School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender was 1.06 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sierra Leone, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 1.06 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.3% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7051 GPIA, in 2001.
That places Sierra Leone 9th out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary … lower adjusted GPIA gender in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0.7051 GPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.8774 GPIA | +24.4% |
| 2011 | 0.9367 GPIA | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9878 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 1 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.03 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.03 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.04 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1.05 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.07 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 1.06 GPIA | -1.3% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 1.06 GPIA is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.9649 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 1.06 GPIA is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.9882 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7913 GPIA | 0.7051 GPIA | 0.8774 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9367 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.05 GPIA | 1.04 GPIA | 1.07 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
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 school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Sierra Leone was 1.06 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7051 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Sierra Leone ranks 9th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release