Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.8325 GPIA in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka, 2006β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka stood at 0.8325 GPIA.
The figure is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9881 GPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.7679 GPIA, in 2022.
That places Sri Lanka 47th out of 56 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9684 GPIA | 0.9597 GPIA | 0.9772 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9289 GPIA | 0.8489 GPIA | 0.9881 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.8606 GPIA | 0.7679 GPIA | 0.9601 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 44 Chile 0.8478 GPIA compare
- 45 Luxembourg 0.8365 GPIA compare
- 46 Netherlands 0.8337 GPIA compare
- 48 Korea 0.6753 GPIA compare
- 49 Vietnam 0.6743 GPIA compare
- 50 Switzerland 0.601 GPIA 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 0.8325 GPIA 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 0.9881 GPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7679 GPIA in 2022.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Sri Lanka ranks 47th out of 56 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 12.9%. 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release