School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, pre-primary, female was 0.8286 years in 2024. β Volatile
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sierra Leone, 2000β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 0.8286 years for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in 2024. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 188.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.8286 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1061 years, in 2001.
That places Sierra Leone 161st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1255 years | 0.1061 years | 0.1444 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3676 years | 0.1995 years | 0.6287 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.7861 years | 0.6797 years | 0.8286 years | 5 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 162.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,575 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 3.7 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 166.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, pre-primary, female in Sierra Leone was 0.8286 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8286 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1061 years in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, female?
- Sierra Leone ranks 161st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, female rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 188.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, female (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release