School age population, lower secondary education, female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: School age population, lower secondary education, female was 685,807 number in 2020. ▼ Falling
Latest (2020)
685,807 number
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
57th
of 205 countries
All-time high
937,184 number
in 1994
All-time low
637,778 number
in 2008
Years of data
51
1970–2020
School age population, lower secondary education, female in Sri Lanka, 1970–2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in number.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 685,807 number for school age population, lower secondary education, female in 2020.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, lower secondary education, female in Sri Lanka peaked at 937,184 number in 1994 and was at its lowest, 637,778 number, in 2008.
That places Sri Lanka 57th out of 205 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 51 years of available data.
School age population, lower secondary education, female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | number | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 754,273 number | — |
| 1971 | 772,345 number | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 786,173 number | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 794,873 number | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 799,163 number | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 802,346 number | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 809,856 number | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 818,214 number | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 828,077 number | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 838,919 number | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 847,868 number | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 850,353 number | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 850,380 number | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 847,306 number | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 842,559 number | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 840,360 number | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 844,130 number | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 853,444 number | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 867,768 number | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 884,686 number | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 900,484 number | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 914,630 number | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 925,272 number | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 932,794 number | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 937,184 number | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 937,164 number | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 929,690 number | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 918,082 number | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 699,991 number | -23.8% |
| 1999 | 684,228 number | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 671,636 number | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 662,581 number | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 656,619 number | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 652,124 number | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 647,817 number | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 643,373 number | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 641,299 number | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 639,352 number | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 637,778 number | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 638,271 number | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 642,706 number | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 649,538 number | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 659,322 number | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 669,713 number | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 678,491 number | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 684,499 number | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 688,094 number | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 689,578 number | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 689,646 number | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 688,637 number | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 685,807 number | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 800,424 number | 754,273 number | 838,919 number | 10 |
| 1980s | 852,885 number | 840,360 number | 884,686 number | 10 |
| 1990s | 877,952 number | 684,228 number | 937,184 number | 10 |
| 2000s | 649,085 number | 637,778 number | 671,636 number | 10 |
| 2010s | 674,022 number | 642,706 number | 689,646 number | 10 |
| 2020s | 685,807 number | 685,807 number | 685,807 number | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, lower secondary education, female in Sri Lanka?
- School age population, lower secondary education, female in Sri Lanka was 685,807 number in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, lower secondary education, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 937,184 number in 1994.
- What is the lowest school age population, lower secondary education, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 637,778 number in 2008.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for school age population, lower secondary education, female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 57th out of 205 countries with data for 2020.
- Is school age population, lower secondary education, female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, lower secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 51 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Female population of the age-group theoretically corresponding to lower secondary education as indicated by theoretical entrance age and duration.