World Bank · Education
Sri Lanka: Persistence to grade 5, total
97.92percent · 2022-0.7% since 2006
Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1974 to 2022.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 97.917 | |
| 2019 | 98.712 | |
| 2018 | 98.83 | |
| 2016 | 98.47 | |
| 2015 | 98.389 | |
| 2014 | 99.181 | |
| 2013 | 98.264 | |
| 2012 | 98.473 | |
| 2011 | 96.575 | |
| 2010 | 97.331 | |
| 2006 | 98.633 | |
| 2005 | 98.736 | |
| 2002 | 98.06 | |
| 2001 | 97.785 | |
| 1991 | 92.205 | |
| 1990 | 94.373 | |
| 1989 | 90.763 | |
| 1988 | 95.385 | |
| 1986 | 93.375 | |
| 1985 | 92.739 | |
| 1984 | 92.386 | |
| 1983 | 90.956 | |
| 1982 | 91.266 | |
| 1981 | 89.853 | |
| 1978 | 93.997 | |
| 1976 | 78.546 | |
| 1975 | 74.44 | |
| 1974 | 66.029 |
Source
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