Sri Lanka - Persistence to last grade of primary

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) in Sri Lanka was 99.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 100.00 in 2011, while its lowest value was 90.72 in 1989.

Definition: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 91.41
1985 93.27
1986 93.35
1988 96.31
1989 90.72
1990 94.75
1991 92.62
2001 98.07
2002 98.55
2005 98.94
2006 98.97
2010 94.63
2011 100.00
2012 98.57
2013 98.12
2014 99.29
2015 98.53
2016 99.20
2018 99.80

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort) in Sri Lanka was 97.90 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 36 years was 100.00 in 2010, while its lowest value was 90.80 in 1989.

Definition: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Year Value
1982 91.13
1985 92.23
1986 93.40
1988 94.51
1989 90.80
1990 94.01
1991 91.81
2001 97.52
2002 97.59
2005 98.53
2006 98.31
2010 100.00
2011 93.38
2012 98.38
2013 98.41
2014 99.07
2015 98.25
2016 97.76
2018 97.90

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort)

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) in Sri Lanka was 98.83 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 99.18 in 2014, while its lowest value was 66.03 in 1974.

Definition: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1974 66.03
1975 74.44
1976 78.55
1978 94.00
1981 89.85
1982 91.27
1983 90.96
1984 92.39
1985 92.74
1986 93.37
1988 95.39
1989 90.76
1990 94.37
1991 92.20
2001 97.79
2002 98.06
2005 98.74
2006 98.63
2010 97.33
2011 96.57
2012 98.47
2013 98.26
2014 99.18
2015 98.39
2016 98.47
2018 98.83

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Efficiency