Crude death rate in Liberia

The crude death rate in Liberia was 8.0 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Crude death rate (UN estimates) Unit: Deaths per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2024 8.0 Deaths per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.1per 1,000 people 2023: 8.1 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 7.6 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 81st of 217 See the full ranking

Crude death rate in Liberia over time

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Deaths per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude death rate (UN estimates) (deaths per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period LiberiaWorld
2024 8.0 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2023 8.1 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2022 8.2 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 people
2021 8.5 per 1,000 people 8.7 per 1,000 people
2020 8.5 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2019 8.5 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2018 8.6 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2017 8.8 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2016 8.9 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people
2015 9.6 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2014 9.7 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2013 9.4 per 1,000 people 7.6 per 1,000 people
2012 9.5 per 1,000 people 7.7 per 1,000 people
2011 9.6 per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people
2010 9.8 per 1,000 people 7.8 per 1,000 people
2009 10.0 per 1,000 people 7.9 per 1,000 people
2008 10.3 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2007 10.6 per 1,000 people 8.0 per 1,000 people
2006 11.0 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people
2005 11.4 per 1,000 people 8.1 per 1,000 people
2004 12.1 per 1,000 people 8.2 per 1,000 people
2003 13.9 per 1,000 people 8.3 per 1,000 people
2002 13.4 per 1,000 people 8.4 per 1,000 people
2001 14.0 per 1,000 people 8.4 per 1,000 people
2000 14.8 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 8.1 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.7 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.6.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Liberia has the 81st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 7.6 per 1,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CDRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Liberia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects