Lower secondary school starting age in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Lower secondary school starting age was 10 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Lower secondary school starting age in Sri Lanka, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary school starting age in Sri Lanka is 10 years, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Sri Lanka peaked at 11 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 1998.
Sri Lanka ranks 192nd of 209 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.8 years | 10 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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More education data for Sri Lanka
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 91.5% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 73,333 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 92.1% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 90.8% (2023)
- Labor force, total 8.26 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 33.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 1 GPI (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Sri Lanka?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Sri Lanka was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 11 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 1998.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Sri Lanka ranks 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.