Monrovia, Liberia – According to Global Digital Reports (GDR), 2025, there are 3.83 million people in Liberia that did not use internet at the beginning of 2025, suggesting 67.6% of the population remained offline.
The report shows that Liberia had approximately 1.84 million internet users, marking a 6.5% increase from the previous year.
While this signal slow but steady progress, the country’s internet penetration still lags significantly behind global averages.
The report highlighted that internet adoption rose by a relative 4.3% between January 2024 and January 2025, a promising sign for digital growth.
However, challenges in infrastructure, affordability, and digital literacy continue to hinder broader access, the report indicated.
The Global Digital Reports further indicated that in terms of social media usage, the country counted 941,000 active social media user identities in January 2025, equating to just 16.6% of the total population.
Although Facebook remained the dominant platform, the data reveals that not all users are unique individuals due to overlapping accounts and limited data reduplications methods.
Facebook’s ad reach in Liberia grew by 13.4% in the last quarter of 2024 alone, reaching 941,000 users-which are 25.2% of the population aged 13 and older and 30.8% of adults 18 and above, the report stated.
Gender data from Meta indicates a slightly male-skewed usage, with 54.2% of users identifying as male and 45.8% as female.
The report, amongst other things noted that mobile connectivity, meanwhile, appears more widespread.
Additionally, GSMA Intelligence reported 5.11 million mobile connections in Liberia at the start of 2025, equivalent to 90.1% of the population.
Of these, over 87% are capable of broadband speeds via 3G, 4G, or 5G networks.
Despite this, the gap between mobile connectivity and actual internet use remains wide.
The GDR emphasized that many connections are not used for internet browsing, and some individuals maintain multiple SIMs, inflating the mobile connection count.
However, the report revealed that experts caution that due to delays in data reporting and methodological limitations, actual internet and social media usage may now be higher than these figures suggest.
Still, the numbers highlighted in this latest report shows a digital divide that persists in Liberia-one that will require sustained investment in infrastructure, education, and affordability to bridge.
