Lower secondary completion in Sierra Leone

In Sierra Leone, 47.0% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2000 to 2019 Source: UNESCO UIS
Sierra Leone, 2019 47.0% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2017 +2.7percentage points 2017: 44.2%
Position in 2019 61st of 68 See the full ranking

Lower secondary completion in Sierra Leone over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2000 to 2019
Period Sierra Leone
2019 47.0%
2017 44.2%
2013 40.4%
2010 29.2%
2008 20.4%
2005 16.8%
2004 10.2%
2000 14.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 44.2% in 2017, a change of +2.7 percentage points.
  • Since 2000, when it was 14.9%, the figure has changed by +32.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 68 countries with data for 2019, Sierra Leone has the 61st highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2019 for Sierra Leone
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org