Education in Sri Lanka 2,887 indicators covering education for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 50-54 with tertiary 12.5% 2010 up 22.8% 63rd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 55-59 with tertiary 8.0% 2010 up 32.7% 69th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 55-59 with tertiary 8.8% 2010 up 16.4% 72nd Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 60-64 with tertiary 8.0% 2010 up 32.7% 64th Barro-Lee: Percentage of population age 60-64 with tertiary 8.8% 2010 up 16.4% 68th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.5% 2024 down 11.8% 53rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from Viet 1.09 GPIA 2023 up 334.3% 40th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, both sexes 95.4% 2024 up 0.8% 30th Percentage of teachers in lower secondary education who are qualified 75.9% 2023 up 5.6% 7th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, male 96.0% 2024 up 0.3% 31st Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, urban, adjusted gender 0.99 GPIA 2024 up 1.0% 20th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 48th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 up 57.1% 8th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.3 LPIA 2024 down 26.4% 40th Educational attainment rate, completed Master's or equivalent 0.8325 GPIA 2024 down 12.9% 47th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female, adjusted 1 LPIA 2024 unchanged 3rd Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, female 1,648 1992 down 95.3% 5th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 GPIA 2019 down 100.0% 53rd Repeaters in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, male 2,038 1992 down 93.4% 5th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, female 91.5% 2024 up 0.5% 16th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female, adjusted location 0.96 LPIA 2024 down 1.0% 15th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, female, adjusted location 0.98 LPIA 2024 unchanged 12th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, female, adjusted 0.87 LPIA 2024 down 1.1% 13th Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 GPIA 2019 — 50th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male, adjusted location 1 LPIA 2024 unchanged 3rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.38 GPIA 2023 up 1,280.3% 19th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted location parity 0.97 LPIA 2024 unchanged 14th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, both sexes 92.2% 2024 up 0.3% 16th Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are qualified 71.6% 2023 up 1.2% 7th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male, adjusted location 0.97 LPIA 2024 unchanged 16th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, male 93.0% 2024 up 0.0% 19th Literacy rate, population 25-64 years, male, adjusted location parity 0.98 LPIA 2024 up 1.0% 14th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, rural, adjusted gender 0.98 GPIA 2024 unchanged 18th Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, male, adjusted location 0.91 LPIA 2024 down 1.1% 17th Inbound internationally mobile students from Oceania: Students from 2 GPIA 2023 unchanged 1st Inbound internationally mobile students from Africa: Students from 0 GPIA 2021 — 47th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 down 50.0% 10th Repetition rate in Grade 5 of lower secondary general education, both 1.5% 1991 down 96.0% 10th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1 GPIA 2023 down 50.0% 14th Adjusted location parity index for youth/adult literacy rate 1 2024 unchanged 3rd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.6667 GPIA 2023 up 1,099.9% 28th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 1.75 GPIA 2023 up 16.7% 10th Teaching staff compensation as a percentage of total expenditure in 14.9% 2016 down 51.2% 37th Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% 31st Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total 0.1% 2020 down 93.9% 40th Expenditure on school books and teaching material as % of total 0.1% 2020 down 92.3% 42nd Inbound internationally mobile students from Asia: Students from 0.0859 GPIA 2023 down 41.2% 40th Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, rural, both sexes 34,315 2024 down 7.9% 22nd Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, rural, female 14,185 2024 down 1.3% 21st Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, rural, male 20,130 2024 down 12.0% 22nd Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, urban, both sexes 5,219 2024 down 27.5% 34th Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, urban, female 2,245 2024 down 32.3% 34th Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, urban, male 2,974 2024 down 23.4% 33rd Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, rural, % female 41.0% 2024 up 5.1% 30th Illiterate youth population, 15-24 years, urban, % female 43.0% 2024 down 6.5% 23rd Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary 0.6801 LPIA 2009 down 3.3% 16th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, rural, both sexes 1.16 million 2024 up 5.4% 17th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, rural, female 663,785 2024 up 3.5% 18th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, rural, male 494,028 2024 up 8.1% 16th Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, urban, both sexes 140,537 2024 down 5.0% 30th ← Previous Page 48 of 49 Next →