Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Liberia

Children out of school in Liberia in 2022 — 327,280 people. Ranked 129 in the world out of 146. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 33.6%.

2022 327,280 people +9% vs 2021
World rank 129of 146
Period maximum 463,675 people2014
Period minimum 26,438 people2011

Trend over time

1999–2022 · people

Children out of school — Liberia, 1999–20220200,000400,000600,0001999200220052008201120142017202020221999: 245,056 people2008: 363,796 people2011: 26,438 people2014: 463,675 people2015: 103,538 people2016: 159,241 people2017: 211,074 people2020: 263,314 people2021: 300,269 people2022: 327,280 people
Change over the period: +82,224 (+33.55%) Average annual rate: 1.27 %

Comparison, 2022

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

Liberia 327,280 people
World computed 34.79M people
Children out of school — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2022 327,280 +27,011 +9%
2021 300,269 +36,955 +14.03%
2020 263,314
2017 211,074 +51,833 +32.55%
2016 159,241 +55,703 +53.8%
2015 103,538 −360,137 −77.67%
2014 463,675
2011 26,438
2008 363,796
1999 245,056

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

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