Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 1.14 index in 2023. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Sierra Leone, 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 1.14 index for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 18.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Sierra Leone peaked at 1.14 index in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9618 index, in 2013.
Sierra Leone ranks 10th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.01 index | 0.9618 index | 1.03 index | 6 |
| 2020s | 1.07 index | 1.04 index | 1.14 index | 4 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 37.7% (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 162.1% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 46,575 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 3.7 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 166.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Sierra Leone?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Sierra Leone was 1.14 index in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 1.14 index in 2023.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9618 index in 2013.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Sierra Leone ranks 10th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.6%. 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 (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.