Liberia vs Trinidad and Tobago: Share of the population with tertiary education
Liberia
11.1%
in 2020
Trinidad and Tobago
12.0%
in 2020
Liberia rank
65th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
63rd
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Liberia
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Trinidad and Tobago currently reports 12.0% against 11.1% in Liberia, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Trinidad and Tobago's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
Liberia ranks 65th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 63rd of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 5 and Trinidad and Tobago in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Liberia |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Liberia |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Liberia |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | Liberia |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Liberia |
| 1960s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.2% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1980s | 1.8% | 3.2% | 1.4% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 4.2% | 1.1% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2000s | 5.1% | 6.6% | 1.5% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 10.6% | 5.2% | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 11.1% | 12.0% | 0.9% | Trinidad and Tobago |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Liberia or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Trinidad and Tobago, at 12.0% against 11.1% in Liberia as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Liberia and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 0.9%, with Trinidad and Tobago ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Liberia and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Liberia ranks 65th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 63rd of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.