Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master rural gender in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master rural gender was 0.8325 GPIA in 2024. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka, 2006–2024
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's … Master rural gender in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9772 GPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.9597 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.9555 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.8489 GPIA | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9881 GPIA | +16.4% |
| 2019 | 0.923 GPIA | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9601 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.804 GPIA | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 0.7679 GPIA | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9385 GPIA | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 0.8325 GPIA | -11.3% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.8325 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9734 GPIA, 86% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
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 South Korea 0.6753 GPIA compare
- 49 Vietnam 0.6743 GPIA compare
- 50 Switzerland 0.601 GPIA compare
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 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