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Liberia - Electricity Access 2017

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Access to electricity as % of population · World Bank

24.20% +6.50pp from 2016 Global rank: 203rd

Liberia's electricity access was 24.20% in 2017, increased +6.50pp from 17.70% in 2016. This was the 203rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Electricity Access by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Aruba	100.00%	0.0%
2nd	Andorra	100.00%	0.0%
3rd	United Arab Emirates	100.00%	0.0%
4th	Argentina	100.00%	0.1%
5th	Antigua and Barbuda	100.00%	0.0%
6th	Australia	100.00%	0.0%
7th	Austria	100.00%	0.0%
8th	Azerbaijan	100.00%	0.0%
9th	Belgium	100.00%	0.0%
10th	Bahrain	100.00%	0.0%
11th	Bahamas, The	100.00%	0.0%
12th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	100.00%	0.0%
13th	Bermuda	100.00%	0.0%
14th	Barbados	100.00%	0.0%
15th	Brunei Darussalam	100.00%	0.0%
16th	Canada	100.00%	0.0%
17th	Switzerland	100.00%	0.0%
18th	Channel Islands	100.00%	0.0%
19th	China	100.00%	0.0%
20th	Curaçao	100.00%	0.0%
21st	Cayman Islands	100.00%	0.0%
22nd	Cyprus	100.00%	0.0%
23rd	Czechia	100.00%	0.0%
24th	Germany	100.00%	0.0%
25th	Denmark	100.00%	0.0%
26th	Dominican Republic	100.00%	1.1%
27th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	100.00%	0.0%
28th	Spain	100.00%	0.0%
29th	Estonia	100.00%	0.0%
30th	Finland	100.00%	0.0%
31st	France	100.00%	0.0%
32nd	Faroe Islands	100.00%	0.0%
33rd	United Kingdom	100.00%	0.0%
34th	Georgia	100.00%	0.0%
35th	Gibraltar	100.00%	0.0%
36th	Greece	100.00%	0.0%
37th	Greenland	100.00%	0.0%
38th	Guam	100.00%	0.0%
39th	Hong Kong SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
40th	Croatia	100.00%	0.0%
41st	Hungary	100.00%	0.0%
42nd	Isle of Man	100.00%	0.0%
43rd	Ireland	100.00%	0.0%
44th	Iceland	100.00%	0.0%
45th	Israel	100.00%	0.0%
46th	Italy	100.00%	0.0%
47th	Jordan	100.00%	0.0%
48th	Japan	100.00%	0.0%
49th	Kazakhstan	100.00%	0.0%
50th	Kyrgyz Republic	100.00%	0.3%
51st	St. Kitts and Nevis	100.00%	0.0%
52nd	Korea	100.00%	0.0%
53rd	Kuwait	100.00%	0.0%
54th	Liechtenstein	100.00%	0.0%
55th	Lithuania	100.00%	0.0%
56th	Luxembourg	100.00%	0.0%
57th	Latvia	100.00%	0.0%
58th	Macao SAR, China	100.00%	0.0%
59th	St. Martin (French part)	100.00%	0.0%
60th	Morocco	100.00%	2.2%
61st	Monaco	100.00%	0.0%
62nd	Moldova	100.00%	0.1%
63rd	Mexico	100.00%	0.5%
64th	North Macedonia	100.00%	0.0%
65th	Malta	100.00%	0.0%
66th	Montenegro	100.00%	0.4%
67th	Northern Mariana Islands	100.00%	0.0%
68th	Malaysia	100.00%	0.1%
69th	New Caledonia	100.00%	0.0%
70th	Netherlands	100.00%	0.0%
71st	Norway	100.00%	0.0%
72nd	New Zealand	100.00%	0.0%
73rd	Oman	100.00%	0.0%
74th	Palau	100.00%	0.0%
75th	Poland	100.00%	0.0%
76th	Puerto Rico (US)	100.00%	0.0%
77th	Portugal	100.00%	0.0%
78th	French Polynesia	100.00%	0.0%
79th	Qatar	100.00%	0.0%
80th	Romania	100.00%	0.9%
81st	Russian Federation	100.00%	0.6%
82nd	Saudi Arabia	100.00%	0.1%
83rd	Singapore	100.00%	0.0%
84th	San Marino	100.00%	0.0%
85th	Serbia	100.00%	0.1%
86th	Slovak Republic	100.00%	0.0%
87th	Slovenia	100.00%	0.0%
88th	Sweden	100.00%	0.0%
89th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	100.00%	0.0%
90th	Seychelles	100.00%	0.0%
91st	Turks and Caicos Islands	100.00%	0.0%
92nd	Turkmenistan	100.00%	0.0%
93rd	Trinidad and Tobago	100.00%	0.0%
94th	Tunisia	100.00%	0.0%
95th	Türkiye	100.00%	0.0%
96th	Ukraine	100.00%	0.0%
97th	United States	100.00%	0.0%
98th	Uzbekistan	100.00%	0.1%
99th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	100.00%	0.3%
100th	British Virgin Islands	100.00%	0.0%
101st	Virgin Islands (US)	100.00%	0.0%
102nd	Viet Nam	100.00%	0.8%
103rd	European Union	99.97%	0.1%
104th	Albania	99.90%	0.0%
105th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	99.90%	-0.1%
106th	Iraq	99.90%	0.2%
107th	Lebanon	99.90%	0.1%
108th	St. Lucia	99.90%	0.1%
109th	West Bank and Gaza	99.90%	-0.1%
110th	Thailand	99.90%	0.0%
111th	Brazil	99.80%	0.1%
112th	Maldives	99.80%	-0.2%
113th	Nauru	99.80%	0.1%
114th	Uruguay	99.80%	0.1%
115th	Armenia	99.70%	-0.1%
116th	Chile	99.70%	-0.3%
117th	Costa Rica	99.60%	0.1%
118th	Mauritius	99.60%	-0.1%
119th	Algeria	99.50%	0.1%
120th	Cuba	99.40%	0.2%
121st	Paraguay	99.30%	0.9%
122nd	Tajikistan	99.30%	0.0%
123rd	Ecuador	99.20%	0.5%
124th	Dominica	98.90%	1.1%
125th	Belarus	98.70%	0.7%
126th	Tuvalu	98.70%	1.4%
127th	Colombia	98.50%	0.1%
128th	Tonga	98.20%	1.2%
129th	Bulgaria	98.10%	0.8%
130th	Indonesia	98.10%	0.5%
131st	Afghanistan	97.70%	0.0%
132nd	Bhutan	97.70%	-1.6%
133rd	Sri Lanka	97.50%	0.0%
134th	Jamaica	97.40%	0.8%
135th	El Salvador	96.80%	0.8%
136th	Samoa	96.80%	-2.1%
137th	Suriname	96.60%	0.8%
138th	Fiji	96.00%	2.8%
139th	Peru	94.80%	0.6%
140th	Belize	94.20%	1.0%
141st	Marshall Islands	93.80%	1.2%
142nd	Panama	93.70%	1.4%
143rd	Lao PDR	93.60%	5.2%
144th	Mongolia	93.60%	3.1%
145th	Guatemala	93.30%	1.6%
146th	Philippines	93.00%	1.1%
147th	Pakistan	92.70%	1.0%
148th	Grenada	92.20%	0.4%
149th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	91.80%	0.0%
150th	India	91.80%	2.5%
151st	Guyana	90.00%	1.1%
152nd	Syrian Arab Republic	89.60%	-0.2%
153rd	Cambodia	89.10%	29.5%
154th	Cabo Verde	88.60%	1.3%
155th	Bangladesh	88.00%	15.9%
156th	Nepal	86.60%	-4.5%
157th	Honduras	86.50%	-5.6%
158th	Gabon	86.30%	-2.0%
159th	Kiribati	85.70%	-7.5%
160th	Nicaragua	84.60%	0.8%
161st	South Africa	84.40%	0.6%
162nd	Timor-Leste	79.50%	3.9%
163rd	Yemen, Republic of	79.20%	14.9%
164th	Ghana	79.00%	-0.4%
165th	Comoros	78.70%	3.0%
166th	Micronesia, Federated States of	76.50%	2.3%
167th	São Tomé and Principe	74.30%	7.1%
168th	Eswatini	73.50%	15.9%
169th	Libya	70.60%	-2.2%
170th	Myanmar	69.80%	25.5%
171st	Botswana	67.40%	5.0%
172nd	Equatorial Guinea	66.40%	0.3%
173rd	Côte d'Ivoire	65.60%	2.0%
174th	Solomon Islands	62.90%	8.1%
175th	Vanuatu	62.80%	8.7%
176th	Senegal	61.70%	-4.3%
177th	Cameroon	60.90%	1.8%
178th	Djibouti	60.20%	0.7%
179th	Gambia, The	56.20%	-0.4%
180th	Kenya	55.80%	5.1%
181st	Nigeria	54.40%	-8.3%
182nd	Sudan	53.00%	5.0%
183rd	Namibia	52.50%	5.6%
184th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	52.10%	2.0%
185th	Eritrea	48.00%	2.3%
186th	Togo	48.00%	2.6%
187th	Congo, Republic of	46.20%	2.0%
188th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	44.20%	5.0%
189th	Zimbabwe	44.00%	3.5%
190th	Haiti	43.30%	7.2%
191st	Angola	42.90%	2.6%
192nd	Mauritania	42.90%	4.1%
193rd	Zambia	40.30%	13.8%
194th	Guinea	35.40%	5.7%
195th	Mali	34.80%	-10.3%
196th	Benin	34.50%	-6.8%
197th	Rwanda	34.10%	16.0%
198th	Lesotho	33.70%	-4.0%
199th	Uganda	32.40%	21.3%
200th	Tanzania	32.10%	-2.1%
201st	Guinea-Bissau	26.00%	13.5%
202nd	Mozambique	24.30%	-7.3%
203rd	Liberia	24.20%	36.7%
204th	Madagascar	24.10%	5.2%
205th	Sierra Leone	23.40%	15.3%
206th	Papua New Guinea	19.20%	42.2%
207th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	18.00%	4.0%
208th	Niger	17.60%	3.5%
209th	Burkina Faso	17.00%	2.4%
210th	Central African Republic	14.10%	5.2%
211th	Malawi	12.70%	15.5%
212th	Chad	10.90%	18.5%
213th	Burundi	9.30%	9.4%
214th	South Sudan	4.20%	-20.8%

FAQ

What was Liberia's electricity access in 2017?▾

Liberia's electricity access in 2017 was 24.20%. This ranked 203rd globally.

How did Liberia's electricity access change in 2017?▾

Liberia's electricity access increased by 36.7% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest electricity access in 2017?▾

Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2017 at 100.00%.

What is the electricity access of Liberia in 2017?▾

The electricity access of Liberia in 2017 was 24.20%. This ranked 203rd globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Liberia's electricity access?▾

Liberia's electricity access went from 17.70% in 2016 to 24.20% in 2017, a 36.7% increase.

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