Preprimary education, duration in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Preprimary education, duration was 5 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Preprimary education, duration in Sierra Leone, 1999–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for preprimary education, duration in Sierra Leone is 5 years, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, preprimary education, duration in Sierra Leone peaked at 5 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3 years, in 1999.
That places Sierra Leone 61st out of 202 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 3 years | 3 years | 3 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.67 years | 3 years | 5 years | 6 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 162.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,575 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 166.3% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 157.9% (2024)
- Labor force, female 48.8% (2025)
- Labor force, total 2.93 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is preprimary education, duration in Sierra Leone?
- Preprimary education, duration in Sierra Leone was 5 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest preprimary education, duration recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 5 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest preprimary education, duration recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 years in 1999.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for preprimary education, duration?
- Sierra Leone ranks 61st out of 202 countries with data for 2025.
- Is preprimary education, duration rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Preprimary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Preprimary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in preprimary school.