Sierra Leone's adult literacy rose from 34.8 % in 2004 to 43.6 % in 2019.
Sierra Leone's school enrolment, primary (% gross) rose from 36.4 % in 1975 to 162.1 % in 2024.
Sierra Leone · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 14 with data
Literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24)
% of people ages 15–24
55th of 62 · 10th in Sub-Saharan Africa*
Sierra Leone's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 47.9 % in 2004 to 73.0 % in 2019.
Sierra Leone's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 9.3 % in 1971 to 86.9 % in 2023.
Sierra Leone's tertiary enrolment rose from 0.5 % in 1971 to 2.0 % in 2002.
Sierra Leone's children out of school, primary fell from 335,881 in 1983 to 12,746 in 2015.
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- Primary completion ratedown −1.2 pts31st of 111
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.0 pts114th of 119*
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)down −2.7 pts109th of 119*
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs178th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.8 yrs136th of 145
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- Education spendingdown −2.3 pts94th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)up +0.6 pts6th of 60
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −30.2 %66th of 90
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sierra Leone.