Primary completion (UIS) in Liberia

In Liberia, 30.5% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019.

Measure: Completion rate, primary education Unit: % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age Data: 2007 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Liberia, 2019 30.5% % of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age
Change from 2016 +19.3percentage points 2016: 11.2%
Position in 2019 59th of 61 See the full ranking

Primary completion (UIS) in Liberia over time

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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary 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, primary education (% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age), 2007 to 2019
Period Liberia
2019 30.5%
2016 11.2%
2013 34.2%
2008 25.3%
2007 20.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 11.2% in 2016, a change of +19.3 percentage points.
  • Since 2007, when it was 20.6%, the figure has changed by +10.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Liberia has the 59th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.1 · 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