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Sri Lanka Literacy Rate 2020s

Adult literacy rate · World Bank
92.55% decade average (2020-2029)

Sri Lanka's literacy rate during the 2020s ranged from 92.38% (2020) to 92.81% (2025), averaging 92.55% over 5 years of data.

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2020s Data▾
YearValueChangeRank
2020 92.38% +0.13pp 26th
2021 92.43% +0.05pp 21st
2022 92.49% +0.06pp 21st
2023 92.66% +0.17pp 18th
2025 92.81% +0.15pp 32nd
Source: World Bank (SE.ADT.LITR.ZS)
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