Poverty and living standards in Montserrado, Liberia: official figures
20.3% of people in Montserrado County lived below the national poverty line in the 2016 Household Income and Expenditure Survey by LISGIS, and the rate was the lowest of the 15 counties. This is the latest official county poverty figure.
How wealthy are households in Montserrado County?
1.8% of people in Montserrado County belonged to the poorest fifth of Liberia's population by household assets in 2019-20 and 48.7% to the richest fifth; the share in the poorest fifth is the lowest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 20% each by definition).
Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copyHow many women in Montserrado County have a bank account?
18.5% of women aged 15 to 49 in Montserrado County had and used a bank account in 2019-20, the highest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 12.0%).
Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copyAre children in Montserrado County registered at birth?
The births of 68.7% of children under five in Montserrado County were registered with the civil authorities, 7th lowest of the 15 counties (Liberia: 66.3%).
Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copyMore figures
- Inequality in household wealth in Montserrado County gives a Gini coefficient of 0.04 (0 is equal, 1 is totally unequal), the least unequal of the 15 counties (Liberia: 0.21). Source: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Ministry of Health, with ICF (The DHS Program) · saved copy
How Montserrado compares with other counties
Poverty headcount (HIES) (2016)
Montserrado ranks 15 of 15, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Poverty headcount (HIES) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Grand Gedeh | 63.7% |
| 10 | Grand Bassa | 61.8% |
| 11 | Gbarpolu | 60.5% |
| 12 | Grand Cape Mount | 53.7% |
| 13 | Margibi | 52.2% |
| 14 | Sinoe | 46.3% |
| 15 | Montserrado | 20.3% |
People in Liberia's poorest wealth fifth (2019-20)
Montserrado ranks 15 of 15, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People in Liberia's poorest wealth fifth |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Grand Gedeh | 26.8% |
| 10 | Nimba | 26.0% |
| 11 | Bomi | 24.5% |
| 12 | River Gee | 24.5% |
| 13 | Maryland | 20.8% |
| 14 | Margibi | 14.2% |
| 15 | Montserrado | 1.8% |
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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…)
- Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS); file republished by the World Bank Data Catalog: Liberia Poverty 2016: poverty headcount by county, from the Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 Statistical Abstract, read 27 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 d7b29646deb3…)
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