Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and was 17.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
17.0%
Change on year
down 0.5%
World rank
38th
of 46 countries
All-time high
23.3%
in 2019
All-time low
17.0%
in 2024
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and in Sierra Leone, 2017–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 17.0% for percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Sierra Leone ranks 38th of 46 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 21.2% | — |
| 2018 | 23.2% | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 23.3% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 22.6% | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 17.6% | -22.1% |
| 2022 | 18.0% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 17.1% | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 17.0% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 22.6% | 21.2% | 23.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 18.5% | 17.0% | 22.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 35 Tanzania, United Republic of 66.5% compare
- 36 Grenada 48.1% compare
- 37 Côte d'Ivoire 28.8% compare
- 39 Niger 1.7% compare
- 40 Burkina Faso 1.7% compare
- 41 Armenia 0.0%
- 41 Cook Islands 0.0% compare
- 41 Algeria 0.0%
- 41 India 0.0%
- 41 Palestine, State of 0.0% compare
- 41 Tuvalu 0.0%
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 percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and in Sierra Leone?
- Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and in Sierra Leone was 17.0% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 23.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.0% in 2024.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and?
- Sierra Leone ranks 38th out of 46 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based hiv and rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of primary schools providing life skills-based HIV and sexuality education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release