In Summary:
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Former Finance Minister Samuel Tweah Jr. claimed that prices of basic commodities were 12.48% higher under the Unity Party administration between January 2024 and June 2025 compared to the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) administration.
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Tweah cited the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) data to support this claim, using an example where an item costing LD$100 under the CDC would cost LD$112.48 under the UP.
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We verified his claim by reviewing the LISGIS CPI data, which shows that the CPI rose from 696.82 in January 2024 to 783.2 in June 2025, reflecting a 12.4% increase
On July 20, former Finance Minister Samuel D. Tweah Jr. claimed in a Facebook post that between January 2024 and the end of June 2025, prices of basic commodities in Liberia became 12.48% more expensive under the Unity Party (UP) administration than under the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC).
Tweah cited the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) Consumer Price Index (CPI) data to support his claim.
He illustrated this with an analogy: “If something costs LD$100 under the CDC, it now costs LD$112.48 under the UP.”
The CPI measures how prices of a typical basket of goods and services change over time, indicating inflation or deflation trends affecting consumers.
The Claim
He wrote: “As we speak, between January 2024 to the end of June 2025, LISGIS CPI data show that prices are 12.48 percent higher. So things, on average, are 12.48 percent more expensive under the UP than they were under the CDC.
If something costs LD$100.00 under the CDC, it now costs LD$112.48 under the Unity Party.”
Rating Justification
To verify this claim, we independently reviewed the official CPI data from LISGIS, which is the authoritative national statistics bureau of Liberia, covering the relevant period: January 2024 (end of CDC tenure) to June 2025 (mid-UP tenure)
In January 2024, at the end of the CDC tenure, CPI was 696.82.
Meanwhile, at the end of June 2025 (mid-UP tenure), the CPI rose to 783.20.
The difference between June 2025 and January 2024 CPI is calculated as 783.20−696.82 = 86.38 points, representing the increase in the current price. We found the percentage increase of 86.39 to be 12.4%
This means that prices of typical consumer goods measured by the CPI rose by approximately 12.4% between the handover to the UP government and mid-2025.
Conclusion
Based on our findings, we conclude that the claim made by former Finance Minister Tweah that prices rose by 12.48% is correct. Our calculation from official LISGIS CPI data shows a very close figure of 12.4% increase.
The slight variation (0.08%) can be attributed to rounding differences that does not materially affect our verdict.
