School enrollment, preprimary, male in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School enrollment, preprimary, male was 24.0% in 2021. ▲ Rising
School enrollment, preprimary, male in Sierra Leone, 2010–2021
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % gross.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 24.0% for school enrollment, preprimary, male in 2021. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.2% on the previous year and up 291.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school enrollment, preprimary, male in Sierra Leone peaked at 24.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2011.
Sierra Leone ranks 162nd of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
School enrollment, preprimary, male in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % gross | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13.3% | — |
| 2011 | 6.1% | -53.9% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 8.3% | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 8.8% | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 11.8% | +33.8% |
| 2017 | 11.7% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 13.1% | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 18.4% | +39.8% |
| 2020 | 19.8% | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 24.0% | +21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11.0% | 6.1% | 18.4% | 9 |
| 2020s | 21.9% | 19.8% | 24.0% | 2 |
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 school enrollment, preprimary, male in Sierra Leone?
- School enrollment, preprimary, male in Sierra Leone was 24.0% in 2021, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school enrollment, preprimary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 24.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest school enrollment, preprimary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2011.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school enrollment, preprimary, male?
- Sierra Leone ranks 162nd out of 194 countries with data for 2021.
- Is school enrollment, preprimary, male rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 291.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School enrollment, preprimary, male (% gross). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school.