Education in Sri Lanka 2,887 indicators covering education for Sri Lanka. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, both sexes 92.7% 2024 up 0.2% 44th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, female 92.1% 2024 up 0.4% 43rd Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, male 93.5% 2024 up 0.0% 44th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, both sexes 98.9% 2024 up 0.4% 35th Adult literacy rate, population 15+ years, adjusted gender parity 0.98 GPIA 2024 down 0.1% 30th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, male 98.7% 2024 up 0.6% 36th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, adjusted gender parity 1 GPIA 2024 down 0.8% 23rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 79.9% 2018 up 4.8% 87th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North 7,541 2023 up 65.2% 45th Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying 22,009 2023 up 115.1% 36th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 7,799 2023 up 177.4% 6th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in the 464 2023 up 28.9% 56th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 1,717 2023 up 195.5% 54th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in 16 2023 down 5.9% 82nd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in South 528 2023 up 10.2% 18th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Central 201 2023 up 87.9% 26th Trained teachers in primary education 86.4% 2023 up 7.6% 93rd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 18th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 4 years 2020 unchanged 5th Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 7,375 number 2019 — 61st Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 22.0% 78th Percentage of enrolment in primary education in private institutions 3.2% 2020 up 14.4% 170th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.1% 2023 up 4.2% 25th Youth literacy rate, population 15-24 years, female 99.0% 2024 up 0.1% 35th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 10.7% 106th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 up 77.8% 28th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9891 GPI 2018 down 0.2% 137th Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 11 2023 down 62.1% 123rd Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in Latin 6 2023 down 70.0% 128th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.2% 2023 up 179.6% 83rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying 2.5% 2023 up 103.5% 103rd Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.9% 2023 up 56.3% 109th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.9% 2023 up 162.6% 19th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 70.8% 165th Share of primary school teachers who are women 87.9% 2023 up 1.8% 48th Mobile outbound gross enrolment ratio, tertiary students studying in 0.0% 2023 down 63.6% 155th Share of all students in secondary education enrolled in vocational 0.722 GPIA 2023 down 9.3% 109th Share of students studying abroad 11.6% 2023 up 114.8% 54th Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, female 16,430 2024 down 7.1% 33rd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, male 23,104 2024 down 13.7% 32nd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, both sexes 39,534 2024 down 11.1% 32nd Youth illiterate population, 15-24 years, % female 42.0% 2024 up 5.0% 38th Repeaters in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0 2023 down 100.0% 176th End of the academic school year 2,025 2025 up 0.5% 1st Start month of the academic school year 1 2025 unchanged 188th End month of the academic school year 12 2025 unchanged 1st Enrolment in primary education, female 849,494 number 2018 up 6.1% 69th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 92.9% 2023 down 1.3% 88th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 91.0% 2023 up 0.2% 86th Gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary general 1.02 GPIA 2023 down 1.4% 100th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 1.0% 2016 up 140.7% 112th Repeaters in Grade 2 of primary education, both sexes 0 2023 down 100.0% 182nd Over-age students, primary 0.9% 2018 down 50.7% 167th Repeaters in Grade 3 of primary education, both sexes 0 2023 down 100.0% 177th Repeaters in Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes 0 2023 down 100.0% 182nd Secondary education, teachers 72.8% 2023 up 3.9% 26th School enrollment, primary, female 96.4% 2014 down 3.4% 39th School enrollment, primary, male 98.1% 2014 down 1.4% 17th Official entrance age to compulsory education 5 years 2019 unchanged 133rd Number of years of compulsory primary and secondary education 11 2025 up 22.2% 47th ← Previous Page 9 of 49 Next →