Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Liberia
Liberia: Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female was 0.37 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female 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 secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Liberia is 0.37, measured in 2010.
That represents a change of down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Liberia peaked at 0.54 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.05, in 1960.
Liberia ranks 143rd 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 secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.05 | — |
| 1965 | 0.13 | +160.0% |
| 1970 | 0.23 | +76.9% |
| 1975 | 0.38 | +65.2% |
| 1980 | 0.48 | +26.3% |
| 1985 | 0.46 | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 0.39 | -15.2% |
| 1995 | 0.32 | -17.9% |
| 2000 | 0.5 | +56.2% |
| 2005 | 0.54 | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.37 | -31.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.09 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.305 | 0.23 | 0.38 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.47 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.355 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.52 | 0.5 | 0.54 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More education data for Liberia
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,815 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 123,519 (2022)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 123,876 (2022)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 274,573 (2020)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 569,741 (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.417 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.106 units per person (2022)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Liberia?
- Barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female in Liberia was 0.37 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.54 in 2005.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 in 1960.
- How does Liberia rank for barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female?
- Liberia ranks 143rd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of secondary schooling, age 15-19, female rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. 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 secondary schooling, age 15-19, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of secondary schooling, 15-19, female is the average years of secondary education completed among females age 15-19.