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Sri Lanka - Tertiary Enrollment 2015

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School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) · World Bank

18.17% +0.30pp from 2014 Global rank: 111th

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment was 18.17% in 2015, increased +0.30pp from 17.87% in 2014. This was the 111th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Tertiary Enrollment by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Australia	119.68%	-
2nd	Puerto Rico (US)	100.71%	3.6%
3rd	Grenada	96.79%	70.2%
4th	Türkiye	95.56%	9.8%
5th	Korea	93.97%	-0.5%
6th	St. Kitts and Nevis	93.92%	3.3%
7th	Belarus	93.79%	-0.6%
8th	Finland	89.66%	-0.4%
9th	United States	88.89%	0.3%
10th	Spain	88.57%	0.7%
11th	Chile	86.42%	3.3%
12th	Russian Federation	84.24%	-0.3%
13th	Argentina	83.76%	3.3%
14th	Denmark	83.30%	2.4%
15th	Austria	82.26%	1.5%
16th	Slovenia	82.20%	-2.6%
17th	New Zealand	82.18%	1.8%
18th	Netherlands	80.16%	5.7%
19th	Norway	79.21%	1.2%
20th	Bulgaria	78.30%	7.3%
21st	Ireland	77.23%	4.6%
22nd	Ukraine	76.86%	-8.3%
23rd	Belgium	76.42%	3.2%
24th	Macao SAR, China	76.17%	9.9%
25th	Iceland	75.64%	-5.9%
26th	Estonia	74.58%	-2.1%
27th	Latvia	74.30%	4.8%
28th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	70.69%	9.6%
29th	Mongolia	70.36%	5.5%
30th	European Union	69.77%	1.5%
31st	Poland	69.37%	-1.2%
32nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	68.70%	-1.4%
33rd	Croatia	68.44%	-0.3%
34th	Fiji	68.42%	-1.5%
35th	Germany	68.23%	4.7%
36th	Lithuania	67.74%	-1.7%
37th	Canada	67.27%	0.2%
38th	Czechia	67.23%	-0.2%
39th	Sweden	66.43%	2.3%
40th	Montenegro	63.94%	1.1%
41st	France	62.79%	2.1%
42nd	Japan	62.47%	-0.4%
43rd	Albania	61.96%	-5.5%
44th	Portugal	61.80%	-
45th	Italy	60.94%	0.1%
46th	Israel	60.82%	-2.1%
47th	Switzerland	60.82%	4.7%
48th	Cyprus	60.10%	13.2%
49th	Kuwait	58.94%	5.5%
50th	Serbia	58.29%	0.4%
51st	Uruguay	57.79%	-3.4%
52nd	Barbados	57.28%	-19.6%
53rd	Saudi Arabia	57.09%	7.4%
54th	United Kingdom	56.49%	-0.1%
55th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55.53%	2.5%
56th	Colombia	54.80%	3.0%
57th	Slovak Republic	52.72%	-2.2%
58th	Moldova	52.10%	-0.1%
59th	Georgia	51.91%	12.0%
60th	Dominican Republic	51.75%	4.9%
61st	Costa Rica	51.28%	1.9%
62nd	Hungary	50.07%	-5.2%
63rd	Romania	49.36%	-3.4%
64th	Armenia	48.73%	2.1%
65th	Brazil	48.43%	2.7%
66th	Kazakhstan	48.35%	-5.4%
67th	Syrian Arab Republic	47.84%	7.6%
68th	Panama	47.58%	6.6%
69th	China	47.12%	7.8%
70th	Malta	46.95%	5.5%
71st	Kyrgyz Republic	46.55%	0.4%
72nd	West Bank and Gaza	46.09%	2.8%
73rd	Thailand	45.71%	-8.4%
74th	Bahrain	45.64%	1.9%
75th	Oman	45.19%	9.7%
76th	Ecuador	44.54%	12.0%
77th	Malaysia	44.29%	15.4%
78th	North Macedonia	42.08%	7.0%
79th	British Virgin Islands	40.34%	-42.8%
80th	Lebanon	39.29%	-8.5%
81st	Algeria	38.24%	6.1%
82nd	Mauritius	37.76%	-5.7%
83rd	Cuba	36.75%	-9.9%
84th	Jordan	36.63%	-16.6%
85th	Philippines	35.87%	5.9%
86th	Marshall Islands	34.32%	16.9%
87th	Liechtenstein	33.54%	-10.5%
88th	Tunisia	33.37%	-1.0%
89th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	32.88%	13.0%
90th	Indonesia	32.46%	8.2%
91st	Mexico	31.97%	2.5%
92nd	Bermuda	30.62%	-8.1%
93rd	Viet Nam	29.73%	-5.1%
94th	Brunei Darussalam	28.66%	-4.7%
95th	Morocco	28.55%	12.8%
96th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	27.94%	-6.3%
97th	El Salvador	27.39%	-0.5%
98th	India	27.06%	5.1%
99th	Botswana	26.87%	8.2%
100th	Jamaica	26.23%	2.4%
101st	Tajikistan	26.07%	7.6%
102nd	Azerbaijan	25.48%	10.0%
103rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	23.62%	-1.3%
104th	Belize	23.44%	-2.4%
105th	Cabo Verde	22.52%	-3.2%
106th	Guatemala	21.96%	20.3%
107th	Honduras	20.32%	3.0%
108th	Luxembourg	20.29%	6.1%
109th	Namibia	19.66%	6.4%
110th	South Africa	19.03%	3.0%
111th	Sri Lanka	18.17%	1.7%
112th	Lao PDR	18.16%	-1.8%
113th	Cameroon	17.30%	3.2%
114th	St. Lucia	17.03%	-0.3%
115th	Aruba	16.73%	-5.7%
116th	Seychelles	16.50%	126.3%
117th	Qatar	15.93%	-7.9%
118th	Sudan	15.86%	-0.6%
119th	Bangladesh	15.57%	14.7%
120th	Ghana	15.56%	3.2%
121st	Andorra	13.82%	2.1%
122nd	Cambodia	13.62%	18.5%
123rd	São Tomé and Principe	12.82%	38.7%
124th	Benin	12.49%	-15.0%
125th	Turks and Caicos Islands	12.38%	-8.4%
126th	Nepal	12.28%	-7.2%
127th	Zimbabwe	11.05%	51.0%
128th	Senegal	10.84%	-0.3%
129th	Togo	10.81%	2.6%
130th	Lesotho	9.73%	-6.6%
131st	Kenya	9.25%	131.8%
132nd	Angola	8.78%	-4.8%
133rd	Côte d'Ivoire	8.46%	9.4%
134th	Pakistan	8.44%	-3.5%
135th	Uzbekistan	8.05%	0.8%
136th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7.93%	8.3%
137th	Rwanda	7.53%	2.3%
138th	Mozambique	6.73%	7.7%
139th	Mauritania	5.88%	1.5%
140th	Burundi	5.26%	17.7%
141st	Mali	5.13%	-7.4%
142nd	Burkina Faso	4.90%	0.2%
143rd	Madagascar	4.66%	-0.6%
144th	Tanzania	3.98%	8.4%
145th	Eritrea	3.52%	-14.8%
146th	Niger	3.24%	110.2%
147th	Chad	3.23%	-4.7%
148th	Malawi	0.81%	-2.2%

FAQ

What was Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment in 2015 was 18.17%. This ranked 111th globally.

How did Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment change in 2015?▾

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment increased by 1.7% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest tertiary enrollment in 2015?▾

Australia had the highest tertiary enrollment in 2015 at 119.68%.

What is the tertiary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2015?▾

The tertiary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2015 was 18.17%. This ranked 111th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment?▾

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment went from 17.87% in 2014 to 18.17% in 2015, a 1.7% increase.

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