Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban was 0.1% in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.1%
Change on year
up 10.1%
World rank
99th
of 99 countries
All-time high
0.1%
in 2019
All-time low
0.0%
in 1994
Years of data
23
1992–2019

Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka, 1992–2019

0.020.040.061992200520191992: 0.016 % of urban population in working age1993: 0.017 % of urban population in working age1994: 0.015 % of urban population in working age1995: 0.018 % of urban population in working age1996: 0.034 % of urban population in working age1998: 0.033 % of urban population in working age1999: 0.032 % of urban population in working age2000: 0.037 % of urban population in working age2001: 0.03 % of urban population in working age2002: 0.038 % of urban population in working age2003: 0.034 % of urban population in working age2004: 0.032 % of urban population in working age2006: 0.036 % of urban population in working age2007: 0.045 % of urban population in working age2008: 0.048 % of urban population in working age2009: 0.038 % of urban population in working age2011: 0.054 % of urban population in working age2012: 0.049 % of urban population in working age2013: 0.058 % of urban population in working age2014: 0.059 % of urban population in working age2015: 0.059 % of urban population in working age2016: 0.059 % of urban population in working age2019: 0.065 % of urban population in working age

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of urban population in working age.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.1% for working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in 2019. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 10.1% on the previous year and up 73.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1994.

That places Sri Lanka 99th out of 99 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban (% of urban population in working age) in Sri Lanka, 1992 to 2019.
Year % of urban population in working age Change
1992 0.0%
1993 0.0% +12.2%
1994 0.0% -15.5%
1995 0.0% +19.9%
1996 0.0% +89.9%
1998 0.0% -2.9%
1999 0.0% -3.1%
2000 0.0% +17.2%
2001 0.0% -18.0%
2002 0.0% +26.3%
2003 0.0% -10.6%
2004 0.0% -5.9%
2006 0.0% +10.6%
2007 0.0% +25.2%
2008 0.0% +8.3%
2009 0.0% -22.0%
2011 0.1% +43.1%
2012 0.0% -8.5%
2013 0.1% +18.1%
2014 0.1% +1.9%
2015 0.1% -1.4%
2016 0.1% +1.2%
2019 0.1% +10.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7
2000s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 9
2010s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 7

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 96 Gambia 0.1% compare
  2. 97 Mozambique 0.1% compare
  3. 98 Nepal 0.1% compare

See the full ranking of 99 places →

More reference data data for Sri Lanka

All data for Sri Lanka →

Frequently asked questions

What is working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka?
Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka was 0.1% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest working-age population with post-secondary education, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2019.
What is the lowest working-age population with post-secondary education, urban recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1994.
How does Sri Lanka rank for working-age population with post-secondary education, urban?
Sri Lanka ranks 99th out of 99 countries with data for 2019.
Is working-age population with post-secondary education, urban rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 73.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban (% of urban population in working age). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka. Statizoid. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-urban-percent-of-urban-population-in/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/working-age-population-with-post-secondary-education-urban-percent-of-urban-population-in/sri-lanka/">Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban in Sri Lanka</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Working-age population with post-secondary education, urban (% of urban population in working age)
Unit
% of urban population in working age
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
99 places, 1,350 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed