Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total was 1.34 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone is 1.34, measured in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 135.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.34 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.32, in 1970.
Sierra Leone ranks 137th of 144 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.36 | — |
| 1965 | 0.36 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.32 | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5 | +56.2% |
| 1980 | 0.51 | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 0.51 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.51 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.56 | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 0.57 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 0.96 | +68.4% |
| 2010 | 1.34 | +39.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.36 | 0.36 | 0.36 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 1980s | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.51 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.535 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.765 | 0.57 | 0.96 | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.34 | 1.34 | 1.34 | 1 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 553,045 (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 18.85 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 178,431 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 9,041 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.44 % change on previous year (2002)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,753 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 30,822 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2,602 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2002)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone?
- Barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total in Sierra Leone was 1.34 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.32 in 1970.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total?
- Sierra Leone ranks 137th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 135.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of total schooling, age 60-64, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of total schooling, 60-64, total is the average years of education completed among people age 60-64.