Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education was 84.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone stood at 84.9%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone peaked at 95.9% in 1970 and was at its lowest, 84.9%, in 2010.
Sierra Leone ranks 6th 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 population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 95.8% | — |
| 1965 | 95.8% | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 95.9% | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 94.3% | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 94.3% | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 94.3% | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 94.3% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 94.0% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 94.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 88.5% | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 84.9% | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.8% | 95.8% | 95.8% | 2 |
| 1970s | 95.1% | 94.3% | 95.9% | 2 |
| 1980s | 94.3% | 94.3% | 94.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 94.1% | 94.0% | 94.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 91.2% | 88.5% | 94.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 84.9% | 84.9% | 84.9% | 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 population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone?
- Barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education in Sierra Leone was 84.9% 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 60-64 with no education recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 95.9% in 1970.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 84.9% in 2010.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education?
- Sierra Leone ranks 6th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 60-64 with no education rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. 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 population age 60-64 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population age 60-64 with no education