Liberia: School enrollment, preprimary (% gross)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 29.34 percentage points from 157.82% in 2015. Since 1970 it is up 81.94 percentage points from 46.54% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 34 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 26.95 percentage points in 2000 and the biggest yearly fall was 23.47 percentage points in 2016. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Liberia had the 3rd highest value of the 72 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 2020 ranking

• Australia — 1st of 72: 160.21%
• Grenada — 2nd of 72: 130.81%
• Ghana — 4th of 72: 116.14%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 5th of 72: 113.83%
• Czechia — 6th of 72: 113.53%

What this measures

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.

Limitations: Enrollment indicators are based on annual school surveys, but do not necessarily reflect actual attendance or dropout rates during the year. Also, the length of education differs across countries and can influence enrollment rates, although the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) tries to minimize the difference. For example, a shorter duration for primary education tends to increase the rate; a longer one to decrease it (in part because older children are more at risk of dropping out). Moreover, age at enrollment may be inaccurately estimated or misstated, especially in communities where registration of births is not strictly enforced.

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

All 17 values

School enrollment, preprimary (% gross) in nearby economies

• Angola — 39.61% (2016)
• Benin — 23.13% (2021)
• Burkina Faso — 6.5% (2021)
• Burundi — 16.49% (2021)
• Cabo Verde — 74.7% (2019)
• Cameroon — 35.62% (2019)
• Central African Republic — 2.93% (2017)
• Chad — 1.27% (2021)
• Comoros — 21.81% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 6.86% (2020)
• Congo, Rep.

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 school enrollment, preprimary (% gross)?

128.48% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 81.94 percentage points from 46.54% in 1970. The highest value was 160.08% in 2014 and the lowest 30.85% in 1998.

How does Liberia rank?

3rd highest of 72 economies with data for 2020.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRE.ENRR, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) 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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