Children out of school — all countries

Children out of school — Sierra Leone

Children out of school in Sierra Leone in 2015 — 12,746 people. Ranked 70 in the world out of 145. Since 1983, the indicator has fallen by 96.2%.

2015 12,746 people −4.42% vs 2013
World rank 70of 145
Period maximum 335,881 people1983
Period minimum 12,746 people2015

Trend over time

1983–2015 · people

Children out of school — Sierra Leone, 1983–20150100,000200,000300,000400,0001983198719911995199920032007201120151983: 335,881 people2011: 61,582 people2012: 33,425 people2013: 13,336 people2015: 12,746 people
Change over the period: −323,135 (−96.21%) Average annual rate: -9.72 %

Comparison, 2015

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

Sierra Leone 12,746 people
World computed 25.15M people
Western Africa computed 5.84M people
Children out of school — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2015 12,746
2013 13,336 −20,089 −60.1%
2012 33,425 −28,157 −45.72%
2011 61,582
1983 335,881

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

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