Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Liberia
Liberia: Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services was 70.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Liberia, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Liberia is 70.3%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Liberia peaked at 70.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 47.6%, in 2000.
That places Liberia 138th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 52.3% | 47.6% | 56.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.8% | 57.7% | 65.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.6% | 66.8% | 70.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More environment data for Liberia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 4.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7946 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.3841 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 1.16 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.13 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0003 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.5485 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Liberia?
- Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services in Liberia was 70.3% in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.6% in 2000.
- How does Liberia rank for share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services?
- Liberia ranks 138th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Proportion of people who use an improved drinking water source, which is either located on their premises, or at a collection point, which takes no more than 30 minutes for a roundtrip.