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Sri Lanka - Tertiary Enrollment 2016

Name: Sri Lanka Tertiary Enrollment 2016
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School enrollment, tertiary (% gross) · World Bank

17.15% −1.02pp from 2015 Global rank: 110th

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment was 17.15% in 2016, decreased +1.02pp from 18.17% in 2015. This was the 110th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2016▾

Tertiary Enrollment by Country - 2016
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Greece	131.40%	10.3%
2nd	Australia	119.68%	0.0%
3rd	Türkiye	103.72%	8.5%
4th	Puerto Rico (US)	100.64%	-0.1%
5th	Grenada	96.80%	0.0%
6th	Korea	93.66%	-0.3%
7th	Belarus	91.52%	-2.4%
8th	Spain	89.81%	1.4%
9th	Finland	89.33%	-0.4%
10th	Chile	88.85%	2.8%
11th	United States	88.84%	-0.1%
12th	Argentina	86.67%	3.5%
13th	Singapore	83.94%	-17.7%
14th	Russian Federation	83.86%	-0.4%
15th	Austria	82.85%	0.7%
16th	Denmark	82.17%	-1.4%
17th	Norway	82.04%	3.6%
18th	New Zealand	81.86%	-0.4%
19th	Bulgaria	80.64%	3.0%
20th	Latvia	80.60%	8.5%
21st	Macao SAR, China	79.93%	4.9%
22nd	Netherlands	79.85%	-0.4%
23rd	Slovenia	79.47%	-3.3%
24th	Fiji	77.56%	13.4%
25th	Ireland	77.56%	0.4%
26th	Belgium	77.24%	1.1%
27th	Ukraine	77.04%	0.2%
28th	Iceland	74.70%	-1.2%
29th	Peru	73.22%	115.9%
30th	Estonia	73.03%	-2.1%
31st	European Union	70.51%	1.1%
32nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	70.33%	2.4%
33rd	Poland	69.85%	0.7%
34th	Croatia	69.59%	1.7%
35th	Canada	69.25%	2.9%
36th	Sweden	68.31%	2.8%
37th	Germany	67.95%	-0.4%
38th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	67.91%	-3.9%
39th	Lithuania	67.74%	0.0%
40th	Czechia	67.51%	0.4%
41st	Cyprus	67.17%	11.8%
42nd	Mongolia	65.25%	-7.3%
43rd	France	64.73%	3.1%
44th	Saudi Arabia	63.98%	12.1%
45th	Portugal	63.24%	2.3%
46th	Japan	63.19%	1.1%
47th	Serbia	62.14%	6.6%
48th	Italy	61.36%	0.7%
49th	Switzerland	61.19%	0.6%
50th	Israel	60.45%	-0.6%
51st	Uruguay	59.65%	3.2%
52nd	Kuwait	59.22%	0.5%
53rd	Montenegro	59.18%	-7.4%
54th	Albania	58.49%	-5.6%
55th	Georgia	58.20%	12.1%
56th	United Kingdom	58.11%	2.9%
57th	Colombia	57.14%	4.3%
58th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.95%	2.6%
59th	Dominican Republic	54.50%	5.3%
60th	Armenia	54.34%	11.5%
61st	Monaco	53.57%	-
62nd	Moldova	52.84%	1.4%
63rd	Barbados	52.05%	-9.1%
64th	Costa Rica	51.65%	0.7%
65th	Slovak Republic	50.30%	-4.6%
66th	Romania	49.91%	1.1%
67th	Hungary	49.48%	-1.2%
68th	Thailand	49.32%	7.9%
69th	China	49.31%	4.6%
70th	Panama	48.38%	1.7%
71st	Brazil	48.33%	-0.2%
72nd	Malta	48.13%	2.5%
73rd	Oman	46.82%	3.6%
74th	Bahrain	46.76%	2.5%
75th	Kazakhstan	46.05%	-4.8%
76th	Malaysia	45.40%	2.5%
77th	West Bank and Gaza	45.39%	-1.5%
78th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.59%	-4.2%
79th	Algeria	43.90%	14.8%
80th	Syrian Arab Republic	43.76%	-8.5%
81st	Lebanon	42.51%	8.2%
82nd	British Virgin Islands	39.17%	-2.9%
83rd	Mexico	38.59%	20.7%
84th	Mauritius	38.41%	1.7%
85th	Philippines	38.34%	6.9%
86th	Marshall Islands	36.66%	6.8%
87th	Cuba	35.05%	-4.6%
88th	Liechtenstein	35.02%	4.4%
89th	Indonesia	34.83%	7.3%
90th	Jordan	34.06%	-7.0%
91st	Morocco	32.10%	12.4%
92nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	31.87%	-3.1%
93rd	Tunisia	31.21%	-6.5%
94th	Viet Nam	29.08%	-2.2%
95th	Brunei Darussalam	28.66%	0.0%
96th	Tajikistan	28.52%	9.4%
97th	Azerbaijan	27.24%	6.9%
98th	El Salvador	27.18%	-0.8%
99th	India	27.09%	0.1%
100th	Seychelles	25.64%	55.4%
101st	Belize	24.48%	4.4%
102nd	Cabo Verde	23.69%	5.2%
103rd	Botswana	22.66%	-15.7%
104th	Namibia	21.44%	9.1%
105th	Honduras	21.00%	3.4%
106th	Luxembourg	19.92%	-1.8%
107th	St. Lucia	19.80%	16.3%
108th	South Africa	18.93%	-0.5%
109th	Bangladesh	17.40%	11.7%
110th	Sri Lanka	17.15%	-5.6%
111th	Aruba	17.14%	2.5%
112th	Lao PDR	17.09%	-5.9%
113th	Ghana	15.61%	0.3%
114th	Andorra	15.20%	10.0%
115th	Qatar	14.82%	-7.0%
116th	Cameroon	12.70%	-26.6%
117th	Togo	12.09%	11.8%
118th	Benin	11.95%	-4.3%
119th	Kenya	11.63%	25.7%
120th	Nepal	11.09%	-9.7%
121st	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.06%	-10.7%
122nd	Senegal	10.89%	0.4%
123rd	Angola	9.78%	11.4%
124th	Côte d'Ivoire	8.90%	5.1%
125th	Uzbekistan	8.34%	3.6%
126th	Pakistan	8.32%	-1.4%
127th	Rwanda	7.58%	0.6%
128th	Mozambique	7.34%	9.1%
129th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.90%	-7.4%
130th	Mauritania	5.56%	-5.5%
131st	Burkina Faso	5.41%	10.2%
132nd	Madagascar	4.66%	0.0%
133rd	Burundi	3.98%	-24.3%
134th	Tanzania	3.73%	-6.4%
135th	Niger	3.45%	6.4%
136th	Eritrea	3.20%	-8.9%

FAQ

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

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment in 2016 was 17.15%. This ranked 110th globally.

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

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment decreased by 5.6% in 2016 compared to 2015.

Which country had the highest tertiary enrollment in 2016?▾

Greece had the highest tertiary enrollment in 2016 at 131.40%.

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

The tertiary enrollment of Sri Lanka in 2016 was 17.15%. This ranked 110th globally.

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

Sri Lanka's tertiary enrollment went from 18.17% in 2015 to 17.15% in 2016, a 5.6% decrease.

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