Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Sierra Leone

Population with tertiary education in Sierra Leone in 2019 — 1.96%. Ranked 107 in the world out of 112. Since 2003, the indicator has risen by 1.22 pp.

2019 1.96% +0.05 pp vs 2018
World rank 107of 112
Period maximum 2.14%2017
Period minimum 0.74%2003

Trend over time

2003–2019 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Sierra Leone, 2003–201901232003200520072009201120132015201720192003: 0.74%2004: 0.85%2017: 2.14%2018: 1.91%2019: 1.96%
Change over the period: +1.22 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp
Population with tertiary education — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 1.96 +0.05 pp
2018 1.91 −0.23 pp
2017 2.14
2004 0.85 +0.11 pp
2003 0.74

Western Africa, 2019

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About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

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