Gross school enrollment of males in tertiary education rose 1.89% to 16.5% in Sri Lanka in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, gross school enrollment of males in tertiary education in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 16.8% in 2014 and an all time low of 1.13% in 1970.
Sri Lanka has been ranked 90th within the group of 109 countries we follow in terms of gross school enrollment of males in tertiary education, 11 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Gross School Enrollment, Male (Tertiary Education) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bangladesh | % | ... | 16.4% | 21.0% | 21.3% | 24.0% | 27.9% | |||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | ... | 14.4% | ... | 11.9% | 12.1% | 10.2% | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | ... | ... | 42.3% | 43.8% | 44.7% | 45.9% | 48.7% | ||||||||||||||
| India | % | ... | 26.7% | 26.6% | 26.9% | 27.2% | 27.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | 31.5% | 33.3% | 34.0% | 33.8% | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 18.7% | 17.4% | 15.4% | 14.4% | 13.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 39.8% | 43.2% | 40.5% | 40.7% | 37.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16.6% | ... | 17.7% | ... | ... | ||||
| Myanmar | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.0% | 15.6% | ... | ... | ... | |||||
| Pakistan | % | ... | 9.83% | 9.63% | 9.98% | 9.55% | 12.3% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 77.9% | 78.9% | 82.9% | 85.6% | ... | |
| Sri Lanka | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.5% | 14.7% | 15.1% | 15.8% | 16.2% | ... | ||||||
| Thailand | % | 37.8% | 41.0% | 39.5% | 38.0% | 37.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | ... | 29.0% | 25.5% | ... | ... | ... | ... |
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