Liberia is a unitary presidential republic of fifteen counties, led by Joseph Boakai since January 2024. Founded as a settlement for African Americans in 1822, it limits citizenship by law to people of African descent.
In the 12 Axes register, Liberia leans hardest on Federal – Unitary: Unitary 83%; the register median is Unitary 68%.
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Where Liberia sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Unitary state with fifteen counties
Representative Democracy
Incumbent Weah lost 2023 vote and conceded
Centrist
Speech largely free, but government sues papers for libel
Non-Interventionist
Close ties to United States, ECOWAS member
Non-Aggressive
Small army rebuilt after civil wars
Assimilationist
Citizenship legally limited to people of African descent
Economic Liberal
Market economy based on mining and rubber
Markets
Open economy with concession agreements
Free Trade
Iron ore and rubber exports
Spiritual
Constitution bars a state religion; Christian majority
Traditionalist
Same-sex acts criminalised
Neutral
No notable technology policy
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Liberia is at Democratic 68%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Liberia is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Map: Martin23230, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
