Health in Bomi, Liberia: official figures

For every 1,000 babies born in Bomi County in the ten years before the 2019-20 Liberia Demographic and Health Survey, 53 died before their first birthday and 84 before their fifth; the under-five rate is 3rd lowest of the 15 counties (Liberia, last five years: 63 and 93).

Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey)

2010-2020

Children under 5 stunted

32.4%

2019-20

How many children in Bomi County are malnourished?

32.4% of children under five in Bomi County were stunted (too short for their age, a sign of long-term undernutrition), 5.7% were wasted and 14.2% underweight; the stunting rate is 6th lowest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 29.8%).

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Do women in Bomi County give birth in a health facility?

78.7% of births in Bomi County in the five years before the survey took place in a health facility, 7th lowest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 79.8%); 98.1% of mothers had antenatal care from a skilled provider (Liberia: 97.8%).

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

How many children in Bomi County are vaccinated?

56.8% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Bomi County had all basic vaccines (BCG, three doses each of pentavalent and polio, and measles) in 2019-20 (based on a small sample of children) and 1.0% had none; the share fully vaccinated is 3rd highest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 50.8% and 5.8%).

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Do people in Bomi County sleep under mosquito nets?

43.6% of people in Bomi County slept under an insecticide-treated mosquito net the night before the survey, 8th highest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 39.0%).

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

How common is teenage pregnancy in Bomi County?

30.9% of young women aged 15 to 19 in Bomi County had already begun childbearing, 5th lowest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 30.3%).

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Can women in Bomi County get family planning?

30.0% of married women in Bomi County used a modern contraceptive method in 2019-20, 7th highest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 23.9%).

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

More figures

Only 4.1% of women aged 15 to 49 in Bomi County had any health insurance in 2019-20 (Liberia: 3.8%). Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

How Bomi compares with other counties

Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey) (2010-2020)

Bomi ranks 13 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Under-five deaths per 1,000 live births (10 years before the survey)
9	Montserrado	95
10	River Gee	93
11	Lofa	91
12	Rivercess	91
13	Bomi	84
14	Nimba	82
15	Bong	80

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Children under 5 stunted (2019-20)

Bomi ranks 10 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Children under 5 stunted
7	Margibi	33.8%
8	Grand Kru	32.6%
9	Grand Cape Mount	32.5%
10	Bomi	32.4%
11	Grand Gedeh	31.9%
12	River Gee	31.0%
13	Nimba	30.7%

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

Births in a health facility (5 years before the survey) (2019-20)

Bomi ranks 9 of 15, highest first.

Rank	Region	Births in a health facility (5 years before the survey)
6	Bong	83.7%
7	Grand Cape Mount	81.5%
8	Maryland	80.0%
9	Bomi	78.7%
10	Montserrado	74.2%
11	Grand Kru	73.5%
12	Sinoe	73.5%

Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy

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Sources

Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program): Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20, Final Report (county rows of the background-characteristics tables), read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 431010570dbc…)

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