Primary completion (UIS) in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, 69.4% of children had completed primary school by the expected age in 2019. The value for 2019 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Sierra Leone, 2019
69.4%
Change from 2017
+5.2percentage points
Position in 2019
55th of 61
Primary completion (UIS) in Sierra Leone over time
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Sierra Leone
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% of children 3 to 5 years above the final primary grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sierra Leone |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 69.4% |
| 2017 | 64.2% |
| 2013 | 66.6% |
| 2010 | 59.6% |
| 2008 | 47.9% |
| 2005 | 32.7% |
| 2004 | 28.9% |
| 2000 | 26.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 64.2% in 2017, a change of +5.2 percentage points.
- Since 2000, when it was 26.0%, the figure has changed by +43.4 percentage points.
- Among the 61 countries with data for 2019, Sierra Leone has the 55th highest value.
More for Sierra Leone
All statistics for Sierra Leone
Lower secondary completion
47.0%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school completion rate
99.2%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
30.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Upper secondary completion
19.6%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
0.9%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
3.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS