Upper secondary completion in Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, 46.3% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2022.

Measure: Completion rate, upper secondary education Unit: % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age Data: 2006 to 2022 Source: UNESCO UIS
Sri Lanka, 2022 46.3% % of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age
Change from 2006 +21.3percentage points 2006: 25.0%

Upper 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, upper secondary education (% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age), 2006 to 2022
Period Sri Lanka
2022 46.3%
2006 25.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • The previous available figure was 25.0% in 2006, a change of +21.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
UNESCO UIS
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
Dataset or series code
CR.3 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2006 to 2022 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