How does Sri Lanka rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre?

Sri Lanka ranks 30th out of 70 countries with data for 2018.

Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka

Name: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Sri Lanka: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre was 82.4% in 2018. ▬ Flat

Latest (2018)

82.4%

Change on year

down 2.7%

World rank

30th

of 70 countries

All-time high

89.5%

in 2014

All-time low

81.2%

in 2012

Years of data

2010–2018

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka, 2010–2018

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2018, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka stood at 82.4%.

The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka peaked at 89.5% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 81.2%, in 2012.

That places Sri Lanka 30th out of 70 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

27 Dominican Republic 89.3% compare
28 Bolivia 86.9% compare
29 Belarus 86.7% compare
31 Hong Kong (China) 81.3% compare
32 El Salvador 79.4% compare
33 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 77.9% compare

See the full ranking of 86 places →

More reference data data for Sri Lanka

Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1608 (2050)
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)

All data for Sri Lanka →

Frequently asked questions

What is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka?: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka was 82.4% in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre recorded in Sri Lanka?: The highest recorded value was 89.5% in 2014.
What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre recorded in Sri Lanka?: The lowest recorded value was 81.2% in 2012.
How does Sri Lanka rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre?: Sri Lanka ranks 30th out of 70 countries with data for 2018.
Is proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka. Statizoid, drawing on UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-teachers-with-the-minimum-required-qualifications-in-pre-primary-education-4/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/proportion-of-teachers-with-the-minimum-required-qualifications-in-pre-primary-education-4/sri-lanka/">Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, male (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 86 places, 958 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of male teachers who have received the minimum organized teacher training (pre-service or in-service) required for teaching at the pre-primary level in the given country, expressed as a percentage of the total number of male teachers at the pre-primary level.