Education in Sri Lanka

2,887 indicators covering education for Sri Lanka.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Female share of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and 41.8% 2023 up 5.9% 26th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 93.0% 2023 up 1.6% 60th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 1.0% 2023 up 1.0% 29th
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from 0.4% 2023 down 13.9% 37th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 64.6% 2024 up 3.4% 36th
Initial government funding per tertiary student, constant PPP$ 4,338 2018 up 113.8% 73rd
Proportion of schools with access to basic drinking water, by 93.8% 2023 up 11.7% 86th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 92.3% 2023 up 2.3% 61st
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.9709 GPIA 2024 up 5.8% 51st
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 10.86 2024 up 1.7% 59th
Capital expenditure as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 39.3% 2018 up 8.0% 7th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 1.04 GPIA 2024 down 3.6% 25th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9834 GPIA 2023 up 1.3% 59th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 13.8% 2019 up 71.3% 82nd
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 8.5% 2019 up 58.4% 85th
Gross graduation ratio from first degree programmes (ISCED 6 and 7) 1.63 GPI 2019 up 8.1% 35th
Initial government funding per secondary student as a percentage of 6.3% 2018 down 13.8% 114th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 94.0% 2020 up 13.5% 6th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8543 LPIA 2024 down 2.9% 39th
Proportion of schools with access to the internet for pedagogical 58.6% 2023 up 276.1% 93rd
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 85.5% 2023 up 5.7% 56th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 4.1% 2020 down 55.0% 111th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 86.1% 2023 up 5.2% 56th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 92.7% 2020 up 11.9% 14th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 86.9% 2023 up 4.6% 57th
Proportion of schools with basic handwashing facilities, by education 99.9% 2023 up 18.9% 75th
Literacy rate 92.7% 2024 up 0.2% 68th
All staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in public 50.7% 2018 down 32.5% 106th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8235 LPIA 2024 up 2.4% 44th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 5.0% 2020 down 45.5% 108th
Share of schools with access to computers for teaching 77.3% 2023 up 121.6% 85th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9262 LPIA 2023 up 1.3% 54th
Current expenditure other than staff compensation as a percentage of 24.0% 2018 up 52.2% 37th
Percentage of teachers in secondary education vocational programmes 35.7% 2023 up 14.4% 77th
Initial government funding per secondary student, constant PPP$ 1,033 2018 up 29.4% 89th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 11.9% 2024 up 55.3% 93rd
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, US$ 296.58 millions 2020 up 14.4% 60th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 11.1% 2024 up 60.4% 92nd
Current expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 60.7% 2018 down 4.6% 105th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9834 GPIA 2023 up 1.0% 51st
Capital expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure in tertiary 39.3% 2018 up 8.0% 10th
All staff compensation as % of total expenditure in tertiary public 2.7% 2018 down 94.7% 89th
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or 0.8814 LPIA 2024 down 7.1% 34th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 10.8 2024 up 0.8% 58th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 0.989 GPIA 2024 down 1.9% 57th
Mean years of schooling (ISCED 1 or higher), population 25+ years 10.92 2024 up 2.8% 58th
Share of schools with access to basic drinking water 90.4% 2023 up 9.9% 87th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 10.4% 2024 up 65.6% 90th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9262 LPIA 2023 up 1.4% 56th
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher 0.9262 LPIA 2023 up 3.4% 56th
Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, male 0 2023 down 100.0% 83rd
Net flow ratio of internationally mobile students (inbound) -15.4% 2023 down 84.2% 96th
Proportion of secondary schools with access to computers for 88.2% 2023 up 50.0% 88th
Government expenditure on post-secondary non-tertiary education as a 0.0% 2020 down 84.5% 67th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, constant US$ 312.2 millions 2020 up 17.9% 60th
Repeaters in Grade 4 of lower secondary general education, female 0 2023 down 100.0% 77th
Government expenditure on lower secondary education, US$ 340.82 millions 2020 up 31.4% 59th
Government expenditure on upper secondary education, PPP$ 997.51 millions 2020 up 31.2% 53rd
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 4.4% 2024 up 51.1% 78th
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education 0.8722 GPIA 2024 up 6.6% 74th