- Liberians are evenly divided on the direction of the country, with half (50%) saying the country is going in the right direction and the other half (50%) saying it is going in the wrong direction (Figure 1). o Optimistic assessments have risen by 25 percentage points compared to 2022.
- Citizens express mixed views on the economy: While nearly half (45%) describe current economic conditions as “fairly good” or “very good”, a slightly higher proportion rate them as “fairly bad” or “very bad” (48%) (Figure 2).
- Evaluations of personal living conditions also show a split, with equal proportions of respondents describing their conditions in positive and negative terms (both 46%) (Figure 3).
- A majority of citizens express optimism about the future, with six in 10 (61%) saying they expect the national economy to improve over the coming year (Figure 4). o Four in 10 (41%) say their personal living conditions have improved over the past year, while one-third (33%) say economic conditions are “better” or “much better.”
Liberians are divided in their assessments of the country’s overall direction and the economy, but a majority remain hopeful that the economy will improve in the coming year, the latest Afrobarometer survey shows.
The share of those who say Liberia is on the right track doubled from one-fourth of the previous survey’s participants in 2022 to half of those surveyed in 2024.
Findings also indicate an equal split in citizens’ assessments of their personal living conditions.
One-third of respondents say economic conditions have improved over the past 12 months, although a similar proportion think they have deteriorated. Four in 10 Liberians report having better personal living conditions than a year ago, while one-fourth say they are worse off.