World Bank · Education

Sierra Leone: Lower secondary completion rate, total

57.06percent · 2021+649.0% since 1978

Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1971 to 2021.

19712021

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202157.059
201850.71
201750.287
201657.607
201547.158
201347.212
201248.994
201141.19
200121.415
19797.903
19787.618
19746.449
19736.173
19725.645
19715.149

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Lower secondary completion rate, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-lower-secondary-completion-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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