What is the difference in persistence to last grade of primary, total between Middle income and United Kingdom?

17.7%, with United Kingdom ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and United Kingdom?

6 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

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

Middle income vs United Kingdom: Persistence to last grade of primary, total

Middle income

81.6%

in 2023

United Kingdom

99.3%

in 2020

Middle income rank

22nd

United Kingdom rank

25th

Persistence to last grade of primary, total over time

Middle income
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 99.3% against 81.6% in Middle income, a difference of 17.7%.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Middle income's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, United Kingdom has been ahead every year.

Middle income ranks 22nd and United Kingdom ranks 25th of 45 groups.

United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Middle income	United Kingdom	Difference	Ahead
2010s	86.3%	99.4%	13.1%	United Kingdom
2020s	88.9%	99.3%	10.4%	United Kingdom

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher persistence to last grade of primary, total, Middle income or United Kingdom?: United Kingdom, at 99.3% against 81.6% in Middle income as of 2020.
What is the difference in persistence to last grade of primary, total between Middle income and United Kingdom?: 17.7%, with United Kingdom ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and United Kingdom?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2020.
How do Middle income and United Kingdom rank globally for persistence to last grade of primary, total?: Middle income ranks 22nd and United Kingdom ranks 25th of 45 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Middle income vs United Kingdom: Persistence to last grade of primary, total. Statizoid, drawing on Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/persistence-to-last-grade-of-primary-total-percent-of-cohort/middle-income/united-kingdom/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/persistence-to-last-grade-of-primary-total-percent-of-cohort/middle-income/united-kingdom/">Middle income vs United Kingdom: Persistence to last grade of primary, total</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Persistence to last grade of primary, 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: 224 places, 6,364 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.