School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 15.02 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone is 15.02 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 49.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone peaked at 15.02 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.88 years, in 1971.
That places Sierra Leone 4th out of 208 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3.88 years | — |
| 1972 | 4.02 years | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 3.94 years | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 4.1 years | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 4.24 years | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 4.4 years | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 4.56 years | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 4.64 years | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 6.56 years | +41.5% |
| 1985 | 6.97 years | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 6.63 years | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 5.88 years | -11.4% |
| 1990 | 5.76 years | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 5.13 years | -10.8% |
| 2001 | 7.07 years | +37.8% |
| 2007 | 11.26 years | +59.2% |
| 2011 | 9.85 years | -12.5% |
| 2012 | 9.96 years | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 10.06 years | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 10.22 years | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 10.34 years | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 10.48 years | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 9.71 years | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 12.77 years | +31.5% |
| 2020 | 12.65 years | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 14.22 years | +12.4% |
| 2023 | 15.02 years | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.22 years | 3.88 years | 4.64 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 6.51 years | 5.88 years | 6.97 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 5.44 years | 5.13 years | 5.76 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.16 years | 7.07 years | 11.26 years | 2 |
| 2010s | 10.42 years | 9.71 years | 12.77 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.96 years | 12.65 years | 15.02 years | 3 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone was 15.02 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 15.02 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.88 years in 1971.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Sierra Leone ranks 4th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.3%. 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 secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release