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Education > Primary education Stats: compare key data on Sri Lanka & United Kingdom

Definitions

  • Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at primary level include enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Pupils > Per capita: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Pupils per 1000: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Teachers > % female: Female teachers as a percentage of total primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
STAT Sri Lanka United Kingdom HISTORY
Duration > Years 5 years
Ranked 144th.
6 years
Ranked 88th. 20% more than Sri Lanka

Pupils 1.61 million
Ranked 56th.
4.69 million
Ranked 24th. 3 times more than Sri Lanka

Pupils > % female 49.05% female
Ranked 23th. 1% more than United Kingdom
48.77% female
Ranked 41st.

Pupils > Per capita 0.083 per capita
Ranked 117th. 6% more than United Kingdom
0.078 per capita
Ranked 124th.

Pupils per 1000 82.96
Ranked 116th. 6% more than United Kingdom
78.27
Ranked 121st.

Teachers 71,669
Ranked 42nd.
258,966
Ranked 16th. 4 times more than Sri Lanka

Teachers > % female 78.89% female
Ranked 53th.
81.46% female
Ranked 44th. 3% more than Sri Lanka

Teachers > Per capita 3.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 98th.
4.33 per 1,000 people
Ranked 82nd. 18% more than Sri Lanka

Teachers per 1000 3.69
Ranked 98th.
4.33
Ranked 82nd. 17% more than Sri Lanka

SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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