Education in Sierra Leone 2,050 indicators covering education for Sierra Leone. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.6247 modelled data 2025 up 6.3% 155th Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 16.4% 2025 up 2.4% 145th Teachers in secondary education, male 32,703 2024 up 86.4% 67th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 2.1% 2025 down 40.6% 170th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.1% 2025 down 23.4% 112th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 3.1% 2025 down 29.7% 143rd Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 1.1% 2002 — 188th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 2.8% 2002 — 184th Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 0.4024 GPIA 2002 — 185th Primary education, teachers 33.8% 2024 up 24.8% 190th Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 5,566 number 2019 up 156.9% 108th Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate -3.18 % change on previous year 2019 down 291.1% 168th Repeaters, primary, total 1.5% 2018 down 85.1% 110th School life expectancy, tertiary, female 0.0571 years 2002 — 190th School life expectancy, tertiary, male 0.1419 years 2002 — 188th School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 0.4024 GPIA 2002 — 187th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 0.5% 2016 — 154th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 6.62 years 2001 up 52.6% 183rd Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 99.2% 2024 up 58.1% 49th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 1,198 number 2002 up 99.7% 137th Persistence to grade 5, total 49.1% 2019 down 17.7% 158th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 39.9% 2019 down 16.4% 174th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 2,997 2024 down 1.4% 36th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 1,982 2024 up 13.0% 43rd Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 2,705 2024 down 5.4% 48th Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 2,955 2024 up 11.2% 51st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 175.7% 2018 up 57.9% 1st Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 168.0% 2018 up 39.0% 4th Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 37.2% 2024 down 44.9% 41st School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 0.8286 years 2024 up 188.9% 166th School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 0.7533 years 2024 up 192.8% 171st School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1.09 GPIA 2024 down 1.1% 14th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 89.9% 2024 up 9.9% 158th Teachers in pre-primary education, male 664 2024 up 27.4% 63rd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 5,942 2024 up 152.4% 99th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 0.7395 GPI 2001 — 170th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 175 2002 — 148th Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 14.6% 2002 — 154th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 1,023 2002 — 133rd Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.8% 2100 down 36.7% 56th Number of adults with no formal education by region 127,200 people 2100 down 38.0% 60th Population by level of education 3.03 million people 2100 up 9.9% 115th Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 0.853 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 6.3% 166th Repeaters, primary, female 1.5% 2018 down 85.3% 103rd Repeaters, primary, male 1.5% 2018 down 84.9% 113th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 5.63 years 2001 — 177th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 7.61 years 2001 — 173rd School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 0.7404 GPIA 2001 — 174th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 87.6% 2019 up 6.5% 157th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 96.7% 2024 up 48.6% 76th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 101.8% 2024 up 63.8% 35th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1.05 GPIA 2024 up 9.9% 32nd Teachers in pre-primary education, female 4,878 number 2019 up 173.6% 107th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes 5.8% 2019 down 57.7% 85th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male 11.7% 2019 down 48.1% 87th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.07 GPIA 2019 down 70.8% 84th School enrollment, secondary, private 8.0% 2021 down 25.9% 121st Survival rate to the last grade of primary education,adjusted gender 1.02 GPIA 2019 up 1.7% 58th School enrollment, primary 98.1% 2016 — 26th Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, female 40.4% 2019 down 15.7% 158th ← Previous Page 8 of 35 Next →