Africa Eastern and Southern vs Sierra Leone: Primary education, pupils, per capita

Africa Eastern and Southern
0.1573 units per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.2393 units per person
in 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
5th
Sierra Leone rank
2nd

Primary education, pupils, per capita over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 0.2393 units per person against 0.1573 units per person in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 0.082 units per person.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.5 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Africa Eastern and Southern ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 2nd of 45 groups.

Across the 6 decades both report, Africa Eastern and Southern averaged higher in 4 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1970s 0.1176 units per person 0.065 units per person 0.0526 units per person Africa Eastern and Southern
1980s 0.1317 units per person 0.1033 units per person 0.0284 units per person Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 0.1241 units per person 0.0899 units per person 0.0342 units per person Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 0.1365 units per person 0.1091 units per person 0.0274 units per person Africa Eastern and Southern
2010s 0.1695 units per person 0.1966 units per person 0.0271 units per person Sierra Leone
2020s 0.1636 units per person 0.2381 units per person 0.0744 units per person Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary education, pupils, per capita, Africa Eastern and Southern or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 0.2393 units per person against 0.1573 units per person in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2024.
What is the difference in primary education, pupils, per capita between Africa Eastern and Southern and Sierra Leone?
0.082 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Sierra Leone?
34 years are reported by both, from 1971 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Sierra Leone rank globally for primary education, pupils, per capita?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 5th and Sierra Leone ranks 2nd of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary education, pupils, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Primary education, pupils, per capita
Unit
units per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
251 places, 11,297 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

Primary education, pupils divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.