Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 55.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka, 1970–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 55.5% for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka peaked at 55.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 1970.
Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 172 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 15.0% | — |
| 1971 | 15.7% | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 17.4% | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 16.4% | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 17.0% | +3.6% |
| 2010 | 42.0% | +147.0% |
| 2011 | 42.6% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 43.1% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 46.1% | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 46.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 47.3% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 51.7% | +9.3% |
| 2018 | 53.8% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 53.0% | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 52.3% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 54.1% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 55.4% | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 55.5% | +0.1% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 55.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 49.0%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +147.0% | 17.0% | 42.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 16.1% | 15.0% | 17.4% | 4 |
| 1980s | 17.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 47.4% | 42.0% | 53.8% | 9 |
| 2020s | 54.3% | 52.3% | 55.5% | 4 |
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 percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in Sri Lanka was 55.5% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 55.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 21st out of 172 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release