Liberia: Secondary education, pupils (% female)

Key figures

Since 1970 it is up 19.84 percentage points from 23.02% in 1970. The World Bank has no value for 33 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

Closest to Liberia in the 2015 ranking

• Vanuatu — 5th of 9: 48.96%
• Tonga — 6th of 9: 48.91%
• Ethiopia — 7th of 9: 48.46%
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9th of 9: 38.8%

What this measures

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

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

All 13 values

Secondary education, pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Angola — 39.52% (2016)
• Benin — 42.41% (2016)
• Burkina Faso — 49.07% (2018)
• Burundi — 52.69% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 52.22% (2018)
• Cameroon — 45.9% (2016)
• Central African Republic — 40.13% (2017)
• Chad — 31.27% (2016)
• Comoros — 50.79% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 38.8% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

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 secondary education, pupils (% female)?

42.85% in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1970?

It is up 19.84 percentage points from 23.02% in 1970. The highest value was 44.34% in 2011 and the lowest 22.69% in 1971.

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.SEC.ENRL.FE.ZS, 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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