Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9109 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka is 0.9109 LPIA, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9446 LPIA in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.63 LPIA, in 1981.
That places Sri Lanka 42nd out of 95 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.63 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8744 LPIA | +38.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8659 LPIA | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.9446 LPIA | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8571 LPIA | -9.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8574 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8973 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 0.899 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.8992 LPIA | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8819 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.901 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.9051 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9029 LPIA | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8967 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9109 LPIA | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.63 LPIA | 0.63 LPIA | 0.63 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8799 LPIA | 0.8571 LPIA | 0.9446 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.8944 LPIA | 0.8819 LPIA | 0.8992 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9033 LPIA | 0.8967 LPIA | 0.9109 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka was 0.9109 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9446 LPIA in 2007.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.63 LPIA in 1981.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 42nd out of 95 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release