Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 82.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka, 1981–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka stood at 82.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 82.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 32.9%, in 1981.
That places Sri Lanka 40th out of 94 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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 32.9% | — |
| 2001 | 75.1% | +128.2% |
| 2006 | 74.0% | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 73.6% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 74.0% | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 74.1% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 80.0% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 80.7% | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 81.3% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 80.2% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 82.6% | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 81.8% | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 81.6% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 81.8% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 82.4% | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 32.9% | 32.9% | 32.9% | 1 |
| 2000s | 74.1% | 73.6% | 75.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 80.6% | 80.0% | 81.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 82.1% | 81.6% | 82.6% | 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 82.4% 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 82.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.9% in 1981.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 40th out of 94 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 3.0%. 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release