Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia
Liberia: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 58.3% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia is 58.3%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia peaked at 94.9% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 58.3%, in 2010.
Liberia ranks 13th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 94.9% | — |
| 1965 | 93.6% | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 92.0% | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 89.3% | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 85.9% | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 81.4% | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 77.5% | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 77.3% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 74.3% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 68.4% | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 58.3% | -14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 94.2% | 93.6% | 94.9% | 2 |
| 1970s | 90.7% | 89.3% | 92.0% | 2 |
| 1980s | 83.6% | 81.4% | 85.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 77.4% | 77.3% | 77.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 71.3% | 68.4% | 74.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 58.3% | 58.3% | 58.3% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More education data for Liberia
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 17,857 (2020)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Liberia was 58.3% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.9% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.3% in 2010.
- How does Liberia rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Liberia ranks 13th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education