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| SRI LANKAN EDUCATION STATS: |
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Adjusted savings: education expenditure > % of GNI
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2.55 % of GNI
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[140th of 168]
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Average years of schooling of adults
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6.9 |
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[41st of 100]
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Children out of school, primary
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47,067
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[46th of 126]
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Duration of compulsory education
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9 years |
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[71st of 171]
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Duration of education > Primary level
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5 |
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[135th of 181]
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Duration of education > Secondary level
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8 |
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[3rd of 181]
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Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level
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63,660 |
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[62nd of 150]
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Education, primary completion rate
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97 |
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[19th of 148]
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Female enrolment share > Primary level
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48.5% |
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[74th of 176]
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Female enrolment share > Secondary level
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50.8% |
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[36th of 170]
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Geographical aptitude results
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65.337 |
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[135th of 191]
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Illiteracy rates by sex, aged 15+
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7.7% |
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[85th of 138]
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Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write |
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Literacy > Male
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94.8% |
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[65th of 156]
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Literacy > Total population
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92.3% |
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[72nd of 160]
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Literacy rate, adult total > % of people ages 15 and above
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90.68 %
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[48th of 121]
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Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure
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8.41 %
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[95th of 103]
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Pupil-teacher ratio, primary
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22.5
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[73rd of 159]
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Tertiary enrollment
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5.1% |
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[112nd of 151]
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Women to men parity index, as ratio of literacy rates, aged 15-24
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1.01 |
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[5th of 138]
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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; UNESCO; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, ceylon
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