Education in Sri Lanka 2,887 indicators covering education for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Modern contraception usage vs. average years of schooling for women 53.6% 2016 up 2.1% 43rd Enrolment in tertiary education, ISCED 7 programmes, female 24,657 number 2019 up 23.3% 53rd Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 51.0% 2020 down 1.9% 15th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 1.0% 2020 down 3.4% 15th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 49.0% 2020 up 2.0% 140th Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 87.3% 2023 up 4.6% 87th Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.02 GPIA 2024 down 2.1% 32nd Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 88.1% 2023 up 4.0% 88th Share in poverty vs. educational attainment 11.69 years 2040 up 6.6% 55th Outbound mobility ratio, all regions, both sexes 8.0% 2018 up 24.0% 64th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 86.6% 2023 up 5.1% 87th Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 88.1% 2023 up 4.0% 87th Initial government funding per pre-primary student, constant PPP$ 0 2019 — 121st Net flow of internationally mobile students (inbound - outbound) -39,888 2023 down 160.6% 135th Educational attainment, at least completed primary, population 25+ 86.6% 2023 up 5.1% 86th Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9833 GPIA 2023 up 1.1% 75th Government expenditure on secondary education, PPP$ 2,144 millions 2020 up 41.0% 63rd Share of primary schools with toilets 99.9% 2023 up 2.7% 68th Government expenditure on primary education, PPP$ 1,268 millions 2020 up 77.3% 77th Government expenditure on secondary education, constant PPP$ 2,553 millions 2020 up 26.7% 60th Government expenditure on primary education, constant PPP$ 1,511 millions 2020 up 59.3% 73rd Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 5.5% 2024 up 55.4% 117th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 5.5% 2024 up 55.4% 117th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 50.4% 2020 down 3.1% 27th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 1.0% 2020 down 5.7% 27th Percentage of enrolment in early childhood education programmes in 49.6% 2020 up 3.3% 120th Pupil-teacher ratio, upper secondary 18.48 2018 up 3.4% 31st Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 5.2% 2024 up 52.5% 122nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 5.2% 2024 up 52.5% 122nd Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 5.8% 2024 up 57.8% 110th Educational attainment, at least completed short-cycle tertiary 5.8% 2024 up 57.8% 110th Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, both sexes 0 2023 — 16th Literacy levels among young people, adjusted gender parity index 1 index 2024 down 0.8% 23rd Proportion of schools with access to electricity, by education level 100.0% 2023 up 4.5% 81st Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, female 0 2023 — 14th Average years of schooling 10.33 years 2020 down 3.2% 45th Share of the population with tertiary education 15.7% 2020 down 1.3% 53rd Share of population with no formal education 2.7% 2020 down 10.0% 59th Share of the population with at least some formal education 97.3% 2020 up 0.3% 52nd Repeaters in grade unknown of primary education, male 0 2023 — 16th Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 1.11 GPIA 2024 up 2.9% 55th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 51.8% 2023 up 16.7% 85th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 1.1% 2023 up 34.0% 85th Percentage of enrolment in tertiary education in private 48.2% 2023 down 13.3% 53rd School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 0.0323 years 2023 down 45.7% 99th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 11 2023 down 8.3% 76th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2023 — 77th Percentage of lower secondary schools providing life skills-based HIV 100.0% 2023 up 2.5% 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2023 — 62nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2023 — 57th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2023 — 62nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 2023 down 100.0% 72nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 2023 — 46th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 1 2023 — 72nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2023 — 85th Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2023 — 68th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2023 — 42nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 2023 — 62nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 2023 — 61st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 1 2023 — 48th ← Previous Page 25 of 49 Next →