Gross school enrollment of males in primary education fell 2.03% to 139% in Sierra Leone in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, gross school enrollment of males in primary education in Sierra Leone reached an all time high of 142% in 2019 and an all time low of 41.2% in 1973. When compared to Sierra Leone's main peers, gross school enrollment of males in primary education in Burkina Faso amounted to 92.2%, 109% in Guinea, 77.6% in Liberia and 82.4% in Mali in 2020.
Sierra Leone has been ranked 1st within the group of 127 countries we follow in terms of gross school enrollment of males in primary education, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Gross School Enrollment, Male (Primary Education) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Algeria | % | 119% | 117% | 115% | 112% | 111% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | 89.5% | 92.1% | 94.4% | 96.9% | 94.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | 108% | 106% | 105% | 103% | 104% | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | 95.5% | 101% | 106% | 108% | 105% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | ... | ... | ... | 96.4% | 101% | 103% | 104% | 103% | |||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 100% | 89.8% | 85.5% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||
| Mali | % | 79.7% | 81.9% | 84.6% | 79.5% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | 102% | 94.0% | 93.6% | 97.1% | 97.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Niger | % | 77.4% | 79.1% | 80.1% | 72.2% | 70.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Senegal | % | 80.2% | 79.4% | 79.2% | 78.3% | 76.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sierra Leone | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 115% | 118% | 123% | 111% | 142% |
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