Primary net enrolment in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, 97.4% of children of primary school age were enrolled in school in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2012.
Sierra Leone, 2023
97.4%
Change from 2021
−0.3percentage points
Position in 2023
74th of 157
Primary net enrolment in Sierra Leone over time
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Sierra Leone
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% of children of primary school 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 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 97.4% |
| 2021 | 97.6% |
| 2020 | 97.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2019 | 98.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2018 | 97.7% |
| 2017 | 98.4% |
| 2016 | 98.7% |
| 2015 | 98.9% |
| 2013 | 98.8% |
| 2012 | 96.9% |
| 2011 | 94.1% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- The previous available figure was 97.6% in 2021, a change of −0.3 percentage points.
- Since 2011, when it was 94.1%, the figure has changed by +3.3 percentage points.
- Among the 157 countries with data for 2023, Sierra Leone has the 74th highest value.
More for Sierra Leone
All statistics for Sierra Leone
Out-of-school children
0.9%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Primary school enrolment (gross)
162.1%
2024 · World Bank
ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
30.8%
2025 · ILOSTAT
Primary completion (UIS)
69.4%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
47.0%
2019 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
19.6%
2019 · UNESCO UIS