Lower secondary completion in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, 98.7% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2023.

Measure: Completion rate, lower secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2006 to 2023 Source: UNESCO UIS
Sri Lanka, 2023 98.7% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2022 +1.1percentage points 2022: 97.6%

Lower secondary completion in Sri Lanka over time

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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Completion rate, lower secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2006 to 2023
Period Sri Lanka
2023 98.7%
2022 97.6%
2019 96.3%
2006 88.1%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.1 percentage points from 97.6% in 2022.
  • Since 2006, when it was 88.1%, the figure has changed by +10.6 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2023 for Sri Lanka
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0
Attribution
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org