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Sri Lanka - Primary Enrollment 2016

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

96.94% −0.51pp from 2015 Global rank: 129th

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment was 96.94% in 2016, decreased +0.51pp from 97.45% in 2015. This was the 129th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Haiti	183.99%	58.8%
2nd	Monaco	142.42%	14.7%
3rd	Rwanda	140.62%	2.5%
4th	Nepal	139.18%	-3.1%
5th	Malawi	137.82%	-1.2%
6th	Madagascar	134.68%	-3.0%
7th	Seychelles	126.22%	5.2%
8th	St. Kitts and Nevis	125.30%	6.9%
9th	Namibia	124.18%	-0.4%
10th	Eswatini	123.85%	-0.6%
11th	Timor-Leste	123.32%	-2.6%
12th	Sierra Leone	123.03%	1.9%
13th	Togo	121.48%	-3.3%
14th	Sweden	121.45%	1.5%
15th	Benin	120.30%	-1.4%
16th	India	119.99%	5.7%
17th	Myanmar	119.92%	3.9%
18th	Gibraltar	117.18%	-21.6%
19th	Cameroon	117.17%	-0.5%
20th	Belize	116.08%	2.2%
21st	Colombia	115.44%	0.0%
22nd	Mozambique	113.69%	-1.0%
23rd	Aruba	113.64%	-1.2%
24th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	113.28%	-0.1%
25th	Nauru	112.51%	13.6%
26th	Burundi	112.48%	-3.2%
27th	Argentina	111.65%	-1.1%
28th	Dominican Republic	110.70%	-1.2%
29th	Lao PDR	110.50%	-3.3%
30th	Algeria	109.07%	-0.5%
31st	Brazil	108.76%	-0.4%
32nd	Kiribati	108.73%	3.1%
33rd	São Tomé and Principe	108.68%	0.8%
34th	Solomon Islands	108.67%	0.1%
35th	Grenada	108.66%	-2.7%
36th	Uruguay	108.08%	-0.1%
37th	Suriname	107.46%	-1.4%
38th	Antigua and Barbuda	107.43%	-2.7%
39th	Samoa	107.32%	0.2%
40th	Afghanistan	106.78%	0.0%
41st	Uganda	106.54%	2.2%
42nd	Azerbaijan	106.43%	-0.2%
43rd	Mexico	106.39%	-0.5%
44th	Tunisia	106.04%	-0.8%
45th	Viet Nam	105.95%	2.6%
46th	Indonesia	105.92%	-1.9%
47th	Morocco	105.90%	-0.1%
48th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	105.82%	1.6%
49th	Brunei Darussalam	105.73%	1.5%
50th	Netherlands	105.68%	-0.4%
51st	Liechtenstein	105.49%	-0.2%
52nd	Albania	105.32%	-0.3%
53rd	Türkiye	105.28%	-1.9%
54th	Portugal	105.04%	-1.1%
55th	Thailand	104.94%	1.6%
56th	Marshall Islands	104.85%	-1.7%
57th	Hong Kong SAR, China	104.74%	-0.4%
58th	Costa Rica	104.60%	0.8%
59th	Papua New Guinea	104.51%	2.7%
60th	Moldova	104.47%	-1.2%
61st	Cabo Verde	104.43%	-1.3%
62nd	Lesotho	104.25%	-0.9%
63rd	Lithuania	104.22%	2.6%
64th	Kenya	104.11%	-0.6%
65th	Peru	104.09%	1.3%
66th	Georgia	104.04%	-3.5%
67th	Qatar	103.69%	2.6%
68th	Saudi Arabia	103.42%	1.8%
69th	South Africa	103.42%	-3.6%
70th	Oman	103.31%	-0.7%
71st	France	102.26%	0.3%
72nd	Japan	102.22%	-0.2%
73rd	Spain	102.13%	0.0%
74th	Belgium	102.06%	-0.2%
75th	Dominica	102.01%	-1.6%
76th	Switzerland	101.90%	-0.2%
77th	El Salvador	101.84%	-2.1%
78th	Ghana	101.75%	-1.4%
79th	Cambodia	101.73%	-2.0%
80th	Philippines	101.72%	-1.6%
81st	Chile	101.59%	-0.1%
82nd	Germany	101.41%	-1.3%
83rd	United States	101.36%	1.1%
84th	Guatemala	101.35%	-2.3%
85th	Ireland	101.34%	0.2%
86th	Bhutan	101.32%	-1.7%
87th	Macao SAR, China	101.29%	1.5%
88th	Australia	101.18%	-0.5%
89th	Cuba	101.08%	-2.1%
90th	Denmark	101.04%	0.2%
91st	European Union	101.04%	-0.4%
92nd	Singapore	100.77%	-
93rd	Paraguay	100.61%	-12.6%
94th	Serbia	100.57%	-0.8%
95th	Austria	100.43%	-0.7%
96th	United Kingdom	100.38%	0.2%
97th	Fiji	100.26%	0.9%
98th	Montenegro	100.17%	-1.0%
99th	Tuvalu	100.00%	-5.0%
100th	Malta	99.94%	-0.4%
101st	Bahrain	99.90%	-0.3%
102nd	Italy	99.81%	-0.6%
103rd	Kyrgyz Republic	99.78%	1.7%
104th	Korea	99.72%	-0.3%
105th	Zambia	99.57%	-3.7%
106th	Finland	99.51%	-0.1%
107th	Belarus	99.42%	1.0%
108th	Greece	99.37%	-0.5%
109th	Norway	99.23%	-0.1%
110th	Latvia	99.20%	-0.2%
111th	Hungary	99.03%	-1.8%
112th	Ecuador	98.96%	-2.1%
113th	Iceland	98.95%	0.3%
114th	Croatia	98.79%	-0.7%
115th	New Zealand	98.58%	0.0%
116th	Canada	98.55%	-1.3%
117th	Cyprus	98.55%	-0.8%
118th	Jordan	98.43%	0.8%
119th	Russian Federation	98.33%	0.0%
120th	Maldives	98.26%	-0.8%
121st	Bulgaria	98.08%	-1.1%
122nd	Slovenia	97.98%	-0.4%
123rd	Uzbekistan	97.66%	0.8%
124th	Slovak Republic	97.62%	-0.7%
125th	Luxembourg	97.41%	0.0%
126th	Estonia	97.29%	0.2%
127th	Mongolia	97.29%	-0.5%
128th	Israel	97.13%	-0.6%
129th	Sri Lanka	96.94%	-0.5%
130th	Czechia	96.91%	-0.1%
131st	China	96.88%	0.6%
132nd	Central African Republic	96.81%	18.2%
133rd	Mauritius	96.72%	-0.4%
134th	West Bank and Gaza	96.51%	0.1%
135th	Malaysia	96.22%	0.6%
136th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	96.14%	1.5%
137th	Zimbabwe	95.73%	-1.5%
138th	Kazakhstan	95.56%	0.5%
139th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	95.54%	0.5%
140th	Barbados	95.32%	-0.1%
141st	Kuwait	95.08%	-6.6%
142nd	St. Lucia	94.94%	-0.4%
143rd	Puerto Rico (US)	94.42%	-5.9%
144th	Micronesia, Federated States of	94.08%	0.5%
145th	Panama	93.44%	-2.9%
146th	Tajikistan	93.28%	2.2%
147th	Jamaica	93.14%	1.1%
148th	Guinea	93.11%	-2.1%
149th	Armenia	93.11%	0.0%
150th	British Virgin Islands	91.99%	-4.6%
151st	Andorra	91.04%	2.8%
152nd	Bahamas, The	90.41%	-6.1%
153rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	90.11%	1.0%
154th	Mauritania	88.66%	-8.3%
155th	Honduras	88.65%	-0.7%
156th	Côte d'Ivoire	87.97%	3.2%
157th	Romania	87.59%	-1.6%
158th	Ukraine	87.41%	-0.5%
159th	Burkina Faso	87.41%	2.7%
160th	Gambia, The	85.50%	2.2%
161st	Tanzania	85.28%	1.3%
162nd	Liberia	83.89%	-6.8%
163rd	Chad	82.55%	-6.1%
164th	Nigeria	78.88%	208.5%
165th	Yemen, Republic of	76.98%	-6.2%
166th	Lebanon	76.55%	-0.8%
167th	Pakistan	75.73%	5.6%
168th	Niger	72.85%	2.8%
169th	Mali	71.87%	1.9%
170th	Sudan	69.86%	3.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2016?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2016 was 96.94%. This ranked 129th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's primary enrollment change in 2016?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment decreased by 0.5% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2016?▾

Haiti had the highest primary enrollment in 2016 at 183.99%.

What is the primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2016?▾

The primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2016 was 96.94%. This ranked 129th globally.

How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Sri Lanka's primary enrollment?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment went from 97.45% in 2015 to 96.94% in 2016, a 0.5% decrease.

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