School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: School life expectancy, tertiary, male was 0.1377 years in 2002. β–² Rising

Latest (2002)
0.1377 years
Change on year
down 3.2%
World rank
174th
of 177 countries
All-time high
0.1421 years
in 2001
All-time low
0.0415 years
in 1971
Years of data
11
1971–2002

School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sierra Leone, 1971–2002

0.050.0750.10.1250.151971198620021971: 0.042 years1972: 0.046 years1973: 0.05 years1974: 0.053 years1975: 0.056 years1976: 0.056 years1984: 0.05 years1985: 0.05 years2000: 0.086 years2001: 0.142 years2002: 0.138 years

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sierra Leone is 0.1377 years, measured in 2002.

The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sierra Leone peaked at 0.1421 years in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.0415 years, in 1971.

Sierra Leone ranks 174th of 177 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0.0506 years 0.0415 years 0.0565 years 6
1980s 0.0501 years 0.0499 years 0.0503 years 2
2000s 0.1218 years 0.0856 years 0.1421 years 3

Countries ranked near Sierra Leone

  1. 171 Gambia 0.2082 years compare
  2. 172 Eritrea 0.1964 years compare
  3. 173 Tanzania 0.1864 years compare
  4. 175 Papua New Guinea 0.1125 years compare
  5. 176 Haiti 0.0797 years compare
  6. 177 Malawi 0.0509 years compare

See the full ranking of 222 places β†’

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All data for Sierra Leone β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sierra Leone?
School life expectancy, tertiary, male in Sierra Leone was 0.1377 years in 2002, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
The highest recorded value was 0.1421 years in 2001.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, male recorded in Sierra Leone?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0415 years in 1971.
How does Sierra Leone rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, male?
Sierra Leone ranks 174th out of 177 countries with data for 2002.
Where does this Sierra Leone data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
School life expectancy, tertiary, male (years)
Unit
years
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
222 places, 6,910 data points, 1970–2020
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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.