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Sierra Leone: School enrollment, primary (% gross)

162.12percent · 2024+35.3% since 2013

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Sierra Leone from 1971 to 2024.

19712024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
2024162.124
2023159.417
2022163.174
2021157.71
2020142.792
2019145.617
2018114.58
2017126.864
2016123.032
2015120.701
2013119.788
2012117.716
2011114.581
200175.624
200063.25
199145.332
199051.132
198953.056
198858.355
198661.768
198562.506
198458.832
198355.389
198256.209
198152.335
198051.884
197840.57
197739.766
197638.288
197536.435
197435.374
197333.725
197236.091
197134.821

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary (% gross). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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