County Growth & Stability
How education enrollment and security expenditure correlate across Liberia's counties, with a brief for each · FY 2025
Total Enrollment
177,820
Edu. Funding
$49.3M
Security Expenditure
$11.4M
Growth ↔ Stability
0.99
Growth vs. Stability Correlation
Each point is one county · X = total enrollment, Y = security expenditure, size = economic impact · FY 2025
Correlation (r)
0.99
Strong positive relationship (r = 0.99) — enrollment and security expenditure move together.
Workforce alignment: teaching staff vs. security personnel r = 0.99. Click a point to open that county's brief.
Regional Balance
County Briefs
One-page growth & stability summary for each county · FY 2025
Montserrado County
Growth — Education
Total enrollment
80,200
High school enrollment
29,600
College enrollment
50,600
Schools
142
Gov. education funding
$20.0M
Funding per student
$249
Teaching staff
3,346
Stability — Security
Security expenditure
$4.7M
Agencies present
2
Personnel deployed
3,300
Stations
23
Coverage
83%
Incidents handled
10,700
Economic impact
$7.2M
Security $ per student
$59
Officers per 1,000 students
41.1
Security : education spend
0.2×
Economic impact per student
$90
Balanced: Enrollment and security investment rank closely, indicating aligned growth and stability. Montserrado ranks 1 of 15 counties for enrollment and 1 of 15 for security expenditure.
All Counties — Growth & Stability Measures
Select a row to open that county's brief · FY 2025
| County | Region | Enrollment | Edu. Funding | Security Expenditure | Officers | Sec. $ / Student | Growth | Stability | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montserrado | South-Central | 80,200 | $20.0M | $4.7M | 3,300 | $59 | 100 | 100 | Balanced |
| Bong | North-Central | 14,960 | $4.2M | $710K | 500 | $47 | 86 | 79 | Balanced |
| Grand Bassa | South-Central | 12,220 | $3.5M | $720K | 520 | $59 | 79 | 86 | Balanced |
| Lofa | North-Central | 10,220 | $2.9M | $760K | 520 | $74 | 71 | 93 | Security-led |
| Nimba | North-Central | 15,660 | $4.5M | $520K | 621 | $33 | 93 | 50 | Education-led |
| Grand Gedeh | South-East | 5,620 | $1.8M | $700K | 460 | $125 | 50 | 71 | Security-led |
| Margibi | South-Central | 10,020 | $2.8M | $600K | 410 | $60 | 64 | 57 | Balanced |
| Maryland | South-East | 4,960 | $1.6M | $630K | 410 | $127 | 43 | 64 | Security-led |
| Sinoe | South-East | 6,180 | $1.9M | $410K | 260 | $66 | 57 | 36 | Education-led |
| Grand Cape Mount | North-West | 4,440 | $1.5M | $500K | 330 | $113 | 36 | 43 | Balanced |
| Bomi | North-West | 3,760 | $1.2M | $320K | 200 | $85 | 29 | 29 | Under-resourced |
| Rivercess | South-East | 2,100 | $730K | $250K | 150 | $119 | 7 | 21 | Under-resourced |
| River Gee | South-East | 3,260 | $1.1M | $190K | 105 | $58 | 21 | 0 | Under-resourced |
| Grand Kru | South-East | 1,900 | $670K | $205K | 115 | $108 | 0 | 14 | Under-resourced |
| Gbarpolu | North-West | 2,320 | $810K | $190K | 105 | $82 | 14 | 0 | Under-resourced |
Primary sources
- LISGIS
- — Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services: 2022 Population and Housing Census, consumer price index, external trade and household surveys
- MFDP
- — Ministry of Finance and Development Planning: National Budget, budget execution reports, public debt and fiscal transfers
- World Bank
- — World Bank Group: World Development Indicators, Liberia Economic Update, debt and poverty statistics
- CBL
- — Central Bank of Liberia: Annual Report and Monthly Economic Review: monetary policy, exchange rates, banking soundness, balance of payments
Each figure above is attributed to the publishing institution and its reporting period. Derived and AI-generated forecasts are labelled separately from published data.