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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 English (official); more than 20 local languages of the Niger-Congo language group; English used by about 20%
1991 English (official); more than 20 local languages of the Niger-Congo language group; English used by about 20%
1992 English (official); more than 20 local languages of the Niger-Congo language group; English used by about 20%
1993 English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group
1994 English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group
1995 English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group
1996 English 20% (official), Niger-Congo language group about 20 local languages come from this group
1997 English 20% (official), about 20 tribal languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
1998 English 20% (official), about 20 tribal languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
1999 English 20% (official), about 20 tribal languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2000 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2001 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2002 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2003 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2004 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2005 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2006 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2007 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2008 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
2009 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2010 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2011 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2012 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2013 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2014 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2015 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2016 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2017 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2018 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2019 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2020 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2021 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2022 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2023 English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages few of which can be written or used in correspondence
2024 English 20% (official) and 27 indigenous languages, including Liberian English variants
2025 English 20% (official) and 27 indigenous languages, including Liberian English variants