Sri Lanka - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in Sri Lanka was 98.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 102.06 in 2006, while its lowest value was 38.89 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 38.89
1985 80.55
1986 88.05
1987 67.78
1989 70.98
1990 70.38
1991 70.76
1992 72.80
1998 86.71
2001 91.50
2002 91.90
2003 94.76
2005 98.92
2006 102.06
2007 98.75
2009 93.15
2010 97.30
2011 96.51
2012 93.46
2013 96.06
2014 96.45
2015 96.08
2016 94.88
2017 96.09
2019 98.10

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in Sri Lanka was 97.83 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 99.47 in 2006, while its lowest value was 35.75 in 1970.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1970 35.75
1985 67.14
1986 75.96
1987 60.98
1989 64.05
1990 64.13
1991 63.91
1992 66.04
1998 80.33
2001 87.55
2002 89.07
2003 91.71
2005 95.34
2006 99.47
2007 95.98
2009 89.63
2010 97.86
2011 96.34
2012 91.22
2013 94.30
2014 95.39
2015 96.13
2016 94.63
2017 96.75
2019 97.83

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Sri Lanka was 97.96 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 100.75 in 2006, while its lowest value was 7.00 in 1976.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 37.30
1971 37.65
1972 42.42
1973 57.13
1974 53.22
1975 55.84
1976 7.00
1977 19.65
1979 76.54
1980 77.15
1981 61.37
1982 38.34
1983 69.94
1984 78.73
1985 73.74
1986 81.91
1987 64.32
1989 67.46
1990 67.20
1991 67.28
1992 69.36
1998 83.46
2001 89.48
2002 90.46
2003 93.21
2005 97.11
2006 100.75
2007 97.35
2009 91.37
2010 97.59
2011 96.43
2012 92.33
2013 95.18
2014 95.92
2015 96.11
2016 94.75
2017 96.42
2019 97.96

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes