Qualified primary teachers in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, 86.4% of primary school teachers had the minimum required qualifications in 2023.
Sri Lanka, 2023
86.4%
Change from 2022
−0.5percentage points
Qualified primary teachers in Sri Lanka over time
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% of primary teachers. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Sri Lanka |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 86.4% |
| 2022 | 86.8% |
| 2021 | 87.6% |
| 2020 | 82.6% |
| 2019 | 83.3% |
| 2018 | 83.1% |
| 2017 | 85.5% |
| 2016 | 85.0% |
| 2015 | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 80.2%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2011 | 82.4% |
| 2010 | 82.1% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.5 percentage points from 86.8% in 2022.
- Since 2011, when it was 82.4%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
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ILO estimate of the youth NEET rate
17.4%
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Primary completion (UIS)
99.6%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Lower secondary completion
98.7%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Upper secondary completion
46.3%
2022 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school children
9.1%
2023 · UNESCO UIS
Out-of-school adolescents
6.5%
2023 · UNESCO UIS