Sierra Leone: Secondary education, general pupils (% female)

Key figures

Since 1971 it is up 20.52 percentage points from 28.38% in 1971. The World Bank has no value for 24 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1.65 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.93 percentage points in 1980. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2018, Sierra Leone had the 61st highest value of the 84 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

• Solomon Islands — 57th of 84: 49.07%
• Antigua and Barbuda — 58th of 84: 48.96%
• St. Vincent and the Grenadines — 59th of 84: 48.92%
• Mozambique — 61st of 84: 48.81%
• Macao SAR, China — 62nd of 84: 48.8%
• Oman — 63rd of 84: 48.71%

What this measures

Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.

Limitations: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity.

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

All 24 values

Secondary education, general pupils (% female) in nearby economies

• Angola — 39.06% (2016)
• Benin — 42.66% (2016)
• Botswana — 51.54% (2015)
• Burkina Faso — 49.3% (2018)
• Burundi — 53.26% (2018)
• Cabo Verde — 52.53% (2018)
• Cameroon — 48.46% (2016)
• Central African Republic — 40.05% (2017)
• Chad — 31.18% (2016)
• Comoros — 50.79% (2018)

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 secondary education, general pupils (% female)?

48.89% in 2018, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1971?

It is up 20.52 percentage points from 28.38% in 1971. The highest value was 48.89% in 2018 and the lowest 28.38% in 1971.

How does Sierra Leone rank?

61st highest of 84 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.SEC.ENRL.GC.FE.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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