Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education was 65.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Sierra Leone, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 65.0% for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Sierra Leone peaked at 96.4% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 65.0%, in 2010.
Sierra Leone ranks 7th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 96.4% | — |
| 1965 | 95.7% | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 94.2% | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 92.1% | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 89.5% | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 86.6% | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 82.2% | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 78.6% | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 76.1% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 73.8% | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 65.0% | -12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 96.1% | 95.7% | 96.4% | 2 |
| 1970s | 93.2% | 92.1% | 94.2% | 2 |
| 1980s | 88.1% | 86.6% | 89.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 80.4% | 78.6% | 82.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 75.0% | 73.8% | 76.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 65.0% | 65.0% | 65.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More education data for Sierra Leone
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 38,043 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 73,295 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 85,708 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 92,723 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.16 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.07 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 2.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.2393 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Sierra Leone?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education in Sierra Leone was 65.0% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 96.4% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.0% in 2010.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education?
- Sierra Leone ranks 7th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with no education rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 15+ with no education