Rankings · Liberia

Presidents

• Real GDP during each president's tenureLiberia's national accounts (Central Bank of Liberia and LISGIS, compiled in US dollars) via the World Bank (NY.GDP.MKTP.KN, constant 2016 prices), yearly from 1990; the war years are the World Bank's estimates
• Real GDP per person during each president's tenureLiberia's GDP in US dollars at constant 2016 prices via the World Bank (NY.GDP.MKTP.KN) over the population (World Bank, UN estimates), yearly
• Inflation (CPI) during each president's tenureLISGIS consumer price index (Monrovia and its environs) via the IMF (CPI, all items, spliced into one index by the IMF), change on the same month a year earlier, from 2002
• Consumer prices (CPI) during each president's tenureLISGIS consumer price index (Monrovia and its environs) via the IMF (CPI, all items, spliced into one index by the IMF, 2010 = 100), from 2001
• Population during each president's tenureWorld Bank (SP.POP.TOTL) from the UN's World Population Prospects, mid-year
• Exchange rate during each president's tenureCentral Bank of Liberia exchange rate via the IMF (ER, Liberian dollars per US dollar, period average), monthly from 2000, when the unified Liberian dollar notes replaced the wartime 'JJ' and 'Liberty' notes (March 2000)
• Access to electricity during each president's tenureWorld Bank (EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS), share of the population with an electricity connection, from household surveys with the World Bank's estimates between them, yearly from 2007
• Happiness during each president's tenureWorld Happiness Report, Figure 2.1 data (Gallup World Poll): life evaluation, the national average answer to Gallup's question of where on a ladder from 0 (the worst possible life) to 10 (the best) people stand today; each point the average of three years of surveys, dated at the middle one, with the WHR's 95 % interval from 2019; 2013 is not published
• Government effectiveness during each president's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_GE.SC): perceptions of the quality of public services, the civil service and of policy-making, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
• Regulatory quality during each president's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RQ.SC): perceptions of the government's ability to make and carry out sound rules that let private business form and compete, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
• Rule of law during each president's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_RL.SC): confidence in contracts, property rights, the police and the courts, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
• Control of corruption during each president's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_CC.SC): perceptions of public power used for private gain, petty and grand, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
• Corruption perceptions index during each president's tenureTransparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI score): perceived public-sector corruption as business people and country experts rate it, comparable from 2012, the score as TI publishes it with its confidence interval
• Voice and accountability during each president's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_VA.SC): perceptions of how far citizens can take part in choosing their government, and of freedom of expression, association and the media, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval
• Electoral democracy index during each president's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_polyarchy): the electoral democracy index, free and fair elections with wide suffrage and the freedoms of association and expression that make them count, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
• Liberal democracy index during each president's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_libdem): the liberal democracy index, electoral democracy plus the checks on the executive and the rights of the person, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
• Freedom of expression during each president's tenureV-Dem Institute, V-Dem dataset v16 (v2x_freexp_altinf): the freedom of expression and alternative sources of information index, the press, academic and private speech and the media's independence, as V-Dem's country experts rate them, with V-Dem's confidence interval; the 0 to 1 index times 100
• Political stability during each president's tenureWorld Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators (GOV_WGI_PV.SC): perceptions of the likelihood of political instability or politically motivated violence, terrorism included, a score from 0 to 100 with its 90 % interval