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Sri Lanka: Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total expenditure in primary public institutions
0.10percent · 2020
Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total expenditure in primary public institutions (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator XSPENDP.1.FDPUB.FNBOOKS. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2014 to 2020.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.098 | |
| 2018 | 3.737 | |
| 2017 | 2.558 | |
| 2016 | 2.092 | |
| 2015 | 2.131 | |
| 2014 | 1.601 |
Source
Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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UIS (2026). Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total expenditure in primary public institutions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-xspendp-1-fdpub-fnbooks (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Azerbaijan
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Niue
- Oman
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
- Virgin Islands, British
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
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