Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary was 0.4% in 2010. ▲ Rising

Latest (2010)
0.4%
World rank
138th
of 144 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2005
All-time low
0.1%
in 1960
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone, 1960–2010

0.10.20.30.41960198520101960: 0.071965: 0.21970: 0.231975: 0.231980: 0.231985: 0.281990: 0.281995: 0.142000: 0.222005: 0.362010: 0.36

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone stood at 0.4%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of up 63.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.4% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1960.

Sierra Leone ranks 138th 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: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary in Sierra Leone, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 0.1%
1965 0.2% +185.7%
1970 0.2% +15.0%
1975 0.2% +0.0%
1980 0.2% +0.0%
1985 0.3% +21.7%
1990 0.3% +0.0%
1995 0.1% -50.0%
2000 0.2% +57.1%
2005 0.4% +63.6%
2010 0.4% +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% 2
1970s 0.2% 0.2% 0.2% 2
1980s 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 2
1990s 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 2
2000s 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 2
2010s 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 1

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 135 Malawi 0.5% compare
  2. 136 Cameroon 0.4% compare
  3. 137 Mozambique 0.4% compare
  4. 138 Yemen 0.4% compare
  5. 140 Maldives 0.3% compare
  6. 141 Guyana 0.1% compare
  7. 141 Rwanda 0.1% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary in Sierra Leone was 0.4% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2005.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1960.
How does Sierra Leone rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary?
Sierra Leone ranks 138th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
Over the last ten years it is up 63.6%. 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: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary schooling. Completed Tertiary