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Liberia

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In brief

Mobile subscriptions per 100 people: 32 (2022). World rank 208 of 210; in Africa, 54 of 54. Access to electricity: 34.9% (2024). World rank 206 of 214 (1 = best); in Africa, 46 of 54. Renewable share of energy use: 92.8% (2022). World rank 3 of 212 (1 = best); in Africa, 3 of 54. From 2014 to 2024: using the internet 5.4% → 32.2% and access to electricity 9.4% → 34.9%. Better than all its neighbours (Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone): renewable share of energy use. Worse than all its neighbours (Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Sierra Leone): access to electricity.

Internet and communications

Using the internet
32.2% 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
32 2022
Home broadband per 100 people
0.3 2022
Internet domain
.lr

Energy

Access to electricity
34.9% 2024
Electricity use, kWh per person
No data
Renewable share of energy use
92.8% 2022
Electricity from renewables
57.4% 2021
Electricity from fossil fuels
42.6% 2021
Mains voltage
120 / 220 V
Plug types
A, B, C, E, F

Transport

Driving side
Right
Air passengers per year
32,000 1992
Airports
19 2025
Railways, km
429 2008

Science and innovation

Research spending, share of GDP
No data
Researchers per million people
No data
Scientific articles per year
32 2023
Patent applications by residents
2 2024
High-tech share of manufactured exports
0.6% 2023