Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary was 19.9% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka stood at 19.9%.
The figure is up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka peaked at 45.3% in 1980 and was at its lowest, 16.2%, in 2000.
Sri Lanka ranks 79th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 35.5% | — |
| 1965 | 37.2% | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 34.1% | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 39.4% | +15.4% |
| 1980 | 45.3% | +15.1% |
| 1985 | 40.1% | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 34.5% | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 25.6% | -25.8% |
| 2000 | 16.2% | -36.7% |
| 2005 | 17.8% | +9.9% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.3% | 35.5% | 37.2% | 2 |
| 1970s | 36.7% | 34.1% | 39.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 42.7% | 40.1% | 45.3% | 2 |
| 1990s | 30.0% | 25.6% | 34.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 17.0% | 16.2% | 17.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 19.9% | 19.9% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 76 Jamaica 20.9% compare
- 77 Togo 20.5% compare
- 78 Hong Kong, China 20.5% compare
- 80 Bangladesh 19.3% compare
- 81 South Africa 19.1% compare
- 82 Congo 17.7% compare
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 155,543 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary in Sri Lanka was 19.9% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 45.3% in 1980.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.2% in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary?
- Sri Lanka ranks 79th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 25+ with primary rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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: Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 25+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)