Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school was 45.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sri Lanka, 2010–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 45.0% for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 36.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sri Lanka peaked at 45.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29.1%, in 2010.
That places Sri Lanka 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33.8% | 29.1% | 40.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 41.3% | 35.4% | 45.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 73,333 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.95 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sri Lanka?
- Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school in Sri Lanka was 45.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 45.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest share of children enrolled in pre-primary school recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.1% in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for share of children enrolled in pre-primary school?
- Sri Lanka ranks 121st out of 178 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of children enrolled in pre-primary school rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children enrolled in pre-primary school. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children of pre-primary school age (typically 3–5 years old) who are enrolled in pre-primary education.