Education in Sierra Leone 2,050 indicators covering education for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of under-five deaths, male 12,502 2024 down 28.8% 41st School life expectancy, secondary, both sexes 6.06 years 2023 up 120.3% 94th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.0571 years 2002 — 175th School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index 0.4151 GPI 2002 — 171st School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.1377 years 2002 — 174th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, both sexes 15.59 years 2023 up 56.7% 4th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, both sexes 122.2% 2023 up 52.9% 8th Secondary education, vocational pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2001 up 83.4% 6th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per capita 0.0018 number per person 2019 up 23.4% 167th Teachers in primary education, female 14,284 number 2019 up 49.4% 114th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, female 37,368 2024 down 58.4% 46th Repeaters in primary education, all grades, male 35,927 2024 down 59.6% 55th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per square kilometre 0.1979 number per square kilometre 2019 up 49.4% 114th Teachers in primary education, female (number), per unit of GDP 0 number per US$ of GDP 2019 up 11.3% 22nd Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 1,198 2002 up 99.7% 141st Enrolment in pre-primary education, female 66,752 number 2019 up 249.4% 101st Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, both sexes 2.0% 2002 up 59.4% 192nd Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, female 126.6% 2023 up 59.9% 4th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, female 91.7% 2023 up 149.5% 112th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 9.0% 12th Gross enrolment ratio, primary and secondary, male 117.7% 2023 up 46.1% 7th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, male 82.2% 2023 up 97.2% 135th Gross enrolment ratio, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 25.2% 27th Percentage of enrolment in pre-primary education in private 28.8% 2019 down 29.9% 102nd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female 16.16 years 2023 up 64.4% 3rd School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male 15.02 years 2023 up 49.3% 4th School life expectancy, primary and secondary, adjusted gender parity 1.07 GPIA 2023 up 9.6% 12th School life expectancy, tertiary, both sexes 0.0994 years 2002 up 59.4% 194th School life expectancy, secondary, female 6.39 years 2023 up 148.7% 82nd School life expectancy, secondary, male 5.73 years 2023 up 95.7% 103rd School life expectancy, secondary, adjusted gender parity index 1.1 GPIA 2023 up 25.7% 30th Secondary education, vocational pupils 44.0% 2001 down 14.7% 72nd Share of male students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 13.2% 2001 up 226.4% 70th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 0 2022 — 1st Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in East 0 2022 down 100.0% 2nd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 — 1st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2022 down 100.0% 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to the Caribbean, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 2nd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia, male (UIS estimate) 0.0% 2022 — 3rd Outbound mobility ratio to East Asia and the Pacific, male (UIS) 0.0% 2022 — 3rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 6.35 years 2001 up 50.2% 182nd Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 6,606 2024 up 129.8% 101st School life expectancy, pre-primary, both sexes 0.7906 years 2024 up 190.7% 177th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 171.8% 2018 up 48.1% 1st Completion rate, primary education, both sexes (modelled data) 68.8% 2025 up 15.0% 142nd Completion rate, primary education, female (modelled data) 70.9% 2025 up 13.5% 146th Completion rate, primary education, adjusted gender parity index 1.06 modelled data 2025 down 2.3% 41st Completion rate, primary education, male (modelled data) 66.7% 2025 up 16.6% 141st Secondary education, vocational pupils, annual growth rate 8.13 % change on previous year 1991 down 83.7% 39th Percentage of teachers in secondary education who are female 14.0% 2024 up 6.8% 199th Teachers in secondary education, female 5,340 2024 up 101.1% 135th Vocational and Technical enrolment (% of total secondary enrolment) 14.6% 2001 up 96.3% 59th Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 46.9% 2025 up 22.5% 132nd Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 47.0% 2025 up 24.9% 135th Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1 modelled data 2025 up 4.0% 116th Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 46.9% 2025 up 20.1% 133rd Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 13.3% 2025 up 4.9% 151st Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 10.2% 2025 up 8.9% 153rd ← Previous Page 7 of 35 Next →