Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9756 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka stood at 0.9756 GPIA.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 1 GPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.8779 GPIA, in 1981.
Sri Lanka ranks 64th of 131 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 | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 0.8779 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9508 GPIA | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9709 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9778 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9618 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 0.963 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9983 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9994 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.977 GPIA | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9968 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9683 GPIA | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9763 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.9771 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9756 GPIA | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8779 GPIA | 0.8779 GPIA | 0.8779 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9649 GPIA | 0.9508 GPIA | 0.9778 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9939 GPIA | 0.977 GPIA | 1 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9788 GPIA | 0.9683 GPIA | 0.9968 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 91.45 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (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 0.9756 GPIA 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 1 GPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8779 GPIA in 1981.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 64th out of 131 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 2.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release