School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male was 12.69 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone, 2001–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2024, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone stood at 12.69 years. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.3% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone peaked at 12.69 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.25 years, in 2001.
Sierra Leone ranks 2nd of 200 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6.25 years | — |
| 2007 | 10.59 years | +69.4% |
| 2011 | 8.94 years | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 9.01 years | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 8.93 years | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 8.94 years | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 9.2 years | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 9.29 years | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 8.42 years | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 10.96 years | +30.1% |
| 2020 | 10.8 years | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 11.93 years | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 12.67 years | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 12.29 years | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 12.69 years | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.42 years | 6.25 years | 10.59 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.21 years | 8.42 years | 10.96 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 12.08 years | 10.8 years | 12.69 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.06 years compare
- 3 Namibia 12.1 years compare
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.97 years compare
- 5 Eswatini 11.92 years compare
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 life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male in Sierra Leone was 12.69 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 12.69 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.25 years in 2001.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male?
- Sierra Leone ranks 2nd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, male rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release