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Sri Lanka: Primary education, teachers

87.86percent · 2023+3.4% since 2011

Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1978 to 2023.

19782023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202387.865
202288.899
202189.242
202088.253
201987.935
201887.699
201787.359
201686.683
201586.446
201286.337
201184.997
201085.006
200984.912
200884.957
200784.601
200684.066
200578.51
200478.891
200378.891
200278.89
199695.6
199583.406
199482.294
199380.269
199280.39
197860

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary education, teachers. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-education-teachers (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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