Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia
Liberia: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total was 2.88 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia is 2.88, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia peaked at 2.88 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.56, in 1960.
Liberia ranks 128th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.56 | — |
| 1965 | 0.66 | +17.9% |
| 1970 | 0.77 | +16.7% |
| 1975 | 1.07 | +39.0% |
| 1980 | 1.45 | +35.5% |
| 1985 | 1.81 | +24.8% |
| 1990 | 2.07 | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 2.09 | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 2.31 | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 2.56 | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 2.88 | +12.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.66 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.92 | 0.77 | 1.07 | 2 |
| 1980s | 1.63 | 1.45 | 1.81 | 2 |
| 1990s | 2.08 | 2.07 | 2.09 | 2 |
| 2000s | 2.44 | 2.31 | 2.56 | 2 |
| 2010s | 2.88 | 2.88 | 2.88 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More education data for Liberia
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 151.16 % change on previous year (2000)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 5,838 (2022)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 31,372 (2022)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 16,718 (2012)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 27,165 (2012)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total in Liberia was 2.88 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.88 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.56 in 1960.
- How does Liberia rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total?
- Liberia ranks 128th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, total is the average years of primary education completed among people over age 15.