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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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(per capita)
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2.418
per 1,000 people |
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[82nd of 150]
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Children out of school, primary, female
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12,970
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[52nd of 117]
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(per capita)
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0.674
per 1,000 people |
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[105th of 147]
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Children out of school, primary, male
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9,353
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[57th of 117]
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(per capita)
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485.794
per 1,000 people |
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[107th of 148]
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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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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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Gross intake rate in grade 1, female > % of relevant age group
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97.35 %
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[96th of 156]
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Gross intake rate in grade 1, male > % of relevant age group
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98.54 %
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[102nd of 156]
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Gross intake rate in grade 1, total > % of relevant age group
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95.28 %
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[117th of 157]
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Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write |
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Literacy > Female
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89.1 %
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[104th of 197]
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Literacy > Male
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92.3 %
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[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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