Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.9834 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka is 0.9834 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9834 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6655 GPIA, in 1971.
Sri Lanka ranks 51st of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.6655 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.94 GPIA | +41.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9717 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 0.9735 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9719 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9745 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9783 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9752 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.9787 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.975 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9776 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9698 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9751 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9834 GPIA | +0.8% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.9834 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 99% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Sri Lanka changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +41.2% | 0.6655 GPIA | 0.94 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6655 GPIA | 0.6655 GPIA | 0.6655 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.94 GPIA | 0.94 GPIA | 0.94 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9748 GPIA | 0.9717 GPIA | 0.9787 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9765 GPIA | 0.9698 GPIA | 0.9834 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
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 primary education or higher in Sri Lanka?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka was 0.9834 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9834 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6655 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Sri Lanka ranks 51st out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed primary 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