Secondary school enrollment — all countries

Secondary school enrollment — Sri Lanka

Secondary school enrollment in Sri Lanka in 2023 — 88%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 147. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 38.7 pp.

2023 88% −0.2 pp vs 2022
World rank 95of 147
Period maximum 95.9%2018
Period minimum 49.1%1976

Trend over time

1970–2023 · % (gross ratio)

Secondary school enrollment — Sri Lanka, 1970–202340608010019701976198219881994200020062012201820231970: 49.3%1971: 51.7%1972: 55.6%1973: 55.3%1974: 53.4%1976: 49.1%1980: 54.1%1981: 54.6%1982: 55.1%1983: 57.1%1984: 59.2%1985: 61%1986: 63.5%1987: 78.7%1988: 80.9%1989: 82.9%1990: 83.9%1991: 83.6%1992: 84.8%1993: 85.1%1994: 87%1995: 87.1%2010: 92.3%2011: 94.1%2012: 94.7%2013: 95.1%2014: 93.5%2015: 94.5%2016: 93.9%2017: 94%2018: 95.9%2021: 89.8%2022: 88.2%2023: 88%
Change over the period: +38.7 pp Annual average: 0.73 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 88%
World 77.2%
South Asia 77.9%
Southern Asia computed 73.5%
Secondary school enrollment — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 88 −0.2 pp
2022 88.2 −1.6 pp
2021 89.8
2018 95.9 +1.9 pp
2017 94 +0.1 pp
2016 93.9 −0.5 pp
2015 94.5 +1 pp
2014 93.5 −1.7 pp
2013 95.1 +0.5 pp
2012 94.7 +0.6 pp
2011 94.1 +1.8 pp
2010 92.3
1995 87.1 +0.2 pp
1994 87 +1.8 pp
1993 85.1 +0.3 pp
1992 84.8 +1.3 pp
1991 83.6 −0.3 pp
1990 83.9 +1 pp
1989 82.9 +1.9 pp
1988 80.9 +2.2 pp
1987 78.7 +15.2 pp
1986 63.5 +2.6 pp
1985 61 +1.7 pp
1984 59.2 +2.1 pp
1983 57.1 +2 pp
1982 55.1 +0.4 pp
1981 54.6 +0.5 pp
1980 54.1
1976 49.1
1974 53.4 −1.9 pp
1973 55.3 −0.3 pp
1972 55.6 +3.9 pp
1971 51.7 +2.4 pp
1970 49.3

Southern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The gross secondary enrollment ratio — the ratio of the total number of secondary school pupils, of any age, to the population of the official age for that level. It can exceed 100% when pupils older than the official age are in school — because of repetition or a late start, for example.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.