Share of children who have completed primary school in Liberia
Liberia: Share of children who have completed primary school was 29.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of children who have completed primary school in Liberia, 1981–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 29.8% for share of children who have completed primary school in 2025. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who have completed primary school in Liberia peaked at 29.8% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 17.5%, in 1981.
Liberia ranks 163rd of 165 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.3% | 17.5% | 18.9% | 9 |
| 1990s | 19.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.4% | 22.4% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.0% | 28.6% | 29.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 29.2% | 28.6% | 29.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 160 Central African Republic 30.8% compare
- 161 Guinea-Bissau 30.5% compare
- 162 Uganda 30.4% compare
- 164 Somalia 28.8% compare
- 165 South Sudan 7.9% compare
More education data for Liberia
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 57.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 39.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 66.6% (2022)
- Primary education, teachers 37,210 (2022)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.86 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 67.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who have completed primary school in Liberia?
- Share of children who have completed primary school in Liberia was 29.8% in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 29.8% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of children who have completed primary school recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.5% in 1981.
- How does Liberia rank for share of children who have completed primary school?
- Liberia ranks 163rd out of 165 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of children who have completed primary school rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who have completed primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children who are three to five years older than the official age for the last grade of primary education who have successfully completed it. This broader age band is used to include children who started school late or had to resit particular years.