Education in Sierra Leone 2,050 indicators covering education for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank School age population, tertiary education, female 431,459 2025 up 31.4% 87th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 868,445 2025 up 31.9% 86th School age population, lower secondary education, male 310,737 2025 up 20.0% 90th School age population, lower secondary education, female 307,329 2025 up 21.1% 89th School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 618,066 2025 up 20.6% 89th School age population, last grade of primary education, male 105,255 2025 up 16.8% 84th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 104,130 2025 up 17.2% 84th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 209,385 2025 up 17.0% 84th School age population, primary education, male 647,168 2025 up 14.0% 83rd School age population, primary education, female 639,047 2025 up 14.2% 82nd School age population, primary education, both sexes 1.29 million 2025 up 14.1% 82nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 111,985 2025 up 11.6% 83rd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 110,273 2025 up 11.5% 82nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both 222,258 2025 up 11.5% 83rd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 113,646 2025 up 11.0% 83rd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 111,791 2025 up 10.6% 82nd School age population, one year before the official primary entry 225,437 2025 up 10.8% 82nd School age population, pre-primary education, male 344,803 2025 up 10.2% 80th School age population, pre-primary education, female 338,980 2025 up 9.8% 78th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 683,783 2025 up 10.0% 79th Enrolment in primary education, both sexes 2.07 million 2024 up 59.1% 69th Share of children in primary school age who are in school 97.4% 2023 down 1.4% 87th Secondary education, duration 7 years 2025 unchanged 26th Primary education, pupils 2.07 million 2024 up 59.1% 69th Primary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 25th Secondary education, pupils 1.16 million 2023 up 178.5% 68th Secondary education, teachers, female, per square kilometre 0.0755 units per square kilometre 2023 up 105.3% 149th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, male 157.9% 2024 up 33.2% 2nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.0% 10th Gross enrolment ratio, primary, female 166.3% 2024 up 37.5% 2nd School life expectancy, primary, male 9.43 years 2024 up 32.3% 3rd School life expectancy, primary, female 9.94 years 2024 up 36.9% 2nd Secondary education, general pupils, annual growth rate 8.57 % change on previous year 2016 — 16th School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 3.2% 11th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 83.2% 2017 down 0.7% 154th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 83.7% 2017 up 10.9% 144th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 10.44 years 2017 up 6.5% 144th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, gender parity index 1 GPI 2017 up 12.0% 92nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 10.46 years 2017 up 19.3% 138th Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 92,723 2024 up 227.1% 90th Enrolment in pre-primary education, male 85,708 2024 up 232.3% 97th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes 73,295 2024 down 59.0% 52nd Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female (number), per 0.4441 units per square kilometre 2023 down 64.3% 27th Government expenditure on education, total 2.6% 2023 up 68.2% 161st Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male (number), per square 0.4301 units per square kilometre 2023 down 65.1% 37th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per unit of 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 153.7% 23rd Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), per square 1.76 number per square kilometre 2019 up 240.5% 109th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 39.4% 2019 down 17.2% 158th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 40.4% 2019 down 15.7% 158th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per capita 0.0046 units per person 2001 up 257.8% 108th Secondary education, vocational pupils 21,454 2001 up 295.5% 109th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes 38,043 2024 up 88.4% 99th Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 40.21 % change on previous year 2019 up 28.8% 4th Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), per square 0.5291 units per square kilometre 2023 up 89.1% 105th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per square kilometre 0.2972 units per square kilometre 2001 up 295.5% 109th Gender gap in primary, secondary and tertiary education 97.5% 2012 — 53rd Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, both sexes 86.9% 2023 up 121.6% 127th Number of under-five deaths, male 12,502 2024 down 28.8% 41st Number of under-five deaths, female 10,669 2024 down 30.6% 39th Number of infant deaths, male 7,784 2024 down 24.4% 45th ← Previous Page 6 of 35 Next →