Percentage of Computer Literate population (Computer Literacy) over the survey periods has been gradually increasing. Overall Computer Literacy reported in 2018 for Sri Lanka is 29.0 percent according to Computer Literacy statistics -2018, Department of Census and Statistics.
Percentage of availability of desktop or laptop computer at a household vary between 22% - 24% between 2015 to 2018 period. In 2018, at least one computer is available in 22.3 percent of households in the country. That is about one out of every five households owns either a desktop or a laptop computer. This percentage is 37.5 in urban sector and Rural and Estate sector show 20.0 percent and 4.2 percent respectively.
When the provinces are considered the highest availability is in the Western province (33.4%) while the lowest availability is reported from the Eastern (13.2%). The survey results show an increase of 1.9 percentage points from 2015 to 2018.Urban sector shows the highest computer literacy rate (40.4%) among residential sectors. Computer literacy rate for Rural and Estate sectors are 27.5 percent and 10.8 percent respectively.
Among the provinces the highest level of computer literacy is reported from the Western province (40.0%). The lowest computer literacy is reported from the Eastern province (14.8%). The Computer literacy among males (31.0%) is higher than that of females (27.2%) in 2018. Young youths (aged 15 – 19 years) show the highest computer literacy rate (60.8%) among all other age groups. The group with A/L or above level of education shows the highest computer literacy rate (71.6%). Also computer literacy is higher among those who are literate in English language (69.8%). Among the unemployed, aged (25-29) group shows highest computer literate population percentage (76.1%). Annual results reveal that among unemployed many have at least some ICT skills.
Computer literacy among the employed population is around 63.2 % in 2018. The positions such as senior officials and Managers (70.2%), Professionals (87.4%), Technical and Associate professionals (83.8%), Clerks and Clerical support workers (89.9%) have higher computer literacy rates.
Also, even among the individuals engaged in elementary occupations 30.5 percent are computer literate.
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