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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

2022 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryAccess to electricity
42 Congo - Kinshasa 21.5%
41 Sierra Leone 29.4%
40 Liberia 31.8%
39 Congo - Brazzaville 50.6%
38 Yemen 76.0%
37 Gabon 93.5%
36 Honduras 94.4%
35 Philippines 94.8%
34 India 99.2%
33 Bangladesh 99.4%
32 United States 100.0%
31 Türkiye 100.0%
30 Saudi Arabia 100.0%
29 Russia 100.0%
28 Romania 100.0%
27 Poland 100.0%
26 Norway 100.0%
25 Netherlands 100.0%
24 Mexico 100.0%
23 Lithuania 100.0%
22 Lebanon 100.0%
21 South Korea 100.0%
20 Italy 100.0%
19 Indonesia 100.0%
18 Hong Kong SAR China 100.0%
17 Greece 100.0%
16 United Kingdom 100.0%
15 France 100.0%
14 Finland 100.0%
13 Spain 100.0%
12 Egypt 100.0%
11 Ecuador 100.0%
10 Algeria 100.0%
9 Germany 100.0%
8 Czechia 100.0%
7 Colombia 100.0%
6 China 100.0%
5 Chile 100.0%
4 Canada 100.0%
3 Brazil 100.0%
2 Bulgaria 100.0%
1 Argentina 100.0%

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2022

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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