Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Teachers in upper secondary education, female was 54,952 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
54,952
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
29th
of 152 countries
All-time high
54,952
in 2023
All-time low
47,951
in 2017
Years of data
7
2017–2023
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Sri Lanka, 2017–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 54,952 for teachers in upper secondary education, female in 2023. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
That places Sri Lanka 29th out of 152 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 47,951 | — |
| 2018 | 50,128 | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 50,684 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 51,240 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 53,741 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 53,998 | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 54,952 | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 49,588 | 47,951 | 50,684 | 3 |
| 2020s | 53,483 | 51,240 | 54,952 | 4 |
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 teachers in upper secondary education, female in Sri Lanka?
- Teachers in upper secondary education, female in Sri Lanka was 54,952 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 54,952 in 2023.
- What is the lowest teachers in upper secondary education, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,951 in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for teachers in upper secondary education, female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 29th out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
- Is teachers in upper secondary education, female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. 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 Teachers in upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release