Liberia

Sub-Saharan Africa · Low income· 5.49M inhabitants

Last updated: July 1, 2025

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Futures readiness profile

Key insights: Liberia

Liberia is significantly behind global peers in every GEFRI dimension: Governance (33, 30th percentile), Innovation (22, 6th percentile), Human Capital (18, 5th percentile), Infrastructure (16, 4th percentile), and School Access and Gender Parity (10, 28th percentile). This profile signals deep-rooted structural challenges. Urgent and comprehensive reforms, investments, and capacity building are required to leapfrog beyond its present situation and avoid falling further behind. The country’s potential for future generations has yet to be unlocked.

Composite GEFRI Score

19.71
5th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness

Component scores

School Access and Gender Parity10.00
Below global avg. · 28th %-tile
Innovation21.65
Below global avg. · 6th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Human Capital17.85
Below global avg. · 5th %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Infrastructure16.27
Below global avg. · 4th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance32.77
Below global avg. · 30th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.

Regional peers: Sub-Saharan Africa

Global rankRegional rankCountryScore
601Mauritius60.09
682South Africa57.27
Seychelles(microstate)56.74
853Botswana53.72
1054Namibia48.12
1075Cabo Verde47.58
1186Ghana41.74
1197Equatorial Guinea41.28
Sao Tome and Principe(microstate)36.12
1278Gabon35.02
1289Senegal34.18
12910Kenya34.12
13311Cote d'Ivoire33.34
13412Rwanda33.10
13513Eswatini33.06
13914Lesotho30.97
14015Zambia30.52
14216Gambia, The28.72
14417Tanzania28.35
14518Benin27.73
14619Angola27.61
14720Togo27.50
14821Cameroon27.15
14922Zimbabwe27.07
15123Congo, Rep.26.36
15224Mauritania25.68
15425Nigeria25.12
15526Sierra Leone24.55
15627Comoros23.93
15728Mozambique23.92
15829Uganda23.55
16030Ethiopia23.25
16131Madagascar23.19
16232Malawi23.00
16333Guinea-Bissau22.86
16434Guinea22.76
16535Burkina Faso22.30
16636Mali22.23
16737Congo, Dem. Rep.20.88
16838Sudan20.00
16939Liberia19.71
17040Niger19.70
17241Eritrea18.63
17342Burundi18.41
17443Somalia17.00
17544Chad14.27
17645Central African Republic13.09
17746South Sudan11.87