Liberia - Primary completion rate

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Liberia was 58.04 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 61.04 in 2011, while its lowest value was 18.04 in 1978.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1978 18.04
2006 60.83
2008 57.73
2009 56.19
2011 61.04
2014 54.95
2017 58.04

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Liberia was 63.06 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 72.51 in 2011, while its lowest value was 40.65 in 1978.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1978 40.65
2006 72.30
2008 67.99
2009 67.85
2011 72.51
2014 64.92
2017 63.06

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Liberia was 60.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 39 years was 66.85 in 2011, while its lowest value was 29.29 in 1978.

Definition: Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1978 29.29
2006 66.63
2008 62.92
2009 62.09
2011 66.85
2014 60.01
2017 60.60

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes