IntervaOpen the desk

UIS · Education

Sri Lanka: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes

9.14percent · 2023+34.7% since 2013

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1.CP. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2023.

20012023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20239.137
20227.755
20211.967
20200.737
20190.492
20184.636
20174.111
20163.79
20153.941
20146.354
20136.782
20127.463
20117.221
20107.105
20098.976
20087.615
20077.624UIS_EST
20067.906
20058.023
20047.802
20035.767
20024.255
20013.152

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1-cp (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

CSV, all countriesJSON, Sri LankaAPI and MCP

Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes in other countries

Rank Sri Lanka against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Sri Lanka: Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes (2001–2023) · Interva