Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent was 0.5951 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
Sri Lanka recorded 0.5951 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in 2024.
The figure is down 7.5% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.7764 GPIA in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.5425 GPIA, in 2019.
That places Sri Lanka 58th out of 63 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 | 0.7758 GPIA | 0.7752 GPIA | 0.7764 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.6403 GPIA | 0.5425 GPIA | 0.7377 GPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.6672 GPIA | 0.5951 GPIA | 0.7174 GPIA | 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 0.5951 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 0.7764 GPIA in 2006.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5425 GPIA in 2019.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed master's or equivalent?
- Sri Lanka ranks 58th out of 63 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 6.4%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release