Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female was 87.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 87.0% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 89.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 47.1%, in 1981.
That places Sri Lanka 44th out of 97 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 … lower urban female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 47.1% | — |
| 2001 | 82.0% | +73.9% |
| 2006 | 82.2% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 83.0% | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 81.7% | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 82.5% | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 85.4% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 87.7% | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 88.0% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 87.3% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 89.4% | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 87.7% | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 86.5% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 87.7% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 87.0% | -0.8% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 87.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 73.4%, 1.2× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 87.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower urban female 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 | +73.9% | 47.1% | 82.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 47.1% | 47.1% | 47.1% | 1 |
| 2000s | 82.3% | 81.7% | 83.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 87.1% | 85.4% | 88.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 86.5% | 89.4% | 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 87.0% 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 89.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.1% in 1981.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 44th out of 97 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 2.0%. 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, urban, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release