Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Educational attainment rate, completed … female upper location LPIA was 0.8814 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 0.8814 LPIA.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.949 LPIA in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.4633 LPIA, in 1971.
That places Sri Lanka 34th out of 103 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 … female upper location LPIA in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.4633 LPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8263 LPIA | +78.3% |
| 2016 | 0.949 LPIA | +14.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8756 LPIA | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.879 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.8445 LPIA | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.8729 LPIA | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.8533 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 0.896 LPIA | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.8766 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 0.8814 LPIA | +0.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.8814 LPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6445 LPIA, 1.4× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4633 LPIA | 0.4633 LPIA | 0.4633 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8263 LPIA | 0.8263 LPIA | 0.8263 LPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.887 LPIA | 0.8445 LPIA | 0.949 LPIA | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.8761 LPIA | 0.8533 LPIA | 0.896 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 0.8814 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 0.949 LPIA in 2016.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4633 LPIA in 1971.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Sri Lanka ranks 34th out of 103 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 7.1%. 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 upper secondary 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