Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8543 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka, 1971–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka stood at 0.8543 LPIA.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8797 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4295 LPIA, in 1971.
That places Sri Lanka 39th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4295 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7995 LPIA | +86.2% |
| 2016 | 0.8797 LPIA | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8366 LPIA | -4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8454 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.8137 LPIA | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.832 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8222 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.8609 LPIA | +4.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8463 LPIA | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.8543 LPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4295 LPIA | 0.4295 LPIA | 0.4295 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7995 LPIA | 0.7995 LPIA | 0.7995 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8438 LPIA | 0.8137 LPIA | 0.8797 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.8431 LPIA | 0.8222 LPIA | 0.8609 LPIA | 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 91.45 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka was 0.8543 LPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8797 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4295 LPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 39th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. 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 upper secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release