Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9262 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 0.9262 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.94 LPIA in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.7273 LPIA, in 1971.
That places Sri Lanka 56th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 education or higher in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7273 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.94 LPIA | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 0.9095 LPIA | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9047 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9138 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9182 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.9264 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.9218 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9214 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9155 LPIA | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9153 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9311 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9308 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9262 LPIA | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7273 LPIA | 0.7273 LPIA | 0.7273 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.94 LPIA | 0.94 LPIA | 0.94 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9164 LPIA | 0.9047 LPIA | 0.9264 LPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9258 LPIA | 0.9153 LPIA | 0.9311 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
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 0.9262 LPIA 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 0.94 LPIA in 2001.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7273 LPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Sri Lanka ranks 56th out of 99 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 1.4%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release