Sri Lanka - Primary education

Primary education, duration (years)

Primary education, duration (years) in Sri Lanka was 5.00 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 51 years was 5.00 in 2021, while its lowest value was 5.00 in 1970.

Definition: Primary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in primary school.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 5.00
1971 5.00
1972 5.00
1973 5.00
1974 5.00
1975 5.00
1976 5.00
1977 5.00
1978 5.00
1979 5.00
1980 5.00
1981 5.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 5.00
1985 5.00
1986 5.00
1987 5.00
1988 5.00
1989 5.00
1990 5.00
1991 5.00
1992 5.00
1993 5.00
1994 5.00
1995 5.00
1996 5.00
1997 5.00
1998 5.00
1999 5.00
2000 5.00
2001 5.00
2002 5.00
2003 5.00
2004 5.00
2005 5.00
2006 5.00
2007 5.00
2008 5.00
2009 5.00
2010 5.00
2011 5.00
2012 5.00
2013 5.00
2014 5.00
2015 5.00
2016 5.00
2017 5.00
2018 5.00
2019 5.00
2020 5.00
2021 5.00

Primary education, pupils

The value for Primary education, pupils in Sri Lanka was 1,710,466 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,304,499 in 1986 and a minimum value of 1,436,300 in 1975.

Definition: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 1,671,428
1971 1,711,885
1972 1,564,572
1973 1,539,473
1974 1,470,300
1975 1,436,300
1976 1,439,300
1977 1,532,350
1978 1,942,663
1979 2,002,200
1980 2,081,391
1981 2,132,596
1982 2,142,377
1983 2,153,595
1984 2,186,712
1985 2,242,645
1986 2,304,499
1987 2,037,313
1988 2,084,000
1989 2,114,800
1990 2,112,023
1991 2,112,723
1992 2,059,203
1993 2,012,702
1994 1,960,495
1995 1,962,498
1996 1,843,848
1998 1,801,933
2001 1,767,650
2002 1,729,014
2003 1,667,994
2004 1,580,072
2005 1,610,778
2006 1,611,763
2007 1,621,617
2008 1,631,430
2009 1,619,244
2010 1,720,806
2011 1,735,475
2012 1,752,137
2013 1,767,322
2014 1,777,822
2015 1,778,176
2016 1,770,517
2017 1,746,843
2018 1,725,424
2019 1,710,466

Primary education, pupils (% female)

Primary education, pupils (% female) in Sri Lanka was 49.23 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 48 years was 50.79 in 2004, while its lowest value was 47.08 in 1970.

Definition: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 47.08
1971 49.30
1975 47.24
1976 47.33
1977 47.33
1978 47.29
1980 48.01
1981 48.13
1982 48.23
1983 48.20
1984 48.24
1985 48.25
1986 48.27
1987 48.20
1988 48.24
1989 48.28
1990 48.22
1991 48.19
1992 48.19
1993 48.29
1994 48.25
1995 48.24
1996 48.34
1998 48.50
2001 48.79
2002 48.89
2003 49.05
2004 50.79
2005 49.07
2006 49.02
2007 49.01
2008 49.08
2009 49.11
2010 49.09
2011 48.79
2012 49.24
2013 49.21
2014 49.18
2015 49.18
2016 49.13
2017 49.23
2018 49.23

Primary education, teachers

The value for Primary education, teachers in Sri Lanka was 78,641 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 43 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 78,641 in 2019 and a minimum value of 48,096 in 1976.

Definition: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1976 48,096
1977 50,665
1978 60,835
1992 69,965
1993 70,008
1994 70,108
1995 70,537
1996 66,339
2001 67,265
2002 69,570
2003 71,201
2004 70,236
2005 73,471
2006 68,657
2007 68,114
2008 69,436
2009 69,948
2010 71,957
2011 72,114
2012 71,721
2013 74,415
2014 75,143
2015 76,803
2016 76,426
2017 76,173
2018 78,389
2019 78,641

Primary education, teachers (% female)

Primary education, teachers (% female) in Sri Lanka was 87.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 41 years was 95.60 in 1996, while its lowest value was 60.00 in 1978.

Definition: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1978 60.00
1992 80.39
1993 80.27
1994 82.29
1995 83.41
1996 95.60
2002 78.89
2003 78.89
2004 78.89
2005 78.51
2006 84.07
2007 84.60
2008 84.96
2009 84.91
2010 85.01
2011 85.00
2012 86.34
2015 86.45
2016 86.68
2017 87.36
2018 87.70
2019 87.94

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes