School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia
Liberia: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.6246 GPI in 2012. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia, 1970–2012
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2012, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia stood at 0.6246 GPI. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 18.1% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia peaked at 0.6246 GPI in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2379 GPI, in 1971.
That places Liberia 155th out of 177 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.2606 GPI | — |
| 1971 | 0.2379 GPI | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 0.2998 GPI | +26.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3045 GPI | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 0.2725 GPI | -10.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3691 GPI | +35.5% |
| 1987 | 0.2959 GPI | -19.8% |
| 1999 | 0.2413 GPI | -18.5% |
| 2000 | 0.5561 GPI | +130.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5289 GPI | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6246 GPI | +18.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2907 GPI | 0.2379 GPI | 0.3691 GPI | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.2959 GPI | 0.2959 GPI | 0.2959 GPI | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.2413 GPI | 0.2413 GPI | 0.2413 GPI | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5561 GPI | 0.5561 GPI | 0.5561 GPI | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.5768 GPI | 0.5289 GPI | 0.6246 GPI | 2 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 152 Congo 0.6573 GPI compare
- 153 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6567 GPI compare
- 154 Lebanon 0.6473 GPI compare
- 156 Malawi 0.6239 GPI compare
- 157 Liechtenstein 0.6234 GPI compare
- 158 Mauritania 0.6117 GPI compare
More education data for Liberia
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 37,210 (2022)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 66.59 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 66.6% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Liberia was 0.6246 GPI in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6246 GPI in 2012.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2379 GPI in 1971.
- How does Liberia rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Liberia ranks 155th out of 177 countries with data for 2012.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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, tertiary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.