Secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Secondary education, teachers was 72.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka, 1992–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % female.
Analysis
The most recent figure for secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka is 72.8%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka peaked at 72.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.7%, in 1992.
Sri Lanka ranks 26th of 198 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % female | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 58.7% | — |
| 1993 | 63.9% | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 63.2% | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 62.0% | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 70.1% | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 70.8% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 71.4% | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 71.9% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 72.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 72.5% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 72.8% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 62.0% | 58.7% | 63.9% | 4 |
| 2010s | 70.8% | 70.1% | 71.4% | 3 |
| 2020s | 72.3% | 71.9% | 72.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 23 Antigua and Barbuda 74.0% compare
- 24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 73.8% compare
- 25 Romania 73.6% compare
- 27 Israel 72.5% compare
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 72.4% compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 72.4% compare
More education data for Sri Lanka
- 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)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka?
- Secondary education, teachers in Sri Lanka was 72.8% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, teachers recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 72.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest secondary education, teachers recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.7% in 1992.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for secondary education, teachers?
- Sri Lanka ranks 26th out of 198 countries with data for 2023.
- Is secondary education, teachers rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Secondary education, teachers (% female). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Female teachers as a percentage of total secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.