Sierra Leone's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) was 171.85% in 2018, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 23.96 percentage points from 147.89% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 171.85% | 2018 |
| Five years earlier | 147.89% | 2013 |
| Highest | 176.55% | 2017 |
| Lowest | 50.59% | 1978 |
| Average since 2011 | 153.14% | 2011–2018 |
| First recorded | 50.59% | 1978 |
Over five years it is up 23.96 percentage points from 147.89% in 2013. Since 1978 it is up 121.26 percentage points from 50.59% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 31 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
How it compares
In 2018, Sierra Leone had the 2nd highest value of the 80 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 171.85% | 2018 |
| World | 105.12% | 2018 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 112.92% | 2018 |
| Low income | 124.33% | 2018 |
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2018 ranking
- Mozambique — 2nd of 80: 171.36%
- Madagascar — 3rd of 80: 155.53%
- Benin — 4th of 80: 146.92%
What this measures
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
Limitations: The quality of data is affected when new entrants and repeaters are not correctly distinguished in the first grade of primary education. Caution is also needed for countries with a total population under 100,000 since the United Nations Population Division neither publish nor endorse single-age data for those countries. The data are highly subject to fluctuations in migration and other factors.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 10 values
| Year | Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) |
|---|---|
| 2018 | 171.85 |
| 2017 | 176.55 |
| 2016 | 165.16 |
| 2015 | 151.85 |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | 147.89 |
| 2012 | 142.68 |
| 2011 | 116.03 |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group) in nearby economies
- Benin — 146.92% (2018)
- Burkina Faso — 111.1% (2018)
- Burundi — 128.06% (2018)
- Cabo Verde — 98.9% (2018)
- Cameroon — 116.77% (2018)
- Central African Republic — 128.09% (2016)
- Chad — 109.08% (2016)
- Comoros
More education data for Sierra Leone
- Primary school starting age (years) — 6 (2025)
- Primary education, duration (years) — 6 (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age (years) — 12 (2025)
- Secondary education, duration (years) — 7 (2025)
- Primary education, pupils — 2.07 million (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (% gross) — 162.12% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female (% gross) — 166.35% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male (% gross) — 157.95% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers — 46,575 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index (GPI)
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Questions people ask
- What is Sierra Leone's gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total (% of relevant age group)?
- 171.85% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1978?
- It is up 121.26 percentage points from 50.59% in 1978. The highest value was 176.55% in 2017 and the lowest 50.59% in 1978.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 2nd highest of 80 economies with data for 2018.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.PRM.GINT.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://uis.unesco.org/bdds, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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