Basic drinking water access in Liberia

78.8% of people in Liberia used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Liberia, 2024 78.8% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.6percentage points 2023: 78.2%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 168th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Liberia over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period LiberiaWorld
2024 78.8% 91.5%
2023 78.2% 91.2%
2022 77.5% 90.9%
2021 76.9% 90.4%
2020 76.2% 90.0%
2019 75.5% 89.6%
2018 74.8% 89.3%
2017 74.1% 88.9%
2016 73.5% 88.5%
2015 72.8% 88.1%
2014 72.0% 87.7%
2013 71.3% 87.3%
2012 70.6% 86.9%
2011 69.9% 86.5%
2010 69.2% 86.1%
2009 68.4% 85.7%
2008 67.7% 85.2%
2007 67.0% 84.8%
2006 66.2% 84.3%
2005 65.4% 83.9%
2004 64.6% 82.6%
2003 63.7% 82.1%
2002 62.8% 81.6%
2001 61.9% 80.9%
2000 61.0% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.6 percentage points from 78.2% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 72.0%, the figure has changed by +6.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Liberia has the 168th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Liberia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene