Primary completion rate, female in Liberia
Liberia: Primary completion rate, female was 59.0% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Liberia, 1978–2022
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for primary completion rate, female in Liberia is 59.0%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Liberia peaked at 60.0% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 17.0%, in 1978.
Liberia ranks 172nd of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Liberia, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 17.0% | — |
| 2006 | 56.0% | +229.9% |
| 2008 | 52.4% | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 51.8% | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 57.5% | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 52.8% | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 60.0% | +13.6% |
| 2017 | 54.4% | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 59.4% | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 59.0% | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 17.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 53.4% | 51.8% | 56.0% | 3 |
| 2010s | 56.2% | 52.8% | 60.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 59.2% | 59.0% | 59.4% | 2 |
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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 primary completion rate, female in Liberia?
- Primary completion rate, female in Liberia was 59.0% in 2022, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 60.0% in 2016.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 1978.
- How does Liberia rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Liberia ranks 172nd out of 189 countries with data for 2022.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.