Electricity access | electrification - total population: 12% (2019) electrification - urban areas: 18% (2019) electrification - rural areas: 6% (2019) |
Electricity - production | 300 million kWh (2016 est.) note: according to a 2014 household survey, only 4.5% of Liberians use Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) power, 4.9% use a community generator, 4.4% have their own generator, 3.9% use vehicle batteries, and 0.8% use other sources of electricity, and 81.3% have no access to electricity; LEC accounts for roughly 70 million kWh of ouput. |
Electricity - consumption | 279 million kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - exports | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - imports | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - installed generating capacity | 151,000 kW (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from fossil fuels | 57% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from nuclear fuels | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from other renewable sources | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants | 43% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Oil - production | 0 bbl/day (2018 est.) |
Oil - exports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Oil - imports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Oil - proved reserves | 0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - production | 0 bbl/day (2017 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - consumption | 8,000 bbl/day (2016 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - exports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - imports | 8,181 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Natural gas - production | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - exports | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - imports | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves | 0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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