Sierra Leone vs Timor-Leste: Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary
Sierra Leone
34.9%
in 2024
Timor-Leste
38.3%
in 2020
Sierra Leone rank
40th
Timor-Leste rank
39th
Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary over time
- Sierra Leone
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 38.3% against 34.9% in Sierra Leone, a difference of 3.4%.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2013 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 40th and Timor-Leste ranks 39th of 175 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary, Sierra Leone or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 38.3% against 34.9% in Sierra Leone as of 2020.
- What is the difference in out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary between Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?
- 3.4%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2013 to 2018.
- How do Sierra Leone and Timor-Leste rank globally for out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary?
- Sierra Leone ranks 40th and Timor-Leste ranks 39th of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as Out-of-school rate for children one year before the official primary entry age, female (%). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release