Sri Lanka | Primary education, pupils (% female)
Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Development relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education. Limitations and exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity. Statistical concept and methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Records
63
Source
Sri Lanka | Primary education, pupils (% female)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
47.08327 1970
49.3046 1971
1972
1973
1974
47.23943 1975
47.33252 1976
47.33253 1977
47.29317 1978
1979
48.00506 1980
48.13064 1981
48.229 1982
48.19834 1983
48.24001 1984
48.25226 1985
48.27093 1986
48.19819 1987
48.23719 1988
48.27681 1989
48.21543 1990
48.19013 1991
48.19229 1992
48.28857 1993
48.24899 1994
48.23776 1995
48.34097 1996
1997
48.49853 1998
1999
2000
48.78788 2001
48.89209 2002
49.05 2003
50.79079 2004
49.07188 2005
49.01862 2006
49.01305 2007
49.07897 2008
49.11045 2009
49.08764 2010
48.79448 2011
49.23844 2012
49.20699 2013
49.18338 2014
49.17899 2015
49.12633 2016
49.23196 2017
49.23393 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Sri Lanka | Primary education, pupils (% female)
Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools. Development relevance: The share of girls allows an assessment on gender composition in school enrollment. A value greater than 50% indicates participation of more girls at a specific level or programme of education. Limitations and exceptions: The percentage of female enrollment is limited in assessing gender parity, because it's affected by the gender composition of population. Ratio of female to male in enrollment rate provides a population adjusted measure of gender parity. Statistical concept and methodology: Percentage of female enrollment is calculated by dividing the total number of female students at a given level of education by the total enrollment at the same level, and multiplying by 100. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
Records
63
Source