Liberia
Level moderateupdated 43 min agoA country you can visit normally, with the usual precautions.
What are the main risks in Liberia?
Over the last 12 months, our sensors recorded 8 events there, including 1 severe. The most frequent: Wildfire, Travel advisory, Flood.
Is there a government travel advisory for Liberia?
Yes — of the 19 governments we track, 1 advises against travel and 9 urge extra caution. The detail is in the security section below.
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Liberia: current alerts and safety news
Nothing notable in the last 7 days.
Last 90 days
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- Moderate / High
- Critical
- N/A
Colour = the country level observed that day (highest of the day). N/A: before our records began.
Is it safe to travel to Liberia?
Little was recorded here: six events over the last 12 months, two of them severe. Fire is the pattern. Three wildfires, plus one fire in a built-up area that counted among the two severe ones. One storm, also severe. And one official travel advisory, the entry that weighs most for someone arriving. Four of the six records fall in March. Fires and storms are the two hazards that genuinely follow a season here; the rest of that count is chance, not a cycle. The country sits at 3 on our scale of 0 to 4, and six records make a thin base: they say what our sensors saw, not that nothing happens.
What it changes for a nomad
Over a stay of several weeks, fire is what you are likely to meet. Bush fires push smoke over towns; a fire in a dense neighbourhood moves fast and takes services with it. Storms bring water in and knock the power out. One alert is open as you read this. Count on your own light and your own connection. On timing: most records fall in March, but six events is far too thin to build a calendar on, so take it as a hint and nothing more. Before you book, read your own state's travel notice. One advisory was recorded here, and that notice tells you more about day-to-day security than any event count.
Written with the help of AI from Mira Safe's sourced data on August 23, 2026 · does not replace local guidance How this analysis is produced →
1 earlier analysis
August 21, 2026
Over the last 12 months Liberia recorded 6 events, with 2 severe. Wildfires are the most common hazard you may encounter (3 events), along with storms and urban fires. Both wildfires and storms follow seasonal patterns. March was the busiest month for these events. A severe urban fire occurred recently. No official travel advisories are currently in place for the country.
To watch right now
- One alert is open right now: check what it covers before you move around the area concerned.
To watch as a rule
- Fire, both in the bush and in built-up areas, is what comes back most often in the records.
- Storms and what follows them: water inside, power cuts, roads harder to use.
- Your own state's travel notice, which can change without anything changing on the ground.
- The thin record itself: six entries over 12 months mostly tell you what our sensors picked up.
Good reflexes
- Read your own state's travel notice before booking, then read it again before you fly.
- When you rent for several weeks, find the way out and look at how the place is wired.
- Keep a power bank charged and a torch within reach, because storms take the power with them.
- When bush smoke drifts in, shut the windows and run a fan indoors instead.
- Keep an offline copy of your documents and bookings on your phone.
Liberia: travel advisories and areas to avoid
What the 19 tracked governments officially advise for this country — converging or not. The everyday reference.
- Advised against by 4+ states
- Advised against by 1 state
- Advised against unless essential
Liberia: quality of life and safety in figures
Everyday living conditions, on the few indicators published for every country in the world. Background for a stay — not what is happening today.
Watch out vs the world median
- Air quality (PM2.5): 17.9 µg/m³ (median 17.3)
- Road deaths: 38.9 per 100,000 people (median 15.2)
- Physicians: 0.18 per 1,000 people (median 1.7)
- Hospital beds: 1.6 per 1,000 people (median 2.4)
- Life expectancy at birth: 62.3 years (median 74.7)
- New displacements, disasters: 2.4 per 1,000 people (median 0.73)
Above the world median (17.3) · lower is better
WHO guideline: 5 µg/m³
Above the world median (15.2) · lower is better
Below the world median (1.7) · higher is better
Below the world median (2.4) · higher is better
Below the world median (74.7) · higher is better
Above the world median (0.73) · lower is better
14,000 people in total
1,172 people in total
725 asylum seekers
Security and violence
Structural risk (INFORM) · 2026
4.9/10 — medium
Composite index by the JRC (European Commission): hazards & exposure, vulnerability, coping capacity. Structural background — not today's alerts.
Homicides are the only crime figure that exists worldwide under an open licence. It says nothing about theft or scams — no reliable worldwide data exists for those; official state advisories are the honest day-to-day reference.
National figures, published once a year and often a few years behind: an order of magnitude for daily life, never the situation right now. Sources: World Bank (CC BY 4.0) · UNHCR
Liberia: natural disasters and risks in figures
Last 30 days · 0 events
Eventsof which severeNo major event reported by our sources in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months · 8 events
Eventsof which severe- Wildfire4
- Travel advisory11 1 severe
- Flood1
- Risk1
- Storm1
By month
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What travellers lived
What people who stayed there report. A feeling is not a risk level: these figures complement official data, they don't replace it.
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Humanitarian response under way
Operations run by humanitarian organisations in the country — context about the situation on the ground, not alerts.
IFRC humanitarian operation — Liberia - Floods
Emergency fund (DREF) · since Sep 2, 2026 · planned until Jan 31, 2027
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Situation reports
Latest situation reports published by humanitarian organisations for this country — via ReliefWeb (UN OCHA, CC BY).
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