Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female was 5.76 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Sri Lanka, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 5.76 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in 2010.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Sri Lanka peaked at 5.78 in 1995 and was at its lowest, 3.23, in 1960.
That places Sri Lanka 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 3.23 | — |
| 1965 | 3.62 | +12.1% |
| 1970 | 4.06 | +12.2% |
| 1975 | 4.6 | +13.3% |
| 1980 | 5.02 | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 5.39 | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 5.66 | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 5.78 | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 5.76 | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 5.76 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 5.76 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.42 | 3.23 | 3.62 | 2 |
| 1970s | 4.33 | 4.06 | 4.6 | 2 |
| 1980s | 5.21 | 5.02 | 5.39 | 2 |
| 1990s | 5.72 | 5.66 | 5.78 | 2 |
| 2000s | 5.76 | 5.76 | 5.76 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.76 | 5.76 | 5.76 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 224,799 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 214,300 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.54 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.58 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.89 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0715 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Sri Lanka?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female in Sri Lanka was 5.76 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5.78 in 1995.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.23 in 1960.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 35th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 15+, female. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 15+, female is the average years of primary education completed among females over age 15.