Sri Lanka
South Asia · Lower middle income· 21.92M inhabitants
Last updated: November 1, 2025
Futures readiness profile
Key insights: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka lags behind global peers in Human Capital (42, 31st percentile) and Innovation (32, 30th percentile). The remaining dimensions are closer to the global average, but none demonstrate global leadership or advanced futures readiness. Broad-based, high-impact interventions are needed to drive overall education futures readiness and resilience.
Composite GEFRI Score
49.02
44th percentile
Higher scores indicate greater education futures readiness
Component scores
School Access and Gender Parity72.59
Above global avg. · 60th %-tile
Infrastructure56.93
Near the global average · 37th %-tile
Measures the availability and quality of basic digital and electrical infrastructure that supports education.
Governance41.93
Near the global average · 45th %-tile
Captures the effectiveness and quality of policies, regulations, and governance that shape the educational environment.
Human Capital41.55
Below global avg. · 31st %-tile
Assesses the educational attainment and capacity of a country’s population, focusing on access and completion at secondary and tertiary levels as well as literacy.
Innovation32.11
Below global avg. · 30th %-tile
Reflects a country’s capacity to foster, produce, and apply new knowledge and technology in society and education.
Regional peers: South Asia
| Global rank | Regional rank | Country | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 1 | Nepal | 50.31 |
| 96 | 2 | Maldives | 49.96 |
| 98 | 3 | India | 49.64 |
| 101 | 4 | Sri Lanka | 49.02 |
| 119 | 5 | Bhutan | 40.54 |
| 122 | 6 | Bangladesh | 37.60 |
| 142 | 7 | Pakistan | 28.78 |
| 171 | 8 | Afghanistan | 17.80 |