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Sri Lanka - Primary Enrollment 2017

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

96.62% −0.32pp from 2016 Global rank: 130th

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment was 96.62% in 2017, decreased +0.32pp from 96.94% in 2016. This was the 130th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Rwanda	139.31%	-0.9%
2nd	Malawi	139.23%	1.0%
3rd	Madagascar	139.19%	3.3%
4th	Nepal	135.35%	-2.8%
5th	Seychelles	132.24%	4.8%
6th	Sierra Leone	126.86%	3.1%
7th	Namibia	125.87%	1.4%
8th	St. Kitts and Nevis	124.00%	-1.0%
9th	Eswatini	123.79%	0.0%
10th	Sweden	122.90%	1.2%
11th	Myanmar	121.80%	1.6%
12th	Togo	119.41%	-1.7%
13th	Gibraltar	118.48%	1.1%
14th	India	118.32%	-1.4%
15th	Timor-Leste	117.55%	-4.7%
16th	Benin	116.29%	-3.3%
17th	Belize	115.63%	-0.4%
18th	Colombia	113.31%	-1.9%
19th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	113.04%	-0.2%
20th	Mozambique	111.57%	-1.9%
21st	Cameroon	111.22%	-5.1%
22nd	São Tomé and Principe	110.38%	1.6%
23rd	Grenada	110.18%	1.4%
24th	Argentina	109.88%	-1.6%
25th	Brazil	109.81%	1.0%
26th	Antigua and Barbuda	109.74%	2.2%
27th	Dominica	109.58%	7.4%
28th	Algeria	108.06%	-0.9%
29th	Dominican Republic	108.02%	-2.4%
30th	Burundi	107.55%	-4.4%
31st	Turks and Caicos Islands	107.51%	14.6%
32nd	Lao PDR	107.44%	-2.8%
33rd	Uruguay	107.15%	-0.9%
34th	Morocco	106.86%	0.9%
35th	Solomon Islands	106.57%	-1.9%
36th	Afghanistan	106.54%	-0.2%
37th	Lithuania	106.41%	2.1%
38th	Samoa	106.41%	-0.8%
39th	Saudi Arabia	106.38%	2.9%
40th	Comoros	106.22%	-6.5%
41st	Uganda	106.17%	-0.3%
42nd	Qatar	106.12%	2.3%
43rd	Mexico	105.80%	-0.6%
44th	Lesotho	105.56%	1.3%
45th	Tunisia	105.55%	-0.5%
46th	Albania	105.41%	0.1%
47th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	105.37%	-0.4%
48th	Macao SAR, China	105.33%	4.0%
49th	Bangladesh	105.13%	10.9%
50th	Netherlands	105.04%	-0.6%
51st	Hong Kong SAR, China	104.81%	0.1%
52nd	Liechtenstein	104.70%	-0.8%
53rd	Brunei Darussalam	104.57%	-1.1%
54th	Viet Nam	104.44%	-1.4%
55th	Indonesia	104.38%	-1.5%
56th	Portugal	104.21%	-0.8%
57th	Cabo Verde	104.15%	-0.3%
58th	Moldova	103.69%	-0.8%
59th	Kiribati	103.30%	-5.0%
60th	Azerbaijan	103.29%	-2.9%
61st	Costa Rica	103.22%	-1.3%
62nd	Fiji	102.96%	2.7%
63rd	Georgia	102.94%	-1.1%
64th	Peru	102.81%	-1.2%
65th	Italy	102.80%	3.0%
66th	Belgium	102.75%	0.7%
67th	Spain	102.51%	0.4%
68th	France	102.42%	0.2%
69th	Japan	102.25%	0.0%
70th	Suriname	102.18%	-4.9%
71st	Kenya	101.96%	-2.1%
72nd	Thailand	101.86%	-2.9%
73rd	Switzerland	101.83%	-0.1%
74th	Oman	101.83%	-1.4%
75th	United States	101.82%	0.5%
76th	Germany	101.74%	0.3%
77th	South Africa	101.58%	-1.8%
78th	European Union	101.44%	0.4%
79th	Chile	101.40%	-0.2%
80th	Guatemala	101.39%	0.0%
81st	Austria	101.10%	0.7%
82nd	Montenegro	100.94%	0.8%
83rd	Ireland	100.85%	-0.5%
84th	Kyrgyz Republic	100.80%	1.0%
85th	United Kingdom	100.78%	0.4%
86th	Denmark	100.78%	-0.3%
87th	Russian Federation	100.77%	2.5%
88th	Cambodia	100.70%	-1.0%
89th	Australia	100.64%	-0.5%
90th	Singapore	100.63%	-0.1%
91st	Cuba	100.56%	-0.5%
92nd	Ghana	100.48%	-1.3%
93rd	Serbia	100.31%	-0.3%
94th	British Virgin Islands	100.15%	8.9%
95th	Bhutan	99.74%	-1.6%
96th	Malta	99.61%	-0.3%
97th	Finland	99.47%	0.0%
98th	Latvia	99.37%	0.2%
99th	Philippines	99.37%	-2.3%
100th	Cyprus	99.31%	0.8%
101st	Norway	99.27%	0.0%
102nd	Croatia	99.23%	0.4%
103rd	Belarus	98.99%	-0.4%
104th	Iceland	98.86%	-0.1%
105th	Greece	98.83%	-0.5%
106th	Zambia	98.80%	-0.8%
107th	Bahrain	98.74%	-1.2%
108th	Canada	98.63%	0.1%
109th	Korea	98.62%	-1.1%
110th	Jordan	98.56%	0.1%
111th	New Zealand	98.48%	-0.1%
112th	Hungary	98.43%	-0.6%
113th	El Salvador	98.31%	-3.5%
114th	Slovak Republic	98.27%	0.7%
115th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	98.24%	2.2%
116th	Ecuador	98.19%	-0.8%
117th	Slovenia	98.18%	0.2%
118th	Uzbekistan	98.05%	0.4%
119th	Poland	97.68%	-1.9%
120th	Bulgaria	97.59%	-0.5%
121st	West Bank and Gaza	97.57%	1.1%
122nd	China	97.54%	0.7%
123rd	Türkiye	97.49%	-7.4%
124th	Kazakhstan	97.34%	1.9%
125th	Estonia	97.25%	0.0%
126th	Czechia	97.23%	0.3%
127th	Maldives	97.15%	-1.1%
128th	Israel	96.93%	-0.2%
129th	Luxembourg	96.74%	-0.7%
130th	Sri Lanka	96.62%	-0.3%
131st	Mauritius	96.48%	-0.3%
132nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	96.45%	1.0%
133rd	Malaysia	96.26%	0.0%
134th	Tajikistan	95.77%	2.7%
135th	St. Lucia	95.51%	0.6%
136th	North Macedonia	95.20%	-1.7%
137th	Panama	94.77%	1.4%
138th	Mongolia	94.45%	-2.9%
139th	Barbados	94.37%	-1.0%
140th	Zimbabwe	94.33%	-1.5%
141st	Micronesia, Federated States of	94.22%	0.2%
142nd	Armenia	93.10%	0.0%
143rd	Jamaica	91.36%	-1.9%
144th	Kuwait	91.09%	-4.2%
145th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	90.65%	0.6%
146th	Andorra	90.20%	-0.9%
147th	Tanzania	89.60%	5.1%
148th	Burkina Faso	89.51%	2.4%
149th	Gambia, The	88.69%	3.7%
150th	Ukraine	88.21%	0.9%
151st	Côte d'Ivoire	88.21%	0.3%
152nd	Mauritania	87.82%	-1.0%
153rd	Romania	87.27%	-0.4%
154th	Honduras	87.11%	-1.7%
155th	Liberia	79.60%	-5.1%
156th	Eritrea	78.35%	-4.9%
157th	Lebanon	78.12%	2.1%
158th	Mali	74.67%	3.9%
159th	Pakistan	74.50%	-1.6%
160th	Niger	74.38%	2.1%
161st	Chad	74.21%	-10.1%
162nd	Sudan	70.37%	0.7%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2017 was 96.62%. This ranked 130th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's primary enrollment change in 2017?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment decreased by 0.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2017?▾

Rwanda had the highest primary enrollment in 2017 at 139.31%.

What is the primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2017?▾

The primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2017 was 96.62%. This ranked 130th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Sri Lanka's primary enrollment?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment went from 96.94% in 2016 to 96.62% in 2017, a 0.3% decrease.

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