Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total was 5.35 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sri Lanka, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 5.35 for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in 2010. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sri Lanka peaked at 5.35 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.42, in 1960.
Sri Lanka ranks 36th of 144 countries on this measure, 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 60-64, total in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 2.42 | — |
| 1965 | 3.13 | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 2.8 | -10.5% |
| 1975 | 3.37 | +20.4% |
| 1980 | 3.79 | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 3.82 | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 4.16 | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 4.25 | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 4.89 | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 4.8 | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 5.35 | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.77 | 2.42 | 3.13 | 2 |
| 1970s | 3.08 | 2.8 | 3.37 | 2 |
| 1980s | 3.8 | 3.79 | 3.82 | 2 |
| 1990s | 4.21 | 4.16 | 4.25 | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.84 | 4.8 | 4.89 | 2 |
| 2010s | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 1 |
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More education data for Sri Lanka
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4555 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.32 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.5206 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3876 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 439,099 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.72 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sri Lanka?
- Barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total in Sri Lanka was 5.35 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 60-64, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 5.35 in 2010.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.42 in 1960.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total?
- Sri Lanka ranks 36th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: average years of primary schooling, age 60-64, total rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.4%. 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 60-64, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average years of primary schooling, 60-64, total is the average years of primary education completed among people age 60-64.