Eswatini vs Sierra Leone: Share of the population with tertiary education
Eswatini
2.7%
in 2020
Sierra Leone
3.3%
in 2020
Eswatini rank
97th
Sierra Leone rank
94th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Eswatini
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 3.3% against 2.7% in Eswatini, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Eswatini's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Eswatini ranks 97th and Sierra Leone ranks 94th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 9 and Sierra Leone in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eswatini | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Eswatini |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Eswatini |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Eswatini |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Eswatini |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Eswatini |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Eswatini |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 0.3% | 1.1% | Eswatini |
| 1980s | 3.0% | 0.3% | 2.6% | Eswatini |
| 1990s | 2.5% | 0.7% | 1.8% | Eswatini |
| 2000s | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 2.0% | 0.2% | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 2.7% | 3.3% | 0.6% | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Eswatini or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 3.3% against 2.7% in Eswatini as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Eswatini and Sierra Leone?
- 0.6%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Sierra Leone?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Eswatini and Sierra Leone rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Eswatini ranks 97th and Sierra Leone ranks 94th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.