Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Number of paid employees, by industry: Education was 1,157 in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
1,157
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
13th
of 30 countries
All-time high
1,318
in 2004
All-time low
754
in 2011
Years of data
13
2002–2016

Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Sri Lanka, 2002–2016

05001.0k1.5k2002200920162002: 7652003: 9332004: 1.3k2006: 9452007: 8662008: 1.1k2009: 9352011: 7542012: 8632013: 1.1k2014: 1.1k2015: 1.1k2016: 1.2k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 1,157 for number of paid employees, by industry: education in 2016.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 22.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of paid employees, by industry: education in Sri Lanka peaked at 1,318 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 754, in 2011.

Sri Lanka ranks 13th of 30 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Number of paid employees, by industry: Education in Sri Lanka, 2002 to 2016.
Year Value Change
2002 765
2003 933 +22.0%
2004 1,318 +41.3%
2006 945 -28.3%
2007 866 -8.4%
2008 1,083 +25.1%
2009 935 -13.7%
2011 754 -19.4%
2012 863 +14.5%
2013 1,057 +22.5%
2014 1,137 +7.6%
2015 1,149 +1.1%
2016 1,157 +0.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 977.86 765 1,318 7
2010s 1,020 754 1,157 6

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 10 Ethiopia 1,971 compare
  2. 11 Armenia 1,568 compare
  3. 12 Peru 1,529 compare
  4. 14 Zambia 1,013 compare
  5. 15 Costa Rica 972 compare
  6. 16 Australia 964 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of paid employees, by industry: education in Sri Lanka?
Number of paid employees, by industry: education in Sri Lanka was 1,157 in 2016, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of paid employees, by industry: education recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 1,318 in 2004.
What is the lowest number of paid employees, by industry: education recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 754 in 2011.
How does Sri Lanka rank for number of paid employees, by industry: education?
Sri Lanka ranks 13th out of 30 countries with data for 2016.
Is number of paid employees, by industry: education rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 22.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Number of paid employees, by industry: Education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of paid employees, by industry: Education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 334 data points, 2000–2021
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