Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary was 8.0% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 30-34 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
The most recent figure for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary in Sri Lanka is 8.0%, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is down 22.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary in Sri Lanka peaked at 42.5% in 1965 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2010.
Sri Lanka ranks 90th 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 30-34 with primary in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 40.6% | — |
| 1965 | 42.5% | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 34.5% | -18.8% |
| 1975 | 40.4% | +17.0% |
| 1980 | 41.4% | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 37.2% | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 28.6% | -23.2% |
| 1995 | 24.5% | -14.4% |
| 2000 | 10.3% | -57.9% |
| 2005 | 11.2% | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 8.0% | -28.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.5% | 40.6% | 42.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 37.4% | 34.5% | 40.4% | 2 |
| 1980s | 39.3% | 37.2% | 41.4% | 2 |
| 1990s | 26.5% | 24.5% | 28.6% | 2 |
| 2000s | 10.7% | 10.3% | 11.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 30-34 with primary in Sri Lanka?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary in Sri Lanka was 8.0% 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 30-34 with primary recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 42.5% in 1965.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary?
- Sri Lanka ranks 90th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 30-34 with primary rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.4%. 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 30-34 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 30-34 with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)