public sector). This Business Regulatory Environment criterion assesses the extent to which the legal, regulatory, and policy environment helps or hinders private business in investing, creating jobs, and becoming more productive. The emphasis is on direct regulations of business activity and regulation of goods and factor markets. Three sub-components are measured: (a) regulations affecting entry, exit, and competition; (b) regulations of ongoing business operations; and (c) regulations of factor markets (labor and land).