Education in Sri Lanka

2,887 indicators covering education for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from the 2 2023 down 91.7% 65th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 16 2023 up 700.0% 44th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 54th
Government expenditure per student, tertiary 31.6% 2018 up 44.4% 51st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 26 2023 up 188.9% 71st
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 11th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 82.7% 2024 up 1.3% 58th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 29th
Share of the population with lower secondary education 82.7% 2024 up 1.3% 58th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 2023 24th
Current expenditure as % of total expenditure in public institutions 74.7% 2018 down 17.8% 107th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from Hong 12 2023 up 500.0% 19th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 10.1% 2023 down 0.1% 64th
Government expenditure per student, secondary 7.7% 2018 up 4.6% 106th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, both sexes 4.3% 2023 down 27.6% 82nd
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 82.7% 2024 up 1.3% 57th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 2023 24th
Inbound internationally mobile students from North America: Students 0 2023 12th
School life expectancy, post-secondary non-tertiary, adjusted gender 1.15 GPIA 2023 down 17.1% 52nd
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 83.8% 2024 up 2.8% 60th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 97.1% 2024 up 1.0% 71st
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) -11.1% 2023 down 116.6% 108th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 9.5% 2023 up 37.4% 80th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 24.7% 2023 down 29.7% 4th
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 83.8% 2024 up 2.8% 59th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 96.4% 2024 up 1.7% 70th
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 81.8% 2024 up 0.1% 59th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 48th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.2% 2023 up 43.7% 96th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 116th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, female 4.6% 2023 down 36.7% 75th
Gross enrolment ratio, post-secondary non-tertiary, male 4.0% 2023 down 12.2% 84th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.8% 2023 down 17.0% 30th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 11.7% 2023 up 0.2% 71st
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or 0.9756 GPIA 2024 down 2.5% 65th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.3% 2023 down 8.8% 49th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.0% 2023 53rd
Educational attainment, at least completed lower secondary 81.8% 2024 up 0.1% 58th
Share of qualified teachers in pre-primary education 68.5% 2023 down 19.9% 67th
Educational attainment: at least some primary (ISCED 1), population 97.9% 2024 up 0.3% 70th
Percentage of teachers in primary education who are trained according 87.5% 2023 up 2.6% 33rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 18.5% 2023 up 46.0% 70th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 8th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 7th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 8th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 4.4% 2023 up 65.0% 83rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 31.4% 2023 down 26.1% 3rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Arts 12.9% 2023 down 48.8% 10th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 26.4% 2023 up 31.9% 62nd
Participation rate of youth and adults in formal and non-formal 1 GPIA 2022 up 1.1% 72nd
Inbound internationally mobile students from Europe: Students from 0 2023 10th
Percentage of graduates from programmes other than Science 74.6% 2023 down 7.4% 78th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 3.3% 2023 106th
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 25.4% 2023 up 30.3% 42nd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 7.7% 2023 up 52.1% 103rd
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 6.4% 2023 up 28.0% 78th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 0 2023 5th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.8% 2023 down 16.7% 20th
Inbound internationally mobile students from Caribbean and Central 0 2023 7th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 2.8% 2023 down 17.5% 41st