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Sri Lanka - Primary Enrollment 2021

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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

94.46% −0.77pp from 2020 Global rank: 127th

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment was 94.46% in 2021, decreased +0.77pp from 95.23% in 2020. This was the 127th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2021▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2021
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sierra Leone	157.71%	10.4%
2nd	Rwanda	151.06%	9.5%
3rd	Madagascar	140.27%	10.8%
4th	St. Kitts and Nevis	138.73%	7.3%
5th	Malawi	127.04%	-6.9%
6th	Timor-Leste	123.58%	11.7%
7th	Vanuatu	122.87%	-1.8%
8th	Namibia	121.82%	-0.4%
9th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	120.07%	3.6%
10th	Nepal	119.98%	-1.6%
11th	Turks and Caicos Islands	119.73%	-2.0%
12th	Sweden	117.35%	-1.8%
13th	Togo	116.97%	-1.9%
14th	Fiji	114.93%	2.1%
15th	Peru	113.83%	0.7%
16th	Tuvalu	113.29%	11.0%
17th	Morocco	112.94%	0.5%
18th	Marshall Islands	111.78%	3.1%
19th	Cameroon	110.11%	3.1%
20th	Seychelles	109.63%	-4.0%
21st	Palau	108.99%	3.3%
22nd	Aruba	108.60%	1.3%
23rd	Gibraltar	108.47%	-0.2%
24th	Argentina	108.14%	-0.3%
25th	Uruguay	107.99%	2.6%
26th	Belize	107.34%	-4.4%
27th	Costa Rica	107.19%	-1.0%
28th	Tonga	107.02%	-4.7%
29th	Moldova	106.78%	0.2%
30th	United Arab Emirates	106.65%	-1.3%
31st	Colombia	106.49%	-0.6%
32nd	Bangladesh	106.33%	-3.4%
33rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	106.03%	0.9%
34th	Portugal	105.67%	-0.1%
35th	Benin	105.63%	1.5%
36th	Bhutan	105.46%	1.6%
37th	Cambodia	105.28%	-1.6%
38th	Algeria	104.74%	-3.5%
39th	Samoa	104.73%	2.7%
40th	Botswana	104.62%	2.9%
41st	Montenegro	104.40%	0.5%
42nd	Netherlands	104.38%	0.0%
43rd	Tunisia	104.34%	0.4%
44th	Kiribati	103.69%	-1.9%
45th	Thailand	103.62%	-0.2%
46th	Brazil	103.47%	-1.9%
47th	Viet Nam	103.39%	0.5%
48th	Mexico	103.36%	-1.1%
49th	India	103.20%	1.1%
50th	Guatemala	103.03%	1.5%
51st	Cabo Verde	103.03%	-0.4%
52nd	Spain	102.90%	-0.5%
53rd	Türkiye	102.60%	-0.7%
54th	France	102.58%	-0.1%
55th	Japan	102.22%	-0.5%
56th	United Kingdom	102.19%	0.0%
57th	Liechtenstein	102.11%	-0.8%
58th	Papua New Guinea	101.94%	-0.1%
59th	Belgium	101.82%	-0.2%
60th	South Africa	101.74%	0.4%
61st	Czechia	101.68%	1.9%
62nd	Austria	101.64%	0.1%
63rd	Switzerland	101.48%	-0.2%
64th	Hungary	101.46%	4.4%
65th	European Union	101.44%	0.6%
66th	Brunei Darussalam	101.39%	-1.3%
67th	Germany	101.35%	-0.6%
68th	Cuba	101.30%	0.0%
69th	Georgia	101.29%	0.5%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101.17%	0.9%
71st	Lithuania	101.15%	-2.2%
72nd	Italy	101.09%	-1.5%
73rd	Dominica	101.04%	1.7%
74th	Saudi Arabia	100.90%	-2.2%
75th	Russian Federation	100.89%	-0.8%
76th	Panama	100.89%	6.0%
77th	Tajikistan	100.37%	0.0%
78th	Indonesia	100.31%	-0.6%
79th	Denmark	100.31%	-0.2%
80th	Slovak Republic	100.06%	0.1%
81st	Ireland	99.98%	-1.4%
82nd	Australia	99.93%	0.0%
83rd	Mauritius	99.89%	5.1%
84th	Singapore	99.87%	-0.7%
85th	Slovenia	99.78%	-0.5%
86th	Croatia	99.74%	0.3%
87th	Latvia	99.74%	-0.1%
88th	Ghana	99.45%	1.1%
89th	Chile	99.37%	-0.3%
90th	Finland	99.35%	-0.5%
91st	Grenada	99.26%	-7.9%
92nd	China	99.23%	0.4%
93rd	Turkmenistan	99.15%	-0.9%
94th	Lao PDR	99.11%	-1.2%
95th	Cyprus	99.10%	-1.6%
96th	Norway	98.97%	0.1%
97th	Estonia	98.81%	0.5%
98th	Tanzania	98.70%	0.1%
99th	Korea	98.61%	-0.6%
100th	Iceland	98.57%	0.0%
101st	Luxembourg	98.48%	-0.2%
102nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	98.47%	0.2%
103rd	United States	98.31%	-2.0%
104th	Kazakhstan	98.27%	-0.7%
105th	Ecuador	98.18%	0.1%
106th	Jordan	98.00%	-1.0%
107th	Uzbekistan	97.93%	-0.7%
108th	New Zealand	97.92%	0.4%
109th	Azerbaijan	97.73%	-0.5%
110th	Greece	97.33%	0.0%
111th	Albania	97.11%	-2.9%
112th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	97.00%	1.4%
113th	Dominican Republic	96.87%	-8.5%
114th	Serbia	96.81%	-0.9%
115th	Poland	96.60%	17.5%
116th	Guyana	96.40%	0.0%
117th	Kyrgyz Republic	96.37%	0.2%
118th	Gambia, The	96.32%	-0.6%
119th	Israel	96.25%	-0.1%
120th	Bulgaria	95.61%	-1.0%
121st	Belarus	95.53%	0.0%
122nd	Cayman Islands	95.48%	-2.2%
123rd	Malta	95.41%	-1.4%
124th	Canada	95.23%	-1.7%
125th	Suriname	94.88%	-7.2%
126th	Armenia	94.64%	1.9%
127th	Sri Lanka	94.46%	-0.8%
128th	Kenya	93.77%	2.0%
129th	San Marino	93.57%	-0.9%
130th	North Macedonia	93.26%	-0.2%
131st	Zimbabwe	92.78%	-0.9%
132nd	Barbados	92.77%	-1.8%
133rd	West Bank and Gaza	92.70%	-2.1%
134th	British Virgin Islands	92.69%	6.7%
135th	Malaysia	92.58%	-0.6%
136th	Paraguay	92.52%	1.9%
137th	Jamaica	92.38%	1.6%
138th	Mongolia	92.02%	-0.3%
139th	Ukraine	91.15%	0.0%
140th	Romania	90.77%	-1.2%
141st	Andorra	89.74%	0.3%
142nd	Qatar	89.57%	-11.3%
143rd	Angola	89.23%	-26.0%
144th	Oman	89.20%	-1.6%
145th	El Salvador	89.08%	-1.7%
146th	Macao SAR, China	89.07%	-4.0%
147th	Philippines	88.83%	-4.8%
148th	Micronesia, Federated States of	87.40%	0.0%
149th	Burkina Faso	87.02%	-0.8%
150th	Comoros	86.82%	-18.9%
151st	Chad	86.15%	3.5%
152nd	Côte d'Ivoire	85.83%	-3.2%
153rd	Lesotho	85.04%	-3.1%
154th	Senegal	84.06%	-1.0%
155th	Nigeria	83.81%	-0.7%
156th	Kuwait	82.36%	1.2%
157th	Honduras	80.89%	-3.3%
158th	Bahamas, The	80.52%	-12.4%
159th	Pakistan	80.32%	2.1%
160th	Lebanon	74.73%	-1.8%
161st	Syrian Arab Republic	68.56%	-2.6%
162nd	Liberia	67.46%	-6.8%
163rd	Niger	65.86%	-1.4%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2021?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2021 was 94.46%. This ranked 127th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's primary enrollment change in 2021?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment decreased by 0.8% in 2021 compared to 2020.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2021?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest primary enrollment in 2021 at 157.71%.

What is the primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2021?▾

The primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2021 was 94.46%. This ranked 127th globally.

How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Sri Lanka's primary enrollment?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment went from 95.23% in 2020 to 94.46% in 2021, a 0.8% decrease.

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