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Sri Lanka - Primary Enrollment 2023

Name: Sri Lanka Primary Enrollment 2023
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School enrollment, primary (% gross) · World Bank

91.45% −1.53pp from 2022 Global rank: 133rd

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment was 91.45% in 2023, decreased +1.53pp from 92.98% in 2022. This was the 133rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Primary Enrollment by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Sierra Leone	159.42%	-2.3%
2nd	Rwanda	151.89%	2.1%
3rd	Malawi	135.97%	7.4%
4th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	135.07%	10.0%
5th	Madagascar	130.60%	-1.7%
6th	Nepal	126.55%	4.4%
7th	Turks and Caicos Islands	124.37%	2.9%
8th	St. Kitts and Nevis	121.12%	-5.1%
9th	Papua New Guinea	121.09%	9.0%
10th	Timor-Leste	119.65%	0.5%
11th	Namibia	119.46%	-0.7%
12th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	117.60%	-2.1%
13th	Morocco	117.60%	0.9%
14th	Eswatini	116.53%	-0.6%
15th	Togo	116.34%	-1.8%
16th	Sweden	115.02%	-1.2%
17th	Cameroon	114.42%	1.7%
18th	Peru	113.90%	-0.4%
19th	Vanuatu	113.17%	-4.4%
20th	India	113.16%	1.0%
21st	Antigua and Barbuda	112.26%	-7.7%
22nd	Fiji	111.94%	-0.3%
23rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	111.27%	-3.4%
24th	Portugal	110.99%	2.7%
25th	Mauritius	110.91%	11.0%
26th	Nauru	109.90%	8.4%
27th	Tonga	109.61%	2.9%
28th	Nicaragua	109.54%	-8.5%
29th	Curaçao	109.17%	-3.7%
30th	Tuvalu	108.91%	-1.5%
31st	Marshall Islands	107.11%	-1.7%
32nd	Cambodia	107.04%	0.7%
33rd	Bhutan	106.69%	1.4%
34th	Moldova	106.67%	-0.3%
35th	United Arab Emirates	106.26%	-1.0%
36th	Costa Rica	106.16%	0.0%
37th	Montenegro	106.11%	0.5%
38th	Algeria	105.84%	0.1%
39th	Poland	105.40%	4.8%
40th	Viet Nam	105.17%	1.0%
41st	Uruguay	104.53%	-3.9%
42nd	Tunisia	104.42%	0.3%
43rd	Netherlands	104.16%	-0.1%
44th	Mauritania	104.02%	10.9%
45th	Hungary	103.57%	0.1%
46th	Italy	103.57%	2.0%
47th	Gibraltar	103.56%	-2.6%
48th	France	103.27%	0.5%
49th	Bangladesh	103.12%	-4.3%
50th	Slovak Republic	103.09%	2.8%
51st	Spain	103.00%	0.5%
52nd	Lithuania	102.68%	0.8%
53rd	Thailand	102.57%	-2.2%
54th	United Kingdom	102.56%	0.0%
55th	Argentina	102.54%	-4.0%
56th	Japan	102.50%	0.3%
57th	European Union	102.44%	1.0%
58th	Switzerland	102.28%	0.9%
59th	Germany	102.19%	2.0%
60th	Belgium	102.11%	-0.1%
61st	Guatemala	102.03%	-0.9%
62nd	Greece	102.02%	0.8%
63rd	Azerbaijan	101.98%	2.2%
64th	South Africa	101.77%	-0.6%
65th	Dominican Republic	101.64%	1.1%
66th	Samoa	101.62%	-1.6%
67th	Cayman Islands	101.44%	3.1%
68th	Mexico	101.42%	-0.6%
69th	St. Lucia	101.37%	-1.5%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	101.19%	-0.4%
71st	Croatia	101.16%	0.6%
72nd	Austria	100.90%	0.1%
73rd	Georgia	100.89%	-1.8%
74th	Slovenia	100.88%	0.2%
75th	Palau	100.72%	9.5%
76th	Maldives	100.48%	4.6%
77th	Chile	100.32%	0.1%
78th	Korea	100.30%	1.3%
79th	Singapore	100.25%	0.7%
80th	Denmark	99.87%	-0.4%
81st	Czechia	99.70%	-1.3%
82nd	Australia	99.37%	0.2%
83rd	Cuba	99.33%	-1.2%
84th	Trinidad and Tobago	99.19%	-2.2%
85th	China	99.17%	-0.9%
86th	Finland	99.12%	0.5%
87th	Dominica	99.07%	-1.7%
88th	Luxembourg	99.06%	-0.4%
89th	Kazakhstan	98.98%	-0.2%
90th	Gambia, The	98.74%	1.5%
91st	Norway	98.61%	-0.4%
92nd	Cyprus	98.59%	1.6%
93rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	98.57%	-0.6%
94th	Latvia	98.47%	-1.0%
95th	Estonia	98.34%	-0.9%
96th	Jordan	98.30%	-0.2%
97th	Kenya	98.25%	-0.3%
98th	Iceland	98.22%	-0.3%
99th	Indonesia	98.16%	-0.6%
100th	Kyrgyz Republic	98.10%	1.4%
101st	Armenia	98.09%	1.2%
102nd	Belize	97.79%	-3.7%
103rd	Russian Federation	97.75%	-2.4%
104th	Malta	97.71%	4.5%
105th	Andorra	97.44%	7.7%
106th	Kiribati	97.37%	-4.7%
107th	Turkmenistan	97.34%	-0.5%
108th	Ecuador	97.25%	-2.3%
109th	Seychelles	97.14%	-0.6%
110th	Tajikistan	96.98%	-3.0%
111th	Brunei Darussalam	96.93%	-2.2%
112th	New Zealand	96.87%	0.3%
113th	Israel	96.49%	0.2%
114th	North Macedonia	96.31%	-1.2%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	95.92%	7.2%
116th	Tanzania	95.64%	5.5%
117th	Bulgaria	95.42%	-0.5%
118th	Belarus	95.22%	-0.2%
119th	Panama	95.20%	-6.3%
120th	San Marino	95.12%	1.3%
121st	Lao PDR	95.04%	-0.7%
122nd	Canada	94.95%	0.2%
123rd	Guyana	94.45%	-2.0%
124th	Bahrain	93.90%	-3.2%
125th	Albania	93.71%	-2.8%
126th	Uzbekistan	93.49%	-0.4%
127th	Zimbabwe	93.24%	0.1%
128th	Mongolia	93.07%	-0.3%
129th	Bermuda	92.85%	-9.6%
130th	Philippines	92.45%	2.0%
131st	Côte d'Ivoire	91.81%	6.2%
132nd	Malaysia	91.50%	1.9%
133rd	Sri Lanka	91.45%	-1.6%
134th	West Bank and Gaza	91.44%	0.0%
135th	El Salvador	90.88%	2.0%
136th	Paraguay	90.35%	-0.7%
137th	Nigeria	89.59%	6.9%
138th	Chad	88.34%	1.5%
139th	Puerto Rico (US)	88.08%	-7.4%
140th	Barbados	88.01%	-2.4%
141st	Congo, Republic of	87.88%	0.5%
142nd	Jamaica	87.74%	-5.9%
143rd	British Virgin Islands	87.32%	19.3%
144th	Angola	86.74%	-2.8%
145th	Macao SAR, China	86.42%	1.7%
146th	Senegal	85.45%	1.4%
147th	Romania	84.95%	0.1%
148th	Honduras	82.55%	0.3%
149th	Micronesia, Federated States of	82.15%	-5.7%
150th	Lesotho	81.64%	-2.4%
151st	Pakistan	81.38%	3.1%
152nd	Solomon Islands	80.25%	-10.4%
153rd	Bahamas, The	78.39%	-2.6%
154th	Lebanon	78.20%	2.3%
155th	Syrian Arab Republic	76.77%	6.4%
156th	Mali	72.80%	3.5%
157th	Burkina Faso	72.24%	-12.2%
158th	Niger	66.88%	0.9%
159th	Suriname	64.18%	-32.7%
160th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.92%	-8.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2023?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment in 2023 was 91.45%. This ranked 133rd globally.

How did Sri Lanka's primary enrollment change in 2023?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment decreased by 1.6% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest primary enrollment in 2023?▾

Sierra Leone had the highest primary enrollment in 2023 at 159.42%.

What is the primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2023?▾

The primary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2023 was 91.45%. This ranked 133rd globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Sri Lanka's primary enrollment?▾

Sri Lanka's primary enrollment went from 92.98% in 2022 to 91.45% in 2023, a 1.6% decrease.

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