Sierra Leone - Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Sierra Leone was 1,759,773 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,770,368 in 2019 and a minimum value of 166,107 in 1971.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1971 166,107
1972 176,658
1973 169,324
1974 181,911
1975 191,692
1976 205,910
1977 218,376
1978 227,815
1980 304,962
1981 315,145
1982 346,703
1983 350,160
1984 381,674
1985 416,024
1986 421,689
1988 422,210
1989 395,389
1990 391,152
1991 367,426
2000 442,915
2001 554,308
2011 1,194,503
2012 1,252,343
2013 1,299,812
2015 1,360,243
2016 1,412,524
2017 1,486,939
2018 1,369,738
2019 1,770,368
2020 1,759,773

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Enrollment includes Individuals officially registered in a given educational programme, or stage or module thereof, regardless of age. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Participation