Primary completion rate, female in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Primary completion rate, female was 101.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Primary completion rate, female in Sierra Leone, 1978–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 101.8% for primary completion rate, female in 2024.
The figure is up 63.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Sierra Leone peaked at 106.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 16.4%, in 1978.
That places Sierra Leone 33rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 16.4% | — |
| 2007 | 66.9% | +307.0% |
| 2011 | 66.5% | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 63.1% | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 62.1% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 61.3% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 70.8% | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 71.4% | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 84.8% | +18.8% |
| 2019 | 85.8% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 101.0% | +12.3% |
| 2022 | 106.2% | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 101.7% | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 101.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.4% | 16.4% | 16.4% | 1 |
| 2000s | 66.9% | 66.9% | 66.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 70.7% | 61.3% | 85.8% | 8 |
| 2020s | 100.1% | 89.9% | 106.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 30 South Korea 102.6% compare
- 31 Kenya 102.1% compare
- 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 102.0% compare
- 34 Uruguay 101.6% compare
- 35 Ecuador 101.5% compare
- 36 Saint Lucia 101.3% compare
More education data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,439 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2002)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Sierra Leone?
- Primary completion rate, female in Sierra Leone was 101.8% in 2024, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 106.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.4% in 1978.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Sierra Leone ranks 33rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.