Which has higher persistence to grade 5, total, Dominican Republic or Sao Tome and Principe?

Dominican Republic, at 95.8% against 95.5% in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2023.

What is the difference in persistence to grade 5, total between Dominican Republic and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.3%, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Sao Tome and Principe?

5 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Sao Tome and Principe: Persistence to grade 5, total

Dominican Republic

95.8%

in 2023

Sao Tome and Principe

95.5%

in 2016

Dominican Republic rank

60th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

63rd

Persistence to grade 5, total over time

Dominican Republic
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 95.8% against 95.5% in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 60th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 63rd of 164 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 1 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	72.2%	27.3%	44.9%	Dominican Republic
2000s	68.4%	73.2%	4.8%	Sao Tome and Principe
2010s	85.7%	91.7%	6.0%	Sao Tome and Principe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher persistence to grade 5, total, Dominican Republic or Sao Tome and Principe?: Dominican Republic, at 95.8% against 95.5% in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2023.
What is the difference in persistence to grade 5, total between Dominican Republic and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.3%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Sao Tome and Principe?: 5 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2016.
How do Dominican Republic and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for persistence to grade 5, total?: Dominican Republic ranks 60th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 63rd of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort)
Unit: % of cohort
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 3,790 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

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.