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Children out of school — Sri Lanka

Children out of school in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 157,499 people. Ranked 118 in the world out of 148. Since 1977, the indicator has fallen by 56.2%.

2023 157,499 people +16.34% vs 2022
World rank 118of 148
Period maximum 359,350 people1977
Period minimum 3,099 people2018

Trend over time

1977–2023 · people

Children out of school — Sri Lanka, 1977–20230100,000200,000300,000400,00019771982198719921997200220072012201720221977: 359,350 people1986: 36,193 people2001: 54,134 people2002: 73,117 people2003: 98,948 people2004: 133,718 people2005: 137,154 people2006: 135,227 people2007: 131,089 people2008: 131,890 people2009: 156,822 people2010: 125,454 people2011: 128,905 people2012: 134,633 people2013: 4,795 people2014: 115,948 people2015: 71,920 people2016: 68,933 people2017: 6,061 people2018: 3,099 people2019: 8,815 people2020: 13,116 people2021: 34,687 people2022: 135,382 people2023: 157,499 people
Change over the period: −201,851 (−56.17%) Average annual rate: -1.78 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 157,499 people
World computed 44.51M people
South Asia computed 11.42M people
Southern Asia computed 11.43M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 30.75M people
Children out of school — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2023 157,499 +22,118 +16.34%
2022 135,382 +100,694 +290.29%
2021 34,687 +21,571 +164.47%
2020 13,116 +4,300 +48.78%
2019 8,815 +5,717 +184.5%
2018 3,099 −2,962 −48.87%
2017 6,061 −62,872 −91.21%
2016 68,933 −2,987 −4.15%
2015 71,920 −44,028 −37.97%
2014 115,948 +111,153 +2,318.21%
2013 4,795 −129,838 −96.44%
2012 134,633 +5,728 +4.44%
2011 128,905 +3,451 +2.75%
2010 125,454 −31,368 −20%
2009 156,822 +24,932 +18.9%
2008 131,890 +801 +0.61%
2007 131,089 −4,138 −3.06%
2006 135,227 −1,927 −1.4%
2005 137,154 +3,436 +2.57%
2004 133,718 +34,770 +35.14%
2003 98,948 +25,831 +35.33%
2002 73,117 +18,983 +35.07%
2001 54,134 — —
1986 36,193 — —
1977 359,350 — —

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MV Maldives 3,089 IR Iran 9,163 BT Bhutan 9,805 NP Nepal 57,234 LK Sri Lanka 157,499 BD Bangladesh 1.09M IN India 1.72M PK Pakistan 8.39M
Full table for all countries

About the indicator

The number of children of primary school age who attend neither primary nor secondary school. The absolute count answers the question of the scale of the task rather than of the state of a country, and for that reason it diverges from the share: a large part of all out-of-school children in the world lives in a few big countries where the share is low, not in those where the share is high. Both numbers matter for planning, and together they produce different lists of priorities.

Important: Primary school age only. Adolescents who do not attend secondary school are not part of this series, although there are more of them.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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