Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia
Liberia: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.651 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia, 2007–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia is 0.651 people per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.6% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia peaked at 0.987 people per person in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.651 people per person, in 2024.
Liberia ranks 9th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.97 people per person | — |
| 2008 | 0.987 people per person | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.981 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.947 people per person | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.959 people per person | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.907 people per person | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.902 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.906 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.848 people per person | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.823 people per person | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.758 people per person | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 0.772 people per person | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.769 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.724 people per person | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 0.702 people per person | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 0.682 people per person | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.675 people per person | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.651 people per person | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9793 people per person | 0.97 people per person | 0.987 people per person | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.8591 people per person | 0.758 people per person | 0.959 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6868 people per person | 0.651 people per person | 0.724 people per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 6 Niger 0.787 people per person compare
- 7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.775 people per person compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 0.66 people per person compare
- 10 Mozambique 0.631 people per person compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 0.608 people per person compare
- 12 Madagascar 0.575 people per person compare
More energy & mining data for Liberia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 31.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Liberia was 0.651 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.987 people per person in 2008.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.651 people per person in 2024.
- How does Liberia rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Liberia ranks 9th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.