© United Nations Development Programme and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation 2022
2022
global knowledge index
Sri Lanka
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):284.912
- Population:21,773,441
- HDI:0.782
79/132
Gki
Score
43.4
World
Average
46.5
Country Performance Summary
Sri Lanka is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 79th out of 132 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2022 and 16th out of the 28 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Poverty headcount ratio (% population)
- Net enrolment rate in lower secondary education
- Labour force participation rate with short-cycle tertiary education
- Citable documents per R&D personnel in higher education
- Labour force participation rate with advanced education
Areas of Improvement
- Government expenditure on vocational education (%)
- Government expenditure on primary education (% GDP)
- Female-to-male ratio in parliament
- Building quality control
- Government funding per secondary student (% GDP per capita)
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