Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female was 98.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone, 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone is 98.5%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 10 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone peaked at 98.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 51.6%, in 2018.
That places Sierra Leone 30th out of 161 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 58.2% | — |
| 2015 | 59.2% | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 61.8% | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 62.4% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 51.6% | -17.3% |
| 2019 | 77.8% | +50.7% |
| 2020 | 77.5% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 87.4% | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 96.2% | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 98.5% | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 61.8% | 51.6% | 77.8% | 6 |
| 2020s | 89.9% | 77.5% | 98.5% | 4 |
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More education data for Sierra Leone
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 1.44 % change on previous year (2002)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 15,753 (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 30,822 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2,602 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 2.2 % change on previous year (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 6,439 (2002)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 1.13 % change on previous year (2002)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone?
- Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female in Sierra Leone was 98.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 98.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 51.6% in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female?
- Sierra Leone ranks 30th out of 161 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.3%. 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 Total net enrolment rate, lower secondary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release