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Sri Lanka: Primary completion rate, total

94.54percent · 2023-0.8% 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.

19742023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202394.543
202295.151
202196.742
202093.522
201994.504
201797.555
201696.333
201594.566
201494.379
201395.474
201295.307
201198.426
201096.087
200990.103
200888.389
200792.192
200694.03
200594.734
200399.762
2002107.398
2001103.184
199899.588
199296.985
199197.268
199093.876
198994.083
198792.339
198692.766
198592.154
198490.267
198385.435
198286.19
198192.048
198084.663
197978.149
197875.356
197759.419
197643.193
197571.729
197474.12
197282.151
197066.171

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Primary completion rate, total. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-primary-completion-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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