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Sri Lanka's population had an adult literacy rate of 96.3% in 2015, which is above average by world and regional standards. Computer literacy in 2017 28.3% and phone users in 2017 105%, website users 32% in 2017. [note 1] Education plays a major part in the life and culture of the country, which dates back to 543 BC.
In May 2008, to accommodate a demand by the people of NWFP who voted for the ANP, the PPP proposed that the name of the North-West Frontier Province be changed to Pakhtunkhwa, [28] [29] however the Muslim League Nawaz which had considerable support in the Hindko-speaking Hazara region of the province announced it might oppose the name change ...
With a literacy rate of 92.5%, [232] Sri Lanka has one of the most literate populations among developing nations. [248] Its youth literacy rate stands at 98%, [233] its computer literacy rate at 35%, [249] and its primary school enrollment rate at over 99%. [250] An education system that dictates nine years of compulsory schooling for every ...
Poverty in Sri Lanka is 24.8% ... Sri Lanka's life expectancy and literacy rate are nearly ... According to the Asian Development Bank, the population of Sri Lanka ...
Housing Development Finance Corporation Bank of Sri Lanka (HDFC) National Savings Bank; Regional Development Bank (Pradheshiya Sanwardhana Bank) Sanasa Development Bank; Sri Lanka Savings Bank; State Mortgage and Investment Bank; Source: Central Bank, September 2020 [2]
World Bank [8] Literacy rate: 92.5%: 2018: 90: 171: Central Bank of Sri Lanka [9] Net migration rate-4.6 (per 1,000 population) 2015-2020:
Sri Lanka's population is aging faster than any other nation in South Asia and has the fifth highest rapidly growing population of older people in Asia after China, Thailand, South Korea and Japan. [16] [17] [18] In 2015, Sri Lanka's population aged over 60 was 13.9%, by 2030 this will increase to 21% and by 2050 this number will reach 27.4%.