Sierra Leone: Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)

Key figures

Over five years it is down 12.26 percentage points from 13.74% in 2013. Since 1978 it is down 13.55 percentage points from 15.03% in 1978. The World Bank has no value for 30 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 45th highest value of the 79 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.

Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2018 ranking

• Colombia — 42nd of 79: 1.8%
• Macao SAR, China — 43rd of 79: 1.7%
• Mauritania — 44th of 79: 1.7%
• Thailand — 46th of 79: 1.39%
• Antigua and Barbuda — 47th of 79: 1.37%
• Indonesia — 48th of 79: 1.33%

What this measures

Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school.

Limitations: Country policies on repetition and promotion differ. In some cases the number of repeaters is controlled because of limited capacity. In other cases the number of repeaters is almost 0 because of automatic promotion – suggesting a system that is highly efficient but that may not be endowing students with enough cognitive skills.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 11 values

Repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment) in nearby economies

• Benin — 15.11% (2018)
• Burkina Faso — 5.7% (2018)
• Burundi — 25.72% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 7.75% (2018)
• Cameroon — 12.25% (2018)
• Central African Republic — 22.64% (2016)
• Chad — 16.82% (2016)
• Comoros — 15.95% (2018)
• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 9.87% (2015)
• Côte d'Ivoire

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 repeaters, primary, total (% of total enrollment)?

1.48% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1978?

It is down 13.55 percentage points from 15.03% in 1978. The highest value was 15.65% in 2011 and the lowest 1.48% in 2018.

How does Sierra Leone rank?

45th highest of 79 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.REPT.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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