Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education was 9.1% in 2010. ▼ Falling
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka stood at 9.1%. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 52.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka peaked at 72.5% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 9.1%, in 2010.
Sri Lanka ranks 82nd 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 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 72.5% | — |
| 1965 | 61.4% | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 62.7% | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 46.9% | -25.2% |
| 1980 | 37.0% | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 37.5% | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 30.8% | -17.8% |
| 1995 | 30.3% | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 19.0% | -37.3% |
| 2005 | 20.3% | +7.1% |
| 2010 | 9.1% | -55.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.0% | 61.4% | 72.5% | 2 |
| 1970s | 54.8% | 46.9% | 62.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 37.2% | 37.0% | 37.5% | 2 |
| 1990s | 30.5% | 30.3% | 30.8% | 2 |
| 2000s | 19.7% | 19.0% | 20.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 9.1% | 9.1% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 79 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 10.2% compare
- 80 Macau, China 10.0% compare
- 81 Portugal 9.7% compare
- 83 Paraguay 8.8% compare
- 84 Hong Kong, China 8.1% compare
- 85 Jamaica 7.4% 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 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education in Sri Lanka was 9.1% 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 60-64 with no education recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 72.5% in 1960.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.1% in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education?
- Sri Lanka ranks 82nd out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.4%. 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 60-64 with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of female population age 60-64 with no education