Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 2.3% in 2024. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka, 2006β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka stood at 2.3%.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka peaked at 5.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2020.
Sri Lanka ranks 55th of 67 countries on this measure, 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 | 4.6% | 4.2% | 5.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 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)
- 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 2.3% 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 5.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2020.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Sri Lanka ranks 55th out of 67 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 up 24.6%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release