Education in Liberia

116 indicators covering education for Liberia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th
Population ages 0-14 39.1% 2025 down 7.8% 28th
Population ages 15-64 57.6% 2025 up 5.8% 186th
School enrollment, primary 66.6% 2022 down 33.9% 202nd
Primary education, teachers 37,210 2022 up 48.0% 99th
School enrollment, primary, female 67.4% 2022 down 29.2% 200th
School enrollment, primary, male 65.8% 2022 down 38.0% 201st
Labor force, female 47.5% 2025 up 0.1% 50th
Labor force, total 2.67 million 2025 up 29.4% 118th
School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9954 GPI 2020 up 11.4% 87th
School enrollment, secondary 37.7% 2020 down 13.5% 187th
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 8.5 per 1,000 2024 down 26.1% 17th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 7.4 per 1,000 2024 down 19.6% 14th
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 11.1 per 1,000 2024 down 11.9% 11th
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 14.4 per 1,000 2024 down 9.4% 15th
Secondary education, teachers 17,857 2020 up 22.2% 126th
School enrollment, secondary, female 37.0% 2020 down 4.6% 186th
School enrollment, secondary, male 38.4% 2020 down 20.7% 186th
School enrollment, tertiary 10.8% 2012 down 41.5% 156th
School enrollment, primary, private 49.6% 2020 up 49.1% 12th
School enrollment, preprimary 128.5% 2020 down 19.7% 4th
School enrollment, tertiary, female 8.2% 2012 down 36.8% 159th
School enrollment, tertiary, male 13.5% 2012 down 44.1% 144th
School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9767 GPI 2020 up 20.1% 143rd
School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 0.6122 GPI 2012 up 13.0% 171st
Secondary education, teachers, female 1,203 2020 up 77.4% 158th
Primary completion rate, female 59.0% 2022 up 2.7% 172nd
Primary completion rate, male 56.7% 2022 down 18.2% 176th
Government expenditure on education, total 2.3% 2023 up 34.1% 171st
Secondary education, general pupils 270,010 2017 up 104.2% 120th
Lower secondary completion rate, total 44.5% 2022 up 9.3% 161st
School enrollment, preprimary, female 133.9% 2020 down 16.4% 2nd
School enrollment, preprimary, male 123.2% 2020 down 22.9% 3rd
Government expenditure on education, total 7.4% 2021 up 42.1% 181st
Secondary education, general pupils 47.3% 2017 up 10.7% 178th
Lower secondary completion rate, female 45.1% 2022 up 24.2% 163rd
Lower secondary completion rate, male 44.0% 2022 down 2.6% 160th
Children out of school 38.3% 2022 up 868.8% 9th
Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th
Primary education, pupils 569,741 2022 down 15.5% 106th
Secondary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 91st
Secondary education, pupils 274,573 2020 up 15.5% 127th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 17,565 2011 down 61.0% 117th
Number of infant deaths, female 4,694 2024 down 1.5% 50th
Number of infant deaths, male 5,998 2024 down 1.3% 50th
Number of under-five deaths, female 6,527 2024 down 6.0% 48th
Number of under-five deaths, male 8,007 2024 down 5.4% 48th
Children out of school, female 37.3% 2022 up 455.4% 11th
Children out of school, male 39.2% 2022 up 3,097.1% 5th
Secondary education, vocational pupils 50.5% 2011 up 25.8% 27th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 99.5% 2017 down 14.0% 118th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.2% 2025 up 8.3% 167th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 3.5% 2025 up 15.6% 127th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 2.9% 2025 up 12.8% 151st
Primary education, teachers 15.7% 2022 up 12.8% 200th
Repeaters, primary, total 6.9% 2017 up 4.3% 48th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 1,244 2024 down 17.9% 53rd
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,043 2024 up 2.1% 56th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 1,433 2024 up 20.7% 64th