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Sierra Leone · annual SERIES

Lower secondary completion rate in Sierra Leone

Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.

46.95%%
2019Observation year

+2.71 pp from 2017

Source note for 2019: [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone DHS 2019. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}]
Sierra Leone
Lower secondary completion rate in Sierra Leone, 2000–2019%. Underlying figures are available in the data table.5.41729405220002005201020172019

% · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Missing observations remain gaps.

Underlying data

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Lower secondary completion rate · Sierra Leone · %
YearValueStatus & source note
201946.95489883422852present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone DHS 2019. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}]
201744.24776077270508present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone MICS 2017. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 3-24 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}]
201340.37881851196289present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone DHS 2013. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}]
201029.21present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone MICS 2010 (GEMR)."}]
200820.42201995849609present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone DHS 2008. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 3-24 and educational attainment for age 3 and above."}]
200516.76present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone MICS 2005 (GEMR)."}]
200410.17399978637695present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone Population and Housing Census 2004. IPUMS-International, Statistics Sierra Leone."}]
200014.9present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"Sierra Leone MICS 2000 (GEMR)."}]

Definition & method

UIS SDG 4.1.2 completion rate, CR.2, total population. Original national survey/census observations, not gross intake ratios or modelled completion series.

Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.

What to keep in mind

  • Survey and census coverage is irregular; no interpolation is applied.
  • Survey reference periods and sources are retained in each observation note.
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