Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.2496 LPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka, 2006β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.2496 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024.
The figure is down 13.4% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.5338 LPIA in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2135 LPIA, in 2017.
That places Sri Lanka 42nd out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5331 LPIA | 0.5324 LPIA | 0.5338 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2759 LPIA | 0.2135 LPIA | 0.3297 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.282 LPIA | 0.2346 LPIA | 0.3502 LPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 39 Panama 0.2852 LPIA compare
- 40 Bangladesh 0.281 LPIA compare
- 41 Hungary 0.2764 LPIA compare
- 43 South Africa 0.2407 LPIA compare
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2359 LPIA compare
- 45 Greece 0.2294 LPIA compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0033 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka?
- Educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka was 0.2496 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5338 LPIA in 2006.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2135 LPIA in 2017.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Sri Lanka ranks 42nd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release