Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Liberia

Share of children out of school in Liberia in 2022 — 38.25%. Ranked 142 in the world out of 145. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 17.58 pp.

2022 38.25% +2.85 pp vs 2021
World rank 142of 145
Period maximum 59.58%2008
Period minimum 3.95%2011

Trend over time

1999–2022 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Liberia, 1999–202202040601999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 55.83%2008: 59.58%2011: 3.95%2014: 11.43%2015: 13.61%2016: 20.39%2017: 26.44%2020: 31.39%2021: 35.41%2022: 38.25%
Change over the period: −17.58 pp Annual average: -0.76 pp

Comparison, 2022

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Liberia

Liberia 38.25%
World computed 7.01%
Share of children out of school — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 38.25 +2.85 pp
2021 35.41 +4.02 pp
2020 31.39
2017 26.44 +6.04 pp
2016 20.39 +6.78 pp
2015 13.61 +2.19 pp
2014 11.43
2011 3.95
2008 59.58
1999 55.83

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.