Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted was 26.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
26.4%
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
48th
of 54 countries
All-time high
26.4%
in 2024
All-time low
3.7%
in 2017
Years of data
8
2017–2024
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted in Sierra Leone, 2017–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 26.4% for proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted in 2024. That is the highest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 606.6% over ten years.
That places Sierra Leone 48th out of 54 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3.7% | — |
| 2018 | 6.2% | +65.6% |
| 2019 | 15.2% | +146.1% |
| 2020 | 17.3% | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 24.0% | +38.5% |
| 2022 | 22.8% | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 26.4% | +15.8% |
| 2024 | 26.4% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.4% | 3.7% | 15.2% | 3 |
| 2020s | 23.4% | 17.3% | 26.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More education data for Sierra Leone
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,021 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0497 % change on previous year (2014)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 46,575 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted in Sierra Leone?
- Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted in Sierra Leone was 26.4% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 26.4% in 2024.
- What is the lowest proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.7% in 2017.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted?
- Sierra Leone ranks 48th out of 54 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 606.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of upper secondary schools with access to adapted infrastructure and materials for students with disabilities (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release