Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9269 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
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka stood at 0.9269 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9476 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5894 LPIA, in 1981.
Sri Lanka ranks 37th of 95 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.5894 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8713 LPIA | +47.8% |
| 2006 | 0.8741 LPIA | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.8558 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8725 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.866 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9476 LPIA | +9.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9242 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9292 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.901 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9259 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9033 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9246 LPIA | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9138 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9269 LPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.5894 LPIA | 0.5894 LPIA | 0.5894 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8679 LPIA | 0.8558 LPIA | 0.8741 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9255 LPIA | 0.901 LPIA | 0.9476 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9189 LPIA | 0.9033 LPIA | 0.9269 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 0.9269 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 0.9476 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5894 LPIA in 1981.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 37th 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 down 2.2%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release