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
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka stood at 0.9262 LPIA.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9396 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.5911 LPIA, in 1971.
That places Sri Lanka 56th out of 100 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.5911 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9148 LPIA | +54.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9065 LPIA | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9154 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8961 LPIA | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9151 LPIA | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9116 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9396 LPIA | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.9218 LPIA | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9296 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9138 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 0.9215 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.9275 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9329 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9262 LPIA | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.5911 LPIA | 0.5911 LPIA | 0.5911 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9148 LPIA | 0.9148 LPIA | 0.9148 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9166 LPIA | 0.8961 LPIA | 0.9396 LPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.927 LPIA | 0.9215 LPIA | 0.9329 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 0.9396 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5911 LPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Sri Lanka ranks 56th 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 3.4%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release