School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes was 14.11 years in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sri Lanka, 1970–2018
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 14.11 years for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in 2018. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sri Lanka peaked at 14.11 years in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7.89 years, in 1974.
Sri Lanka ranks 81st of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 8.33 years | — |
| 1971 | 8.59 years | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 8.24 years | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 7.89 years | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 10.06 years | +27.5% |
| 1982 | 10.14 years | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 10.27 years | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 10.41 years | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 10.55 years | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 10.76 years | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 11.7 years | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 13.61 years | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 13.72 years | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 13.74 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 13.97 years | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 13.83 years | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 13.91 years | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 14.11 years | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 8.26 years | 7.89 years | 8.59 years | 4 |
| 1980s | 10.36 years | 10.06 years | 10.76 years | 6 |
| 1990s | 11.7 years | 11.7 years | 11.7 years | 1 |
| 2010s | 13.84 years | 13.61 years | 14.11 years | 7 |
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More education data for Sri Lanka
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.98 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 64,434 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,899 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 222,100 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -5.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 136,118 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -6.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sri Lanka?
- School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes in Sri Lanka was 14.11 years in 2018, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 14.11 years in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.89 years in 1974.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes?
- Sri Lanka ranks 81st out of 183 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Expected years of schooling is the number of years a child of school entrance age is expected to spend at school, or university, including years spent on repetition. It is the sum of the age-specific enrolment ratios for primary, secondary, post-secondary non-tertiary and tertiary education.