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Liberia — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Liberia, 2007–2024.
Latest value · 2024
34.90%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +1063.3% since 2007
Electricity access for Liberia was 34.90% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 18 years, from 2007 to 2024. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 1.30% in 2008 (about 26.8× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 15.53% per year.
Liberia ranks 207 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 96%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Liberia sits below it. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 271%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
34.90%
First (2007)
3.00%
Change
+1063.3%
Highest
34.90%
in 2024
Lowest
1.30%
in 2008
Average
16.87%
Annual growth (CAGR)
15.53%
Years of data
18
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.9% |
| 2023 | 32.5% |
| 2022 | 31.8% |
| 2021 | 29.8% |
| 2020 | 27.6% |
| 2019 | 23.1% |
| 2018 | 22.8% |
| 2017 | 24.2% |
| 2016 | 17.7% |
| 2015 | 15.2% |
| 2014 | 9.4% |
| 2013 | 9.8% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.