Liberia's adult literacy rose from 32.1 % in 1984 to 59.4 % in 2010.
Liberia's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 35.6 % in 1970 to 66.6 % in 2022.
Liberia · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
35th of 42 · 4th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Liberia's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 47.6 % in 1984 to 75.1 % in 2013.
Liberia's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 9.3 % in 1970 to 37.7 % in 2020.
Liberia's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.9 % in 1970 to 10.8 % in 2012.
Liberia's children out of school, primary rose from 245,056 in 1999 to 327,280 in 2022.
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- Primary completion ratedown −0.6 pts130th of 134*
- Tertiary attainmentup +1.7 pts102nd of 119*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.4 pts97th of 119*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs169th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.7 yrs129th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts101st of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.6 pts152nd of 163*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +3.7 %87th of 135
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Liberia.