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.