School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Liberia
Liberia: School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender was 0.9713 GPIA in 2020. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Liberia, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2020, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Liberia stood at 0.9713 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Liberia peaked at 0.9713 GPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.3963 GPIA, in 1970.
Liberia ranks 170th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Liberia, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.3963 GPIA | — |
| 1971 | 0.4056 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.4225 GPIA | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 0.4452 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 1976 | 0.432 GPIA | -3.0% |
| 1978 | 0.4996 GPIA | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5064 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 0.4905 GPIA | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.7076 GPIA | +44.3% |
| 2000 | 0.7162 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8623 GPIA | +20.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8496 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.8368 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9713 GPIA | +16.1% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 0.9713 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.955 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 0.9713 GPIA is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.988 GPIA, 98% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School life expectancy, primary … secondary adjusted GPIA gender in Liberia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +44.3% | 0.4905 GPIA | 0.7076 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.444 GPIA | 0.3963 GPIA | 0.5064 GPIA | 7 |
| 1980s | 0.4905 GPIA | 0.4905 GPIA | 0.4905 GPIA | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.7076 GPIA | 0.7076 GPIA | 0.7076 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7162 GPIA | 0.7162 GPIA | 0.7162 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8496 GPIA | 0.8368 GPIA | 0.8623 GPIA | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9713 GPIA | 0.9713 GPIA | 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 school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Liberia?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity in Liberia was 0.9713 GPIA in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9713 GPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3963 GPIA in 1970.
- How does Liberia rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity?
- Liberia ranks 170th out of 208 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. 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, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release