# Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sri Lanka

Tertiary education gross enrolment ratio in Sri Lanka was 20.7% in 2023. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

- Indicator id: `tertiary_enrolment_gross`
- Place id: `lk`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Students enrolled in tertiary education (ISCED levels 5 to 8), of any age, as a percentage of the population in the five-year age group that follows the official secondary school leaving age. UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- Note: A gross ratio: students outside the reference ages and students from abroad are counted, so it can exceed 100%. It counts students, not graduates; for degree holders in the United States see bachelors_degree_share.
- Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR), via World Bank, World Development Indicators (https://data.worldbank.org)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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- Citation: Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). School enrollment, tertiary, % gross (SE.TER.ENRR). Retrieved through World Bank World Development Indicators (data.worldbank.org). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.TER.ENRR. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. UIS does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 20.7 |
| 2022 | 22.4 |
| 2021 | 20.8 |
| 2020 | 20.2 |
| 2019 | 19.5 |
| 2018 | 17.9 |
| 2017 | 17.2 |
| 2016 | 17.2 |
| 2015 | 18.2 |
| 2014 | 17.9 |
| 2013 | 17.8 |
| 2012 | 16.3 |
| 2011 | 14.7 |
| 2010 | 15.8 |
| 1994 | 4.8 |
| 1986 | 4 |
| 1985 | 3.9 |
| 1984 | 4.3 |
| 1983 | 4.2 |
| 1982 | 3.8 |
| 1981 | 2.9 |
| 1979 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 1.2 |
| 1977 | 1.2 |
| 1975 | 1.2 |
| 1974 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 1.1 |
| 1971 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 1.1 |