World Acceptance (WRLD) 10-K 2012 FY Annual report

EXHIBIT 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

World Acceptance Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-14399, 333-107426, 333-135621, 333-153212, 333-179389) on Form S-8 of World Acceptance Corporation of our reports dated May 29, 2012 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of World Acceptance Corporation and subsidiaries as of March 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended March 31, 2012, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2012, which reports appear in the March 31, 2012 annual report on Form 10-K of World Acceptance Corporation.

Greenville, South Carolina

May 29, 2012