Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education was 15.2% in 2010. ▼ Falling

Latest (2010)
15.2%
World rank
90th
of 144 countries
All-time high
54.0%
in 1960
All-time low
15.2%
in 2010
Years of data
11
1960–2010

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka, 1960–2010

203040501960198520101960: 541965: 53.51970: 41.41975: 37.21980: 32.71985: 321990: 30.91995: 28.32000: 27.52005: 20.22010: 15.2

Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 15.2% for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

That represents a change of down 44.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka peaked at 54.0% in 1960 and was at its lowest, 15.2%, in 2010.

Sri Lanka ranks 90th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka, 1960 to 2010.
Year Value Change
1960 54.0%
1965 53.5% -0.9%
1970 41.4% -22.6%
1975 37.2% -10.1%
1980 32.7% -12.1%
1985 32.0% -2.3%
1990 30.9% -3.2%
1995 28.3% -8.6%
2000 27.5% -2.8%
2005 20.2% -26.4%
2010 15.2% -24.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 53.7% 53.5% 54.0% 2
1970s 39.3% 37.2% 41.4% 2
1980s 32.3% 32.0% 32.7% 2
1990s 29.6% 28.3% 30.9% 2
2000s 23.9% 20.2% 27.5% 2
2010s 15.2% 15.2% 15.2% 1

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 87 Costa Rica 19.3% compare
  2. 88 Paraguay 19.2% compare
  3. 89 Fiji 16.9% compare
  4. 91 Malta 14.9% compare
  5. 92 Philippines 13.0% compare
  6. 93 Greece 12.8% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka?
Barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education in Sri Lanka was 15.2% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 54.0% in 1960.
What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 15.2% in 2010.
How does Sri Lanka rank for barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education?
Sri Lanka ranks 90th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
Is barro-lee: percentage of population age 75+ with no education rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is down 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 75+ with no education
Source
Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
144 places, 1,584 data points, 1960–2010
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Percentage of population age 75+ with no education