Sri Lanka literacy rate for 2024 was 92.74%, a 0.08% increase from 2023.
Sri Lanka literacy rate for 2023 was 92.66%, a 0.17% increase from 2022.
Sri Lanka literacy rate for 2022 was 92.49%, a 0.06% increase from 2021.
Sri Lanka literacy rate for 2021 was 92.43%, a 0.05% increase from 2020.
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life. The full historical dataset is available for download here: Sri Lanka Literacy Rate | Historical Data | 1981 - 2024.