Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.9833 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
Sri Lanka recorded 0.9833 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.9833 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7051 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Sri Lanka 75th out of 134 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 … primary gender in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7051 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.9436 GPIA | +33.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9703 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9724 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9717 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9757 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.9756 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.9749 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9767 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9756 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.9764 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9705 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9746 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9833 GPIA | +0.9% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.9833 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary 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 | +33.8% | 0.7051 GPIA | 0.9436 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.7051 GPIA | 0.7051 GPIA | 0.7051 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9436 GPIA | 0.9436 GPIA | 0.9436 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9741 GPIA | 0.9703 GPIA | 0.9767 GPIA | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.9762 GPIA | 0.9705 GPIA | 0.9833 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 0.9833 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 0.9833 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7051 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Sri Lanka ranks 75th out of 134 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 1.1%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release