School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male was 10.44 years in 2017. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone, 1971–2017
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2017, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone stood at 10.44 years. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone peaked at 10.44 years in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3.92 years, in 1971.
Sierra Leone ranks 144th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and secondary, male in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3.92 years | — |
| 1972 | 4.05 years | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 3.95 years | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 4.09 years | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 4.22 years | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 4.38 years | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 4.5 years | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 4.55 years | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 6.3 years | +38.6% |
| 1985 | 6.68 years | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 6.27 years | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 5.53 years | -11.9% |
| 1990 | 5.41 years | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 5.02 years | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 6.8 years | +35.5% |
| 2011 | 9.8 years | +44.1% |
| 2012 | 9.93 years | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 10.01 years | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 9.96 years | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 10.1 years | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 10.44 years | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.21 years | 3.92 years | 4.55 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 6.2 years | 5.53 years | 6.68 years | 4 |
| 1990s | 5.21 years | 5.02 years | 5.41 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.8 years | 6.8 years | 6.8 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 10.04 years | 9.8 years | 10.44 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 141 Côte d'Ivoire 10.55 years compare
- 142 Cambodia 10.5 years compare
- 143 San Marino 10.49 years compare
- 145 Armenia 10.41 years compare
- 146 Papua New Guinea 10.39 years compare
- 147 Bangladesh 10.33 years compare
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 10.44 years in 2017, 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 10.44 years in 2017.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.92 years in 1971.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male?
- Sierra Leone ranks 144th out of 193 countries with data for 2017.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and secondary, male rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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
Number of years a person of school entrance age can expect to spend within the specified level of education. For a child of a certain age a, the school life expectancy is calculated as the sum of the age specific enrolment rates for the levels of education specified. The part of the enrolment that is not distributed by age is divided by the school-age population for the level of education they are enrolled in, and multiplied by the duration of that level of education. The result is then added to the sum of the age-specific enrolment rates. A relatively high SLE indicates greater probability for children to spend more years in education and higher overall retention within the education system. It must be noted that the expected number of years does not necessarily coincide with the expected number of grades of education completed, because of repetition. Since school life expectancy is an average based on participation in different levels of education, the expected number of years of schooling may be pulled down by the magnitude of children who never go to school. Those children who are in school may benefit from many more years of education than the average.