Lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Lower secondary completion rate, male was 91.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka, 1970–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka is 91.0%, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 4.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka peaked at 96.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 38.0%, in 1970.
That places Sri Lanka 82nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 38.0% | — |
| 1985 | 67.0% | +76.3% |
| 1986 | 74.9% | +11.8% |
| 1987 | 60.0% | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 64.5% | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 66.4% | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 66.5% | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 68.1% | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 82.2% | +20.7% |
| 2001 | 83.6% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 84.8% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 88.5% | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 92.6% | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 95.9% | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 91.6% | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 84.3% | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 92.7% | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 90.9% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 86.9% | -4.5% |
| 2013 | 90.8% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 92.5% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 93.0% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 90.7% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 91.8% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 91.6% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 94.1% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 96.2% | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 94.9% | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 91.0% | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38.0% | 38.0% | 38.0% | 1 |
| 1980s | 66.6% | 60.0% | 74.9% | 4 |
| 1990s | 70.8% | 66.4% | 82.2% | 4 |
| 2000s | 88.8% | 83.6% | 95.9% | 7 |
| 2010s | 91.2% | 86.9% | 93.0% | 9 |
| 2020s | 94.1% | 91.0% | 96.2% | 4 |
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More education data for Sri Lanka
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.54 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth -0.4555 % change on previous year (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.32 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.29 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.5206 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.25 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate -0.3876 % change on previous year (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 439,099 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.72 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka?
- Lower secondary completion rate, male in Sri Lanka was 91.0% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest lower secondary completion rate, male recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.0% in 1970.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for lower secondary completion rate, male?
- Sri Lanka ranks 82nd out of 187 countries with data for 2023.
- Is lower secondary completion rate, male rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 completion rate, male (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.