© United Nations Development Programme and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Foundation 2023
2023
global knowledge index
Sri Lanka
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):270.611
- Population:21,773,441
- HDI:0.782
91/133
Gki
Score
42.5
World
Average
47.5
Country Performance Summary
Sri Lanka is a modest performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 91st out of 133 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2023 and 25th out of the 28 countries with high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Tertiary graduates from ICT programmes (%)
- Citable documents per R&D personnel in higher education
- Fixed broadband basket (% GNI per capita)
- Printing and publishing output (% manufactured output)
- Mobile broadband basket (% GNI per capita)
Areas of Improvement
- Government expenditure on vocational education (%)
- Government expenditure on primary education (% GDP)
- Debt dynamics
- Building quality control
- Female-to-male ratio in parliament
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