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Access to electricity in Liberia

2007 – 2024 · 18 data points 41 of 42 · Countries Updated 21 Oct 2026

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2007 – 2024

Access to electricity, 2007 – 2024 percent · Liberia · World
+25.5 pp since 2014
Liberia World

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2007 – 2024

Compared with Access to electricity · percent
Liberia
34.9%
World
91.9%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Liberia · 2007 – 2024
Latest value 34.9% · 2024
First value 3.0% · 2007
Highest 34.9% · 2024
Lowest 1.3% · 2008
Data points 18

By year

All years · 2007 – 2024

YearLiberiaChange World
2024 34.9% +2.4 pp 91.9%
2023 32.5% +0.7 pp 91.6%
2022 31.8% +2.0 pp 91.3%
2021 29.8% +2.2 pp 91.3%
2020 27.6% +4.5 pp 90.4%
2019 23.1% +0.3 pp 90.1%
2018 22.8% −1.4 pp 89.8%
2017 24.2% +6.5 pp 88.9%
2016 17.7% +2.5 pp 88.1%
2015 15.2% +5.8 pp 86.9%
2014 9.4% −0.4 pp 86.2%
2013 9.8% +0.5 pp 85.7%
2012 9.3% +5.2 pp 84.9%
2011 4.1% −1.2 pp 84.5%
2010 5.3% +3.4 pp 83.5%
2009 1.9% +0.6 pp 82.9%
2008 1.3% −1.7 pp 82.7%
2007 3.0% 82.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2007 – 2024

Ranking · Countries

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAccess to electricity
42 Liberia 15.2%
41 Congo - Kinshasa 16.6%
40 Sierra Leone 19.7%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 44.3%
38 Yemen 67.4%
37 Bangladesh 74.0%
36 Gabon 87.3%
35 India 88.0%
34 Philippines 89.1%
33 Honduras 90.0%
32 Russia 95.5%
31 Bulgaria 96.6%
30 Indonesia 97.5%
29 Colombia 98.2%
28 Romania 98.8%
27 Ecuador 98.8%
26 Mexico 99.0%
25 Egypt 99.3%
24 Algeria 99.4%
23 Lebanon 99.7%
22 Chile 99.7%
21 Brazil 99.7%
20 Argentina 99.7%
19 United States 100.0%
18 Türkiye 100.0%
17 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
16 Poland 100.0%
15 Norway 100.0%
14 Netherlands 100.0%
13 Lithuania 100.0%
12 South Korea 100.0%
11 Italy 100.0%
10 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%
9 Greece 100.0%
8 United Kingdom 100.0%
7 France 100.0%
6 Finland 100.0%
5 Spain 100.0%
4 Germany 100.0%
3 Czechia 100.0%
2 China 100.0%
1 Canada 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2015

What it means

The share of people living in homes with electricity.

How it is calculated

Population with access to electricity divided by the total population, from household surveys.

Education & commute

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