Education in Sierra Leone 2,050 indicators covering education for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Initial government funding per upper secondary student as a 6.7% 2021 down 4.5% 94th All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in lower 51.2% 2022 down 45.7% 95th Initial government funding per lower secondary student, constant PPP$ 245.34 2021 up 6.7% 93rd Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 26.6% 2022 up 405.3% 20th Proportion of lower secondary schools with access to adapted 20.7% 2024 up 214.4% 50th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are trained 17.1% 2023 up 11.5% 96th Share of schools with adaptations for disabled students 26.4% 2024 up 606.7% 48th Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education, US$ 11.98 millions 2022 up 249.4% 44th Initial government funding per upper secondary student, constant PPP$ 211.94 2021 up 5.1% 94th Completion rate, by sex, location, wealth quintile and education level 47.0% 2019 up 129.9% 64th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 72.0% 2019 up 22.1% 45th Share of schools with access to single-sex basic sanitation 72.8% 2024 up 54.1% 87th Proportion of primary schools with access to adapted infrastructure 19.6% 2024 up 327.1% 51st Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 10.2 millions 2022 up 299.9% 44th Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education, PPP$ 43.81 millions 2022 up 416.8% 38th Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education 45.39 millions 2022 up 299.9% 39th Percentage of teachers in primary education who are qualified 35.1% 2023 up 4.6% 95th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.7768 GPIA 2019 up 71.5% 83rd Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.8587 GPIA 2019 up 42.1% 84th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 81.7% 2019 up 3.3% 37th Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in 70.2% 2019 up 25.9% 38th Literacy rate of young men vs. women 78.2% 2019 up 6.3% 87th Percentage of teachers in early childhood education who are trained 87.0% 2023 up 1.1% 80th Adjusted location parity index for completion rate, by sex, wealth 0.452 2019 up 223.2% 79th Adjusted gender parity index for the proportion of teachers with the 1.1% 2021 down 16.8% 12th Teacher attrition rate from primary education, female 11.1% 2024 down 40.5% 3rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, both sexes 27.5% 2019 up 40.8% 80th Teacher attrition rate from primary education, male 13.4% 2024 up 57.3% 6th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.452 LPIA 2019 up 223.2% 75th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, both sexes 64.7% 2019 up 60.1% 70th Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted location parity 0.3684 LPIA 2019 up 2,284.4% 67th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.03 GPIA 2019 up 8.6% 22nd Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, both sexes 10.1% 2019 up 3,256.4% 74th Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, both sexes 29.3% 2019 up 417.4% 71st Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 7.4% 2019 up 1,491.9% 89th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 42.9% 2022 down 50.8% 78th Share of GDP per capita spent by the government on each primary school student vs. GDP per capita 12.4% 2018 up 60.5% 82nd Number of attacks on students, personnel and institutions 3 2021 up 50.0% 46th Literacy rate vs. GDP per capita 43.6% 2019 up 25.1% 83rd Literacy rates among adults 43.6% 2019 up 25.1% 83rd Educational attainment rate, completed Bachelor's or equivalent 4.5% 2019 up 1,659.9% 88th Literacy rates of older vs. younger population 5.8% 2019 down 57.7% 85th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 51.8% 2022 down 33.2% 61st Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, both sexes 1,596 number 1979 up 201.1% 38th Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, female 25.6% 2019 up 81.9% 75th Completion rate, upper secondary education, urban, male 30.3% 2019 up 19.8% 75th Completion rate, primary education, urban, both sexes 84.1% 2019 up 17.9% 68th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, female 62.2% 2019 up 74.7% 67th Completion rate, lower secondary education, urban, male 67.7% 2019 up 51.9% 64th Completion rate, primary education, rural, both sexes 55.7% 2019 up 94.4% 69th Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 0.3% 2022 down 91.4% 73rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, female 7.3% 2019 up 2,324.0% 70th Non-teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure 3.7% 2022 down 79.4% 61st Completion rate, primary education, adjusted location parity index 0.6623 LPIA 2019 up 64.9% 68th Completion rate, upper secondary education, rural, male 13.7% 2019 up 4,432.1% 65th Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, male 34.7% 2019 up 272.8% 64th Completion rate, lower secondary education, rural, female 24.1% 2019 up 906.1% 68th Completion rate, primary education, urban, female 85.0% 2019 up 23.6% 65th Completion rate, primary education, rural, female 54.6% 2019 up 108.8% 69th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, urban, female 82.1% 2019 up 731.6% 72nd ← Previous Page 26 of 35 Next →