Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female was 75.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone, 2013–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone stood at 75.8%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 163.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone peaked at 75.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.8%, in 2013.
That places Sierra Leone 109th out of 176 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 28.8% | — |
| 2015 | 38.3% | +33.1% |
| 2016 | 35.8% | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 38.3% | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 33.0% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 44.2% | +33.8% |
| 2020 | 48.6% | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 60.6% | +24.6% |
| 2022 | 71.8% | +18.5% |
| 2023 | 75.5% | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 75.8% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36.4% | 28.8% | 44.2% | 6 |
| 2020s | 66.5% | 48.6% | 75.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
- 106 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.3% compare
- 107 Timor-Leste 76.1% compare
- 108 Serbia 76.0% compare
- 110 Mexico 75.6% compare
- 111 Puerto Rico 75.5% compare
- 112 Brunei Darussalam 75.3% compare
More education data for Sierra Leone
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone?
- Total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female in Sierra Leone was 75.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 75.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.8% in 2013.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female?
- Sierra Leone ranks 109th out of 176 countries with data for 2024.
- Is total net enrolment rate, upper secondary, female rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is up 163.2%. 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, upper secondary, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release