School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male was 364,930 in 2025. ▲ Rising
School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male in Sri Lanka, 2010–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 364,930 for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 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 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male in Sri Lanka peaked at 364,930 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 165,361, in 2010.
Sri Lanka ranks 44th of 174 countries on this measure, 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, male in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 165,361 | — |
| 2011 | 167,593 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 170,265 | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 341,366 | +100.5% |
| 2014 | 343,532 | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 343,457 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 341,344 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 339,808 | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 339,293 | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 339,994 | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 343,334 | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 348,649 | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 354,522 | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 359,523 | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 363,082 | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 364,930 | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 289,201 | 165,361 | 343,532 | 10 |
| 2020s | 355,673 | 343,334 | 364,930 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -5.98 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 64,434 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 8,899 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 222,100 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -5.62 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 136,118 (2023)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) -6.56 % change on previous year (2023)
- Theoretical duration of primary education (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male in Sri Lanka?
- School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male in Sri Lanka was 364,930 in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 364,930 in 2025.
- What is the lowest school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 165,361 in 2010.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male?
- Sri Lanka ranks 44th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release