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

Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

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 87.0% in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)

87.0%

Change on year

down 0.0%

World rank

35th

of 71 countries

All-time high

87.0%

in 2017

All-time low

81.0%

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

Sri Lanka recorded 87.0% for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in 2018.

The figure is up 4.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre in Sri Lanka peaked at 87.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 2012.

That places Sri Lanka 35th out of 71 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

32 Dominican Republic 90.0% compare
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 89.6% compare
34 Maldives 88.7% compare
36 Seychelles 86.2% compare
37 Mexico 85.1% compare
38 Croatia, Republic of 83.8%

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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 87.0% 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 87.0% in 2017.
What is the lowest proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre recorded in Sri Lanka?: The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 2012.
How does Sri Lanka rank for proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre?: Sri Lanka ranks 35th out of 71 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 up 4.7%. 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 Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Proportion of teachers with the minimum required qualifications in pre-primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 89 places, 1,069 data points, 1998–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of 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 teachers at the pre-primary level.