Education in Sri Lanka 162 indicators covering education for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd Population ages 15-64 65.8% 2025 down 0.7% 77th Population ages 0-14 21.7% 2025 down 12.1% 110th Primary school starting age 5 years 2025 unchanged 186th School enrollment, primary 91.5% 2023 down 5.9% 171st Primary education, teachers 73,333 2023 down 1.5% 70th School enrollment, primary, female 92.1% 2023 down 4.8% 168th School enrollment, primary, male 90.8% 2023 down 7.0% 173rd Labor force, total 8.26 million 2025 down 2.5% 64th Labor force, female 33.4% 2025 down 2.7% 159th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI 2020 up 2.6% 65th School enrollment, secondary 88.0% 2023 down 7.6% 114th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.4 per 1,000 2024 down 35.1% 150th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.5 per 1,000 2024 down 42.3% 160th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 35.7% 129th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 41.7% 140th Secondary education, teachers 155,543 2023 up 3.8% 41st School enrollment, secondary, female 90.4% 2023 down 7.6% 114th School enrollment, secondary, male 85.5% 2023 down 7.5% 117th School enrollment, tertiary 20.7% 2023 up 16.8% 132nd School enrollment, primary, private 3.2% 2020 up 14.4% 162nd School enrollment, preprimary 71.8% 2020 up 22.4% 92nd School enrollment, tertiary, male 15.6% 2023 up 12.1% 140th School enrollment, tertiary, female 26.0% 2023 up 20.9% 126th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.05 GPI 2018 up 3.4% 63rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.4 GPI 2023 up 3.5% 31st Secondary education, teachers, female 113,295 2023 up 6.5% 33rd Primary completion rate, female 95.4% 2023 up 0.4% 90th Primary completion rate, male 93.7% 2023 down 3.8% 92nd Government expenditure on education, total 1.8% 2023 up 16.8% 184th Secondary education, general pupils 2.62 million 2018 up 14.1% 37th Lower secondary completion rate, total 91.9% 2023 down 0.7% 83rd School enrollment, preprimary, female 73.9% 2020 up 20.1% 88th School enrollment, preprimary, male 69.9% 2020 up 25.0% 93rd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 97.9% 2022 down 0.6% 43rd Government expenditure on education, total 7.2% 2024 down 33.3% 183rd Secondary education, general pupils 51.4% 2018 up 0.1% 47th Lower secondary completion rate, female 92.9% 2023 down 1.3% 84th Lower secondary completion rate, male 91.0% 2023 up 0.2% 82nd Children out of school 9.1% 2023 up 34.7% 55th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 1.58 million 2023 down 10.8% 75th Secondary education, pupils 2.54 million 2023 down 2.6% 49th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 97.3% 2022 down 1.1% 45th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 98.6% 2022 up 0.0% 39th Secondary education, vocational pupils 105,865 2018 down 20.9% 67th Number of under-five deaths, male 1,067 2024 down 43.2% 96th Number of under-five deaths, female 831 2024 down 42.4% 97th Number of infant deaths, male 940 2024 down 40.7% 93rd Number of infant deaths, female 723 2024 down 39.7% 95th Children out of school, female 8.6% 2023 up 21.6% 65th Children out of school, male 9.7% 2023 up 48.5% 56th Secondary education, vocational pupils 44.8% 2018 up 4.3% 68th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 98.8% 2017 down 0.0% 124th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.5% 2025 down 13.0% 81st Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 2.8% 2025 down 7.5% 145th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.0% 2025 down 11.4% 119th Primary education, teachers 87.9% 2023 up 1.8% 44th Repeaters, primary, total 1.0% 2017 up 23.0% 122nd Page 1 of 3 Next →