Qualified primary teachers in Sierra Leone
In Sierra Leone, 69.8% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2024.
Sierra Leone, 2024
69.8%
Change from 2023
+3.7percentage points
Position in 2024
67th of 79
Qualified primary teachers in Sierra Leone over time
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Sierra Leone
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% of primary teachers. 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 |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 69.8% |
| 2023 | 66.2% |
| 2021 | 73.1% |
| 2020 | 63.1% |
| 2019 | 63.6% |
| 2018 | 60.9% |
| 2017 | 63.2% |
| 2015 | 53.8% |
| 2013 | 57.1% |
| 2012 | 54.6% |
| 2011 | 48.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.7 percentage points from 66.2% in 2023.
- Since 2011, when it was 48.0%, the figure has changed by +21.8 percentage points.
- Among the 79 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 67th highest value.
More for Sierra Leone
All statistics for Sierra Leone
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
Out-of-school children
0.9%
2015 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
3.8%
2024 · UNESCO UIS