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Asia > Sri Lanka > Education

SRI LANKAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI 2.55 % of GNI ... [140th of 168]
Average years of schooling of adults 6.9 [41st of 100]
Children out of school, primary 47,067 ... [46th of 126]
    (per capita) 2.418 per 1,000 people ... [82nd of 150]
Children out of school, primary, female 12,970 ... [52nd of 117]
    (per capita) 0.674 per 1,000 people ... [105th of 147]
Children out of school, primary, male 9,353 ... [57th of 117]
    (per capita) 485.794 per 1,000 people ... [107th of 148]
Duration of compulsory education 9 years [71st of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 5 [135th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 8 [3rd of 181]
Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.5% [74th of 176]
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 50.8% [36th of 170]
Geographical aptitude results 65.337 [135th of 191]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group 97.35 % ... [96th of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group 98.54 % ... [102nd of 156]
Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group 95.28 % ... [117th of 157]
Literacy > Definition
age 15 and over can read and write
Literacy > Female 89.1 % [104th of 197]
Literacy > Male 92.3 % [114th of 197]

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; The Geography Zone; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon

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