School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 6.35 years in 2001. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone, 1971–2001
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone is 6.35 years, measured in 2001. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone peaked at 6.35 years in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.12 years, in 1973.
Sierra Leone ranks 182nd of 183 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3.12 years | — |
| 1972 | 3.24 years | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 3.12 years | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 3.26 years | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 3.35 years | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 3.5 years | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 3.61 years | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 3.65 years | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 4.52 years | +23.6% |
| 1984 | 5.16 years | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 5.47 years | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 5.36 years | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 5.21 years | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 4.65 years | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 4.51 years | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 4.23 years | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 6.35 years | +50.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.36 years | 3.12 years | 3.65 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 5.06 years | 4.52 years | 5.47 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 4.37 years | 4.23 years | 4.51 years | 2 |
| 2000s | 6.35 years | 6.35 years | 6.35 years | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 179 Central African Republic 6.85 years compare
- 180 Djibouti 6.46 years compare
- 181 Niger 6.41 years compare
- 183 Papua New Guinea 5.36 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 to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sierra Leone was 6.35 years in 2001, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 6.35 years in 2001.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.12 years in 1973.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Sierra Leone ranks 182nd out of 183 countries with data for 2001.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.