School age population, secondary education, female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: School age population, secondary education, female was 1.41 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
1.41 million
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
58th
of 220 countries
All-time high
1.44 million
in 1998
All-time low
940,932
in 1970
Years of data
56
1970–2025
School age population, secondary education, female in Sri Lanka, 1970–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 1.41 million for school age population, secondary education, female in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, secondary education, female in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.44 million in 1998 and was at its lowest, 940,932, in 1970.
That places Sri Lanka 58th out of 220 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
School age population, secondary education, female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 940,932 | — |
| 1971 | 969,043 | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 995,993 | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1.02 million | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 1.05 million | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 1.07 million | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 1.09 million | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 1.11 million | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 1.12 million | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1.14 million | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 1.15 million | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 1.17 million | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1.18 million | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1.18 million | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 1.18 million | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 1.18 million | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 1.18 million | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 1.19 million | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 1.20 million | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 1.21 million | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 1.22 million | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 1.24 million | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 1.27 million | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 1.30 million | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 1.31 million | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1.31 million | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1.30 million | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1.29 million | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 1.44 million | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 1.43 million | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1.43 million | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 1.43 million | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1.42 million | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.39 million | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 1.38 million | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1.37 million | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.36 million | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 1.36 million | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1.36 million | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.36 million | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.36 million | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.36 million | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1.36 million | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1.35 million | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.36 million | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.37 million | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1.38 million | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 1.39 million | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 1.41 million | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.42 million | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.43 million | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.43 million | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1.43 million | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1.42 million | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1.42 million | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 1.41 million | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.05 million | 940,932 | 1.14 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.18 million | 1.15 million | 1.21 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.31 million | 1.22 million | 1.44 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.39 million | 1.36 million | 1.43 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.37 million | 1.35 million | 1.42 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.42 million | 1.41 million | 1.43 million | 6 |
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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, secondary education, female in Sri Lanka?
- School age population, secondary education, female in Sri Lanka was 1.41 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 million in 1998.
- What is the lowest school age population, secondary education, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 940,932 in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for school age population, secondary education, female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 58th out of 220 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, secondary education, female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. 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 School age population, secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release