Doing Business or Living in Liberia
Liberia itself is not the best place in the world to grow up in. 50% of the population is aged 18 years or less. The average life expectancy for males is 37 years. 6% of the adult population are officially infected with AIDS. The risk of infection with other tropical diseases such as protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, malaria, yellow fever, schistosomiasis and Lassa fever is described by the CIA as "very high". Average annual income (GDP per capita) is $900. It has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world with over 13% failing to survive until the age of one year. The average woman gives birth to more than six children and is unsurprisingly dead by the age of 40. The security situation after the ending of the civil war is still volatile.
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