Sierra Leone vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female

Sierra Leone
16.16 years
in 2023
Sweden
15.22 years
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
3rd
Sweden rank
4th

School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Sweden
051015197119972024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 16.16 years against 15.22 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.94 years.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 13 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Sweden ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 4th of 208 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Sweden Difference Ahead
2000s 7.41 years 14.06 years 6.66 years Sweden
2010s 10.31 years 14.61 years 4.3 years Sweden
2020s 14.67 years 15.45 years 0.7775 years Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female, Sierra Leone or Sweden?
Sierra Leone, at 16.16 years against 15.22 years in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female between Sierra Leone and Sweden?
0.94 years, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Sweden?
13 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Sierra Leone and Sweden rank globally for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, female?
Sierra Leone ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 4th of 208 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Sierra Leone vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-and-secondary-female-years-2/sierra-leone/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/school-life-expectancy-primary-and-secondary-female-years-2/sierra-leone/sweden/">Sierra Leone vs Sweden: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, female (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
429 places, 15,518 data points, 1970–2025
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release