Kiribati vs Sri Lanka: Share of children in primary school age who are in school

Kiribati

91.3%

in 2024

Sri Lanka

90.9%

in 2023

Kiribati rank

150th

Sri Lanka rank

151st

Share of children in primary school age who are in school over time

Kiribati currently reports 91.3% against 90.9% in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.4%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 150th and Sri Lanka ranks 151st of 209 countries.

Indicator: Share of children in primary school age who are in school
Unit: %
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026); Lee and Lee (2016) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 209 places, 8,478 data points, 1820–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children of primary school age (typically 6–11 years) who are enrolled in primary education.