Debt - external:
$3.2 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$94 million (1999)
Currency (code):
Liberian dollar (LRD)
Currency code:
LRD
Exchange rates:
Liberian dollars per US dollar - NA (2005), 54.906 (2004), 59.379
(2003), 61.754 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Liberia
Telephones - main lines in use:
6,900 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
160,000 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: the limited services available are found almost
exclusively in the capital Monrovia
domestic: fully automatic system with very low density of .23 fixed
main lines per 100 persons; limited wireless service available
international: country code - 231; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)