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Sri Lanka: School enrollment, primary, private

3.19percent · 2020+14.4% since 2010

Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1972 to 2020.

19722020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20203.191
20193.159
20183.076
20173.013
20163.021
20152.954
20142.887
20133.057
20123.061
20112.975
20102.789
20090
20080
20070
20060
20050
20040
20030
20020
20010
19961.818
19951.652
19941.657
19931.626
19921.586
19911.497
19901.465
19891.375
19871.502
19861.612
19851.376
19831.394
19821.366
19811.263
19801.287
19736.281
19727.322

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, primary, private. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-private (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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