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Liberia
Liberia has a mandatory biometric ID order (2025), but card issuance has been suspended while a public-private deal for a new system awaits Parliament. The central bank lists a CBDC feasibility study in its 2025-2029 plan.
Digital ID · Goal 16.9
Digital ID in Liberia
- Program
- National Biometric Identification System (NIR national ID card)
- Status
- Being built or piloted
- National ID card
- ID card compulsory
- Biometrics
- Yes
- Law
- Executive Order No. 147 (2025)
President Boakai signed Executive Order No. 147 in April 2025, requiring citizens and foreign residents to enrol in the National Biometric Identification System. Card issuance has been suspended since 2025. In August 2026 the National Identification Registry said a draft public-private partnership agreement with OeSD (OSD) was going to Parliament for approval. Reports put national ID coverage at under 15 percent.
Digital money · Goal 8.10
Central bank digital currency
- Status
- Research
The Central Bank of Liberia's 2025-2029 Strategic Plan says it will explore a CBDC and complete a feasibility study by 2029. In 2024 the president met the firm Gluwa about a possible CBDC.
On the record
What has happened, newest first
- 2026-08Rolling it out
A draft public-private deal for a new national ID system was sent to Parliament for approval. Biometric Update — Liberia advances PPP-backed digital ID rollout ↗
- 2025-04Rolling it out
President Boakai signed an order making enrolment in the national biometric ID system mandatory. ID Tech — Liberia Makes Biometric ID Cards Mandatory ↗
UN and WHO
How Liberia has voted
- WHO
- Accepted the 2024 rule changes
- Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
- No recorded objection
- Migration compact (Dec 2018)
- Voted yes
- Paris climate deal
- Party
- SDG Index 2026
- 50.9 · rank 158 of 169
- Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
- 3
Sovereignty score
How the 0 adds up
- 0No tracked actions either way.
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