Lower secondary completion in Liberia

In Liberia, 27.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2019.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2007 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Liberia, 2019 27.4% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2016 +16.1percentage points 2016: 11.3%
Position in 2019 65th of 68 See the full ranking

Lower secondary completion in Liberia over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2007 to 2019
Period Liberia
2019 27.4%
2016 11.3%
2013 25.5%
2008 14.9%
2007 12.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 11.3% in 2016, a change of +16.1 percentage points.
  • Since 2007, when it was 12.8%, the figure has changed by +14.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 68 countries with data for 2019, Liberia has the 65th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2007 to 2019 for Liberia
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org