School life expectancy, secondary, male in Liberia

Liberia: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 2.98 years in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
2.98 years
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
174th
of 195 countries
All-time high
3.06 years
in 2011
All-time low
0.9121 years
in 1970
Years of data
13
1970–2015

School life expectancy, secondary, male in Liberia, 1970–2015

11.522.531970199220151970: 0.912 years1971: 0.994 years1972: 1.2 years1975: 1.5 years1976: 1.4 years1978: 1.9 years1979: 2 years1980: 2 years1999: 2.3 years2000: 2.5 years2011: 3.1 years2014: 3 years2015: 3 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, secondary, male in Liberia is 2.98 years, measured in 2015.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 19.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Liberia peaked at 3.06 years in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.9121 years, in 1970.

Liberia ranks 174th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.41 years 0.9121 years 2.05 years 7
1980s 2.02 years 2.02 years 2.02 years 1
1990s 2.33 years 2.33 years 2.33 years 1
2000s 2.49 years 2.49 years 2.49 years 1
2010s 3.01 years 2.98 years 3.06 years 3

Countries ranked near Liberia

  1. 171 Burkina Faso 3.03 years compare
  2. 172 Sierra Leone 3.02 years compare
  3. 173 Cambodia 3.01 years compare
  4. 175 Mauritania 2.75 years compare
  5. 176 Burundi 2.7 years compare
  6. 177 Mali 2.66 years compare

See the full ranking of 195 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, secondary, male in Liberia?
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Liberia was 2.98 years in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Liberia?
The highest recorded value was 3.06 years in 2011.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Liberia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9121 years in 1970.
How does Liberia rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
Liberia ranks 174th out of 195 countries with data for 2015.
Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Liberia?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Liberia data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, secondary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
195 places, 5,786 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.