Population of 3.7 million (the majority of which live in the capital Monrovia)
Youth make up 50% of the population
Unemployment standing at 85%
76% live in poverty of which 52% in absolute and extreme poverty,
70% of all your time in Liberia is put toward the logistics of life-survival each day
Life expectancy 45 years
Half a million children do not attend school.
Two thirds of students are being taught by unqualified teachers.
Girls’ enrolment rates lag far behind those for boys.
36% live on less than $1 a day
Every thirty seconds a child dies from malaria which constitutes about 38% of patients of children under five-years while death rate among pregnant women in hospitals and clinics has recorded 18%.
More than 15 per cent of children die before reaching their first birthday.
Nearly 40 per cent of children under age five suffer from stunting as a result of malnutrition.
Nearly 40 per cent of the population does not have access to safe water, and nearly 75 per cent does not have access to adequate sanitation.
Armed conflict, HIV/AIDS and other diseases have orphaned an estimated 230,000 children.
Population of 3.7 million (the majority of which live in the capital Monrovia)
36% live on less than $1 a day
