Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education was 11 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka, 1998–2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2019, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka stood at 11. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka peaked at 11 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 9, in 1998.
Sri Lanka ranks 42nd of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 9 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 11 | +22.2% |
| 2017 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 11 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| 2000s | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.8 | 9 | 11 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 42 Albania 11 compare
- 42 Andorra 11 compare
- 42 Antigua and Barbuda 11 compare
- 42 Aruba 11 compare
- 42 Barbados 11 compare
- 42 Burkina Faso 11 compare
- 42 Cayman Islands 11 compare
- 42 Colombia 11 compare
- 42 Costa Rica 11 compare
- 42 Honduras 11 compare
- 42 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 11 compare
- 42 Malta 11 compare
- 42 Mauritius 11 compare
- 42 Republic of Moldova 11 compare
- 42 Monaco 11 compare
- 42 Peru 11 compare
- 42 Russian Federation 11 compare
- 42 Senegal 11 compare
- 42 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 11 compare
- 42 Turks and Caicos Islands 11 compare
- 42 Ukraine 11 compare
- 42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 11 compare
- 42 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 11 compare
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka?
- Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education in Sri Lanka was 11 in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 11 in 2016.
- What is the lowest number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 9 in 1998.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education?
- Sri Lanka ranks 42nd out of 205 countries with data for 2019.
- Is number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. 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 Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education guaranteed in legal frameworks. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education. Most countries have legislation specifying the ages and the level of education (typically pre-primary or primary education) at which children should start school. Such legislation usually also specifies either the number of years of education that are guaranteed or the age at which young people may leave education or, in some cases, both. The number of years of primary and secondary education to which children are legally entitled should ideally be the number of grades of primary and secondary education which young people are expected to have completed before being legally eligible to leave school. Years of pre-primary education covered by the legal entitlement should be excluded from this indicator. For more information, consult the UNESCO Institute of Statistics website: http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/