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.