School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both was 722,316 in 2025. ▲ Rising
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in Sri Lanka, 2010–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 722,316 for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in 2025. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in Sri Lanka peaked at 722,316 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 334,762, in 2010.
That places Sri Lanka 44th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 334,762 | — |
| 2011 | 338,460 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 342,552 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 684,865 | +99.9% |
| 2014 | 685,713 | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 682,765 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 676,436 | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 671,849 | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 669,794 | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 670,679 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 677,328 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 688,334 | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 700,630 | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 711,088 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 718,459 | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 722,316 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 575,788 | 334,762 | 685,713 | 10 |
| 2020s | 703,026 | 677,328 | 722,316 | 6 |
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More education data for Sri Lanka
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4555 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.32 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.5206 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3876 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 439,099 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.72 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in Sri Lanka?
- School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both in Sri Lanka was 722,316 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 722,316 in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 334,762 in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both?
- Sri Lanka ranks 44th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. 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 School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release