Primary completion rate, total in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Primary completion rate, total was 99.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, total in Sierra Leone, 1978–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2024, primary completion rate, total in Sierra Leone stood at 99.2%.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, total in Sierra Leone peaked at 103.1% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 22.8%, in 1978.
Sierra Leone ranks 46th of 189 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 22.8% | 22.8% | 22.8% | 1 |
| 1980s | 26.8% | 26.7% | 26.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 77.2% | 77.2% | 77.2% | 1 |
| 2010s | 70.8% | 61.3% | 84.7% | 8 |
| 2020s | 98.0% | 88.4% | 103.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 43 Denmark 99.7% compare
- 44 Brunei 99.4% compare
- 45 Saudi Arabia 99.4% compare
- 47 United Arab Emirates 99.2% compare
- 48 Chile 99.1% compare
- 49 Cape Verde 99.1% compare
More aid effectiveness data for Sierra Leone
- Net bilateral aid flows from DAC donors, Austria 107,578 current US$ (2023)
- Net ODA received per capita 58.84 current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 497.80 million constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net ODA received 7.8% (2023)
- Net ODA received 39.4% (2023)
- Net official development assistance received 497.80 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 497.80 million constant 2023 US$ (2023)
- Net official development assistance and official aid received 497.80 million current US$ (2023)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNDP 6.28 million current US$ (2022)
- Net official flows from UN agencies, UNICEF 10.04 million current US$ (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, total in Sierra Leone?
- Primary completion rate, total in Sierra Leone was 99.2% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, total recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 103.1% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, total recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.8% in 1978.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for primary completion rate, total?
- Sierra Leone ranks 46th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, total rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.1%. 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 Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.