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Sri Lanka: Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes

81.41percent · 2024+0.3% since 2014

Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator LR.AG65T99. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 2001 to 2024.

20012024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202481.41
202382.41
202281.31
202181.07
202080.88
201981.22
201879.09
201780.32
201680.97
201582.249
201481.183
201076.7
200874.14
200673.45
200176.88

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Elderly literacy rate, population 65+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-lr-ag65t99 (accessed 2026-11-09). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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