Liberia: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Key figures

Over five years it is up 0.66 percentage points from 57.19% in 2017. Since 1978 it is up 30.27 percentage points from 27.58% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 35 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

In 2022, Liberia had the 12th highest value of the 12 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Liberia in the 2022 ranking

• Mozambique — 9th of 12: 72.37%
• Benin — 10th of 12: 61.64%
• Eritrea — 11th of 12: 61.28%

What this measures

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.

Limitations: The data do not account for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Therefore, this rate serves as a proxy and should be considered an upper estimate of the actual primary completion rate. There are many reasons why the primary completion rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of primary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 10 values

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies

• Benin — 61.64% (2022)
• Botswana — 101.53% (2022)
• Burkina Faso — 51.99% (2024)
• Burundi — 47.61% (2020)
• Cabo Verde — 99.1% (2022)
• Cameroon — 75.29% (2024)
• Central African Republic — 38.48% (2016)
• Chad — 41.85% (2021)
• Comoros — 72.72% (2024)

More education data for Liberia

• Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
• Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
• Secondary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• Preprimary education, duration (years) — 3 (2025)
• Primary education, pupils — 569,741 (2022)
• School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 66.59% (2022)
• Compulsory education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
• School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 67.42% (2022)
• School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 65.79% (2022)

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Questions people ask

What is Liberia's primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)?

57.85% in 2022, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is up 30.27 percentage points from 27.58% in 1978. The highest value was 63.42% in 2011 and the lowest 27.58% in 1978.

How does Liberia rank?

12th highest of 12 economies with data for 2022.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.CMPT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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