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Sri Lanka: Primary completion rate, male

93.68percent · 2023-1.4% since 2012

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1970 to 2023.

19702023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202393.681
202294.255
202196.37
202093.573
201994.381
201797.659
201696.731
201594.869
201494.598
201397.344
201294.998
201199.562
201096.495
200990.046
200888.295
200792.557
200694.082
200595.157
2003100.233
2002108.795
2001103.738
199899.886
199297.051
199197.383
199093.759
198994.683
198792.838
198693.549
198594.623
198386.022
197066.513

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Primary completion rate, male. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-completion-rate-male (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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