Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed … male upper location LPIA was 0.8235 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
Sri Lanka recorded 0.8235 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.8235 LPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4106 LPIA, in 1971.
That places Sri Lanka 44th 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 … male upper location LPIA in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4106 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7745 LPIA | +88.6% |
| 2016 | 0.8045 LPIA | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.7927 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.8071 LPIA | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.7783 LPIA | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.7864 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 0.787 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.8209 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8113 LPIA | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 0.8235 LPIA | +1.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.8235 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.5883 LPIA, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4106 LPIA | 0.4106 LPIA | 0.4106 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7745 LPIA | 0.7745 LPIA | 0.7745 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.7956 LPIA | 0.7783 LPIA | 0.8071 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.8058 LPIA | 0.7864 LPIA | 0.8235 LPIA | 5 |
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 upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka was 0.8235 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 0.8235 LPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4106 LPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 44th 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 up 2.4%. 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 upper secondary 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