Liberia
Access to electricity in Liberia
Access to electricity in Liberia: 3% in 2007 and 34.9% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 34.9%
- Since 2007
- +31.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 205 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 34.9% in 2024, the lowest 1.3% in 2008.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Liberia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.9 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 32.5 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 31.8 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 29.8 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 27.6 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 23.1 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 22.8 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 24.2 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 17.7 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 15.2 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 9.4 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 9.8 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 9.3 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 4.1 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 1.9 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 1.3 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 3 | 82 |
| 2006 | – | 81.4 |
| 2005 | – | 80.7 |
| 2004 | – | 80 |
| 2003 | – | 80 |
| 2002 | – | 79.1 |
| 2001 | – | 78.7 |
| 2000 | – | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Liberia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.85% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$40.3M in 2025
- Military spending per person$8 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.09% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports0 TIV in 2025