World Bank · Education

Sierra Leone: Primary education, pupils

50.85percent · 2018+24.2% since 1990

Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1971 to 2018.

19712018

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201850.852
201750.484
201650.289
201550.38
201350.088
201249.828
201148.798
200141.562
200048.379
199141.249
199040.93
198941.956
198840.971
198541
198441
198340.952
198240.81
198141.778
198040.392
197839.871
197739.827
197639.566
197539.289
197439.756
197339.291
197240.441
197140.18

Source

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

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, pupils. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-pupils (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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