Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA 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 … female lower location LPIA 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% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.9269 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.7258 LPIA, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +47.8% | 0.5894 LPIA | 0.8713 LPIA |
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
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 91.41 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 90.86 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 155,543 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 224,799 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 214,300 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 2.54 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.58 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -2.89 % change on previous year (2023)
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