Progression to secondary school in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Progression to secondary school was 99.4% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Sri Lanka, 1971–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 99.4% for progression to secondary school in 2017.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Sri Lanka peaked at 99.7% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 78.6%, in 1981.
Sri Lanka ranks 38th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 83.5% | 78.8% | 91.7% | 7 |
| 1980s | 88.5% | 78.6% | 96.3% | 9 |
| 1990s | 97.0% | 96.5% | 97.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.5% | 97.3% | 99.4% | 5 |
| 2010s | 99.3% | 98.5% | 99.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Sri Lanka?
- Progression to secondary school in Sri Lanka was 99.4% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2013.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 78.6% in 1981.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for progression to secondary school?
- Sri Lanka ranks 38th out of 167 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).