Education in Liberia 1,552 indicators covering education for Liberia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Secondary education, vocational pupils, gaps filled 17,565 2011 down 61.0% 117th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number), per 0.1736 units per square kilometre 2012 down 9.4% 152nd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), per 0.282 units per square kilometre 2012 down 19.6% 147th Secondary education, general pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP 2017 down 32.6% 18th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.5961 years 2012 down 39.3% 144th Government expenditure on education, total 7.4% 2021 up 42.1% 181st Secondary education, general pupils 47.3% 2017 up 10.7% 178th Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5,254 number 2017 up 115.0% 144th 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 Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 509,618 number 2017 — 51st Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per capita 0.1051 number per person 2017 — 1st Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 73,357 2025 up 29.7% 96th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 71,555 2025 up 28.6% 96th Population of the official entrance age to secondary general 144,912 2025 up 29.2% 96th Start of the academic school year 2,021 tertiary education 2022 up 0.5% 156th Theoretical duration of secondary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 99th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 52nd Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2025 unchanged 65th Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 91st Official entrance age to lower secondary education 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Start of the academic school year 2,024 2025 up 0.5% 56th Theoretical duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Theoretical duration of primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 29th Official entrance age to primary education 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male 27,165 2012 down 19.6% 131st Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female 16,718 2012 down 9.4% 143rd Teachers in primary education, male 31,372 2022 up 45.0% 56th Teachers in primary education, female 5,838 2022 up 66.9% 146th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are female 15.7% 2022 up 12.8% 212th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, both sexes 66.6% 2022 down 33.9% 213th School life expectancy, primary, both sexes 4.14 years 2022 down 40.8% 194th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 8.4% 2011 down 73.7% 93rd Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 6.6% 2011 down 80.7% 130th Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes 43,883 2012 down 16.0% 141st Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 91.6% 2011 up 34.7% 129th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 93.4% 2011 up 41.8% 93rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes 247,395 2022 down 59.6% 78th Enrolment in secondary education, male 141,232 2020 up 6.8% 128th Enrolment in secondary education, female 133,341 2020 up 26.5% 127th Teachers in primary education, both sexes 37,210 2022 up 48.0% 99th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 7.4% 2011 down 77.8% 109th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in general 92.6% 2011 up 38.8% 115th Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes 274,573 2020 up 15.5% 127th Enrolment in primary education, male 284,866 2022 down 20.4% 107th Enrolment in primary education, female 284,875 2022 down 10.0% 103rd School age population, upper secondary education, male 201,981 2025 up 35.8% 94th School age population, upper secondary education, female 197,570 2025 up 34.2% 94th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 399,551 2025 up 35.0% 93rd School age population, secondary education, male 414,832 2025 up 32.2% 102nd School age population, secondary education, female 405,444 2025 up 30.8% 102nd School age population, secondary education, both sexes 820,276 2025 up 31.5% 102nd School age population, tertiary education, male 294,728 2025 up 39.1% 99th School age population, tertiary education, female 289,552 2025 up 36.7% 97th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 584,280 2025 up 37.9% 98th School age population, lower secondary education, male 212,851 2025 up 29.0% 103rd School age population, lower secondary education, female 207,874 2025 up 27.8% 102nd School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 420,725 2025 up 28.4% 103rd ← Previous Page 5 of 26 Next →