Sri Lanka's adult literacy rose from 86.8 % in 1981 to 92.7 % in 2024.
Sri Lanka's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 113.8 % in 1991 to 91.5 % in 2023.
Sri Lanka · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 15 with data
Sri Lanka's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 91.0 % in 1981 to 98.9 % in 2024.
Sri Lanka's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) rose from 53.4 % in 1974 to 88.0 % in 2023.
Sri Lanka's tertiary enrolment rose from 1.1 % in 1970 to 20.7 % in 2023.
Sri Lanka's children out of school, primary fell from 359,350 in 1977 to 157,499 in 2023.
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- Primary completion ratedown −0.6 pts76th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +4.4 pts84th of 96
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.1 pts47th of 74
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs108th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.2 yrs61st of 145
- Learning poverty3rd of 7*
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- Education spendingup +0.6 pts110th of 121
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −1.5 pts91st of 99
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primarydown −5.2 %50th of 90
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Sri Lanka.