Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Liberia
Liberia: Share of urban population using at least basic water services was 86.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of urban population using at least basic 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
In 2024, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Liberia stood at 86.0%. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of urban population using at least basic water services in Liberia peaked at 86.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 77.9%, in 2000.
That places Liberia 165th out of 188 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 | 79.8% | 77.9% | 81.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.1% | 81.7% | 84.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.4% | 84.8% | 86.0% | 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 urban population using at least basic water services in Liberia?
- Share of urban population using at least basic water services in Liberia was 86.0% 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 urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 86.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of urban population using at least basic water services recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.9% in 2000.
- How does Liberia rank for share of urban population using at least basic water services?
- Liberia ranks 165th out of 188 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of urban population using at least basic water services rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 urban population using at least basic water services. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.