COUNTRY PROFILE / LIBERIA

Continent: Africa

Official name: Republic of Liberia

Nature of regime: Presidential

Head of Federal State: Joseph Boakai

Area 111,370 km²

Currency: Liberian Dollar

Population (2022): 5,193,416 inhabitants

Capital: Monrovia

Main towns: Gbarnga, Buchanan, Harper, Sanniquellie, Voinjama,

Official language: English

Agreements and Conventions

• Agreement on the Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Marketing of Electricity, signed in Monrovia on September 30, 2017;
• Revised Agreement establishing an Ivorian-Liberian Joint Cooperation Commission, signed in Monrovia on September 30, 2017;
• Agreement on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary and the Extension of the Outer Limits of the Continental Shelf, signed in Monrovia on September 30, 2017;
• Cooperation Agreement in the field of agriculture, signed in Monrovia on September 30, 2017;
• Cooperation Agreement in the Field of Forest and Wildlife Resources, signed in Monrovia on July 30, 2017;
• Agreement on the joint development of hydroelectric resources on the Cavally River, signed on May 5, 1978 in Abidjan;
• Air Transport Agreement, signed on May 5, 1978 in Abidjan;
• Agreement establishing the Ivorian-Liberian Joint Cooperation Commission, signed on August 24, 1972 in Monrovia.
• Diplomatic relations between the two (02) countries have intensified with several high-level visits. These include:
• April 04, 2018: Friendship and working visit to Cote d’Ivoire by the President of Liberia H.E. Mr. George WEAH;
• January 22, 2018: visit to Liberia of his HE Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, as part of the inauguration of the new Liberian President HE Georges WEAH;
• September 6, 2017: friendship and working visit to Cote d’Ivoire by the President of Liberia H.E. Mrs Ellen JONHSON-SIRLEAF;
• July 15, 2017: visit to Monrovia (Liberia) by His Excellency Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire;
• March 16-17, 2016: Visit to Cote d’Ivoire by the President of Liberia, who came to support the Ivorian people, following the terrorist attack in Grand-Bassam.

A. Main Exports of Cote d’Ivoire to Liberia : Rubber and articles thereof, Wood, charcoal and articles thereof.

B. Main imports of CI from Liberia : rubber and derived products, electrical materials and ferrous products.

Sources : DGE-DPPSE

Sources : DGE-DPCEI

• The value of bilateral trade reached 46.2 billion of CFAF in 2022, compared to 26.4 billion of CFAF in 2021.
• Over the period 2017-2021, the average value of Ivorian exports amounted to 17.03 billion of CFAF /year against 9.58 billion of CFAF /year for imports.
• With the exception of the 2020 period, Cote d’Ivoire trade balance remained in surplus.