Upper secondary completion in Liberia

In Liberia, 19.4% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2019.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2007 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Liberia, 2019 19.4% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2016 +5.8percentage points 2016: 13.7%
Position in 2019 62nd of 68 See the full ranking

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2007 to 2019
Period Liberia
2019 19.4%
2016 13.7%
2013 13.0%
2008 6.5%
2007 6.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 13.7% in 2016, a change of +5.8 percentage points.
  • Since 2007, when it was 6.8%, the figure has changed by +12.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 68 countries with data for 2019, Liberia has the 62nd highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · 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