Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 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 upper secondary education or 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% |
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
- 41 Brunei Darussalam 0.8435 LPIA compare
- 42 Egypt 0.8425 LPIA compare
- 43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8374 LPIA compare
- 45 Republic of Moldova 0.785 LPIA compare
- 46 Serbia 0.768 LPIA compare
- 47 Romania 0.7559 LPIA compare
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 0.8235 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