Progression to secondary school, female in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Progression to secondary school, female was 100.0% in 2017. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school, female in Sri Lanka, 1984–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 100.0% for progression to secondary school, female in 2017. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school, female in Sri Lanka peaked at 100.0% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 88.0%, in 1984.
That places Sri Lanka 1st out of 156 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Progression to secondary school, female in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 88.0% | — |
| 1985 | 89.9% | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 95.3% | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 96.5% | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 97.0% | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 98.2% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 97.2% | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 98.8% | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 98.5% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 99.6% | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 99.9% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 97.9% | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 100.0% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 93.3% | 88.0% | 97.0% | 5 |
| 1990s | 97.7% | 97.2% | 98.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 99.0% | 97.9% | 99.9% | 5 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 97.4% | 100.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 1 Bhutan 100.0% compare
- 1 Cayman Islands 100.0% compare
- 1 Cyprus 100.0% compare
- 1 Ecuador 100.0% compare
- 1 Kenya 100.0% compare
- 1 Macau, China 100.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 100.0% compare
- 1 New Caledonia 100.0% compare
- 1 Oman 100.0% compare
- 1 Sao Tome and Principe 100.0% compare
- 1 Spain 100.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 100.0% compare
More education data for Sri Lanka
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,024 tertiary education (2024)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0494 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 73,333 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 65.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school, female in Sri Lanka?
- Progression to secondary school, female in Sri Lanka was 100.0% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2011.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school, female recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.0% in 1984.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for progression to secondary school, female?
- Sri Lanka ranks 1st out of 156 countries with data for 2017.
- Is progression to secondary school, female rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. 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, female (%). 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).