Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Sierra Leone

Share of children out of school in Sierra Leone in 2015 — 0.89%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 145. Since 1983, the indicator has fallen by 52.24 pp.

2015 0.89% −2.25 pp vs 2012
World rank 29of 145
Period maximum 53.13%1983
Period minimum 0.89%2015

Trend over time

1983–2015 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Sierra Leone, 1983–201502040601983198719911995199920032007201120151983: 53.13%2011: 5.91%2012: 3.14%2015: 0.89%
Change over the period: −52.24 pp Annual average: -1.63 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone 0.89%
World computed 8.83%
Western Africa computed 29.23%
Share of children out of school — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 0.89
2012 3.14 −2.77 pp
2011 5.91
1983 53.13

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.