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Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) by country

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.

Countries reporting
149
Highest
100.0%
Chile
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
93.7%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,087

What the numbers show

Persistence to grade 5, female (% of cohort) is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Chile; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.7%, and the mean is 86.4%.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 139.1%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).

Persistence to grade 5, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Chile 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% rising
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 up 3.5% flat
1 Egypt 100.0% 2020 up 2.3% rising
1 Portugal 100.0% 2020 — rising
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2022 up 0.4% flat
6 Spain 100.0% 2021 up 2.5% flat
7 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
8 Indonesia 100.0% 2017 up 11.9% rising
9 Montenegro 100.0% 2021 up 22.8% rising
10 Thailand 99.9% 2017 — rising
11 Belgium 99.9% 2022 down 0.1% rising
12 Denmark 99.9% 2023 up 0.3% flat
13 Italy 99.8% 2022 up 0.2% flat
14 Switzerland 99.8% 2021 up 0.2% rising
15 Estonia 99.7% 2023 up 1.8% flat
16 Greece 99.7% 2022 up 7.7% flat
17 Mexico 99.6% 2023 up 2.4% rising
18 Norway 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% flat
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.6% 2021 up 0.0% flat
20 Czechia 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% flat
21 Brunei Darussalam 99.5% 2019 up 0.2% rising
22 Poland 99.4% 2018 up 1.4% flat
23 Finland 99.4% 2021 down 0.6% flat
24 Macao 99.2% 2023 down 0.0% flat
25 Singapore 99.2% 2022 down 0.3% flat
26 Mauritius 99.0% 2020 up 0.4% flat
27 Tunisia 98.9% 2020 up 2.6% rising
28 Republic of Korea 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% flat
29 Andorra 98.8% 2016 up 3.4% flat
30 Oman 98.6% 2016 up 0.6% rising
31 Sri Lanka 98.6% 2022 up 0.0% rising
32 Sweden 98.6% 2023 down 1.1% flat
33 Iceland 98.5% 2021 down 0.6% flat
34 Trinidad and Tobago 98.5% 2022 up 4.8% rising
35 Eswatini 98.2% 2018 up 0.8% rising
36 Viet Nam 98.1% 2014 up 15.9% rising
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.0% 2022 up 18.5% rising
38 Argentina 98.0% 2022 up 2.3% rising
39 Israel 97.9% 2023 down 0.9% flat
40 Georgia 97.9% 2023 down 1.1% rising
41 South Africa 97.8% 2022 up 5.4% rising
42 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.7% 2023 up 0.5% rising
43 Belize 97.6% 2023 up 2.6% rising
44 Bahrain 97.6% 2023 up 0.8% rising
45 Botswana 97.5% 2012 up 6.2% rising
46 Barbados 97.4% 2021 up 7.0% flat
47 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.1% 2017 up 13.7% rising
48 Malta 97.1% 2021 down 0.2% flat
49 Lebanon 97.0% 2022 down 0.8% flat
50 Guyana 96.9% 2011 up 15.3% rising
51 Hong Kong 96.8% 2023 down 3.0% flat
52 Seychelles 96.7% 2023 down 0.7% flat
53 Philippines 96.5% 2023 up 0.0% rising
54 Latvia 96.5% 2023 up 1.5% flat
55 Luxembourg 96.4% 2020 down 1.8% flat
56 Cape Verde 96.3% 2021 up 4.7% rising
57 Timor-Leste 96.2% 2018 up 16.1% rising
58 Netherlands 96.2% 1984 down 2.8% flat
59 Paraguay 96.2% 2023 up 9.1% rising
60 Romania 96.0% 2022 — flat
61 Dominican Republic 95.8% 2023 up 14.4% rising
62 Costa Rica 95.7% 2023 up 3.2% rising
63 Iran 95.7% 2022 down 0.9% rising
64 Jordan 95.7% 2023 down 3.7% rising
65 Qatar 95.5% 2021 down 2.6% flat
66 Dominica 95.4% 2021 up 6.2% rising
67 Fiji 95.3% 2023 down 2.7% flat
68 Ecuador 95.1% 2023 up 1.3% rising
69 Zimbabwe 95.1% 2019 up 12.3% rising
70 Morocco 94.9% 2023 up 2.5% rising
71 Peru 94.5% 2016 up 1.3% rising
72 Uruguay 94.3% 2021 down 5.3% flat
73 New Caledonia 94.2% 1989 up 9.6% rising
74 Maldives 94.1% 2023 up 2.0% flat
75 Syria 93.7% 2023 — rising
76 Namibia 93.5% 2017 up 0.9% rising
77 Algeria 93.5% 2021 down 1.2% rising
78 Kiribati 93.0% 2023 — flat
79 Colombia 92.9% 2021 up 6.8% rising
80 Bhutan 92.5% 2017 down 6.1% rising
81 North Macedonia 92.2% 2022 down 5.6% flat
82 Guatemala 92.0% 2023 up 19.4% rising
83 Vanuatu 91.7% 2019 up 23.2% rising
84 Kuwait 91.6% 2020 down 4.5% falling
85 El Salvador 91.5% 2023 up 3.8% rising
86 Tonga 91.5% 2019 down 0.1% flat
87 Cuba 90.9% 2023 down 6.6% rising
88 Lesotho 89.3% 2022 up 17.8% rising
89 Ghana 89.3% 2021 up 1.9% rising
90 Aruba 88.8% 2020 down 10.7% flat
91 Sao Tome and Principe 88.5% 2010 up 35.4% rising
92 Malaysia 88.2% 2023 down 7.9% flat
93 Samoa 88.2% 2019 up 8.8% flat
94 Cambodia 87.8% 2019 up 28.0% rising
95 Albania 87.7% 2023 down 11.6% rising
96 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 87.4% 2016 down 12.6% rising
97 Tanzania, United Republic of 87.2% 2019 down 6.0% flat
98 Sudan 86.6% 2018 up 9.8% rising
99 Honduras 85.7% 2023 up 3.1% rising
100 Libya 85.5% 1980 up 1.6% falling
101 Gambia 85.4% 2020 up 21.8% rising
102 Saudi Arabia 85.1% 2018 down 6.5% flat
103 Lao People's Democratic Republic 84.5% 2019 up 18.1% rising
104 Solomon Islands 82.8% 2018 up 1.0% rising
105 Kenya 82.8% 2004 — rising
106 Rwanda 81.3% 2023 up 42.6% rising
107 Chad 81.0% 2017 up 139.1% rising
108 Senegal 81.0% 2023 up 2.2% falling
109 Suriname 80.4% 2020 down 12.4% rising
110 Eritrea 79.8% 2017 up 16.2% flat
111 Congo 79.3% 2007 up 1.2% falling
112 United Arab Emirates 78.2% 2018 down 20.9% flat
113 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 78.0% 2020 up 36.6% rising
114 Jamaica 77.7% 2022 down 8.6% falling
115 Myanmar 77.5% 2009 up 40.4% rising
116 India 76.0% 2023 down 6.7% rising
117 Cameroon 75.3% 2023 down 6.6% rising
118 Togo 75.1% 2023 up 24.1% rising
119 Nigeria 74.9% 2009 down 19.9% falling
120 Djibouti 74.0% 2022 up 4.6% flat
121 Malawi 73.5% 2018 up 46.8% rising
122 Nepal 73.4% 2016 up 15.2% rising
123 Zambia 73.3% 2012 down 6.2% rising
124 Mauritania 73.3% 2016 up 12.8% rising
125 Bahamas 73.3% 2015 down 16.9% falling
126 Yemen 72.9% 2012 up 3.2% rising
127 Panama 72.5% 2022 down 19.8% rising
128 Pakistan 70.6% 2018 up 18.1% rising
129 Côte d'Ivoire 70.0% 2021 down 18.0% flat
130 Saint Lucia 68.1% 2022 down 28.3% falling
131 Mali 67.7% 2011 down 14.7% rising
132 Guinea 65.0% 2013 down 13.5% rising
133 Papua New Guinea 64.0% 1997 down 3.3% falling
134 Burundi 63.6% 2019 down 3.3% falling
135 Iraq 63.3% 1999 down 0.1% flat
136 Benin 63.2% 2021 down 6.1% rising
137 Uganda 62.2% 2016 up 6.7% falling
138 Gabon 61.9% 1995 down 6.2% rising
139 Ethiopia 58.9% 2021 up 26.1% rising
140 Central African Republic 56.0% 2011 — rising
141 Mozambique 56.0% 2019 up 9.5% rising
142 Niger 55.4% 2023 down 15.7% flat
143 Nicaragua 55.2% 2007 up 4.2% rising
144 Sierra Leone 49.7% 2019 down 18.0% falling
145 Burkina Faso 47.8% 2022 down 43.9% rising
146 Haiti 39.0% 1985 up 10.3% falling
147 Madagascar 33.3% 2018 down 34.0% rising
148 Guinea-Bissau 19.6% 1987 up 63.1% rising
149 Türkiye 0.0% 2014 down 100.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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About this data

Indicator
Persistence to grade 5, female (% 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
154 places, 3,087 data points, 1970–2023
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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.