Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Liberia
Liberia: Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) was 39 DB16-20 methodology in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Liberia, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank. Measured in DB16-20 methodology.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Liberia is 39 DB16-20 methodology, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is down 24.1% over ten years.
That places Liberia 8th out of 187 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) in Liberia, year by year
| Year | DB16-20 methodology | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 51.4 DB16-20 methodology | — |
| 2015 | 55.6 DB16-20 methodology | +8.2% |
| 2016 | 55.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 55.6 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 39 DB16-20 methodology | -29.9% |
| 2019 | 39 DB16-20 methodology | +0.0% |
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More private sector data for Liberia
- Merchandise trade 87.0% (2025)
- Food imports 23.1% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 42.8% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 2.49 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.5% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 9.9% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 2.07 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 360.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.3942 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 57.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Liberia?
- Getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) in Liberia was 39 DB16-20 methodology in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 55.6 DB16-20 methodology in 2015.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 39 DB16-20 methodology in 2018.
- How does Liberia rank for getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh)?
- Liberia ranks 8th out of 187 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: price of electricity (us cents per kwh) rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Price of electricity (US cents per kWh) (DB16-20 methodology). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The price of electricity is measured in U.S. cents per kWh. A monthly electricity consumption is assumed, for which a bill is then computed for a warehouse based in the largest business city of the economy for the month of March. The bill is then expressed back as a unit of kWh. The index is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.