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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

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAccess to electricity
28 Algeria 99.5%
1 Argentina 100.0%
35 Bangladesh 88.0%
26 Brazil 99.8%
31 Bulgaria 98.1%
2 Canada 100.0%
27 Chile 99.7%
3 China 100.0%
30 Colombia 98.5%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 46.2%
42 Congo - Kinshasa 18.0%
4 Czechia 100.0%
29 Ecuador 99.2%
6 Egypt 100.0%
8 Finland 100.0%
9 France 100.0%
37 Gabon 86.3%
5 Germany 100.0%
11 Greece 100.0%
36 Honduras 86.5%
12 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%
34 India 91.8%
32 Indonesia 98.1%
13 Italy 100.0%
25 Lebanon 99.9%
40 Liberia 24.2%
15 Lithuania 100.0%
16 Mexico 100.0%
17 Netherlands 100.0%
18 Norway 100.0%
33 Philippines 93.0%
19 Poland 100.0%
20 Romania 100.0%
21 Russia 100.0%
22 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
41 Sierra Leone 23.4%
14 South Korea 100.0%
7 Spain 100.0%
23 Türkiye 100.0%
10 United Kingdom 100.0%
24 United States 100.0%
38 Yemen 79.2%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017

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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