School life expectancy, primary, male in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary, male was 9.43 years in 2024. β² Rising
School life expectancy, primary, male in Sierra Leone, 1971β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary, male in Sierra Leone is 9.43 years, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, male in Sierra Leone peaked at 9.5 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.88 years, in 1973.
That places Sierra Leone 3rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.13 years | 2.88 years | 3.43 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 4.65 years | 4.28 years | 5.17 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 3.98 years | 3.73 years | 4.23 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.06 years | 3.91 years | 8.97 years | 3 |
| 2010s | 7.3 years | 6.66 years | 8.51 years | 8 |
| 2020s | 9.15 years | 8.34 years | 9.5 years | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 1 Haiti 11.29 years compare
- 2 Rwanda 9.45 years compare
- 3 South Africa 7.3 years compare
- 4 Namibia 8.96 years compare
- 5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 8.91 years compare
- 6 Mozambique 8.82 years compare
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, primary, male in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, primary, male in Sierra Leone was 9.43 years in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 9.5 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.88 years in 1973.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary, male?
- Sierra Leone ranks 3rd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, male rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. 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, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release