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Persistence to grade 5, total (% 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
164
Highest
100.0%
Japan
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
92.1%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,790

What the numbers show

Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Japan; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.1%, and the mean is 85.5%.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 107.1%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).

Persistence to grade 5, total: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
2 Spain 100.0% 2021 up 1.9% rising
3 Italy 99.9% 2022 up 1.0% flat
4 Egypt 99.8% 2020 up 2.7% rising
5 Greece 99.8% 2022 up 8.4% flat
6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.8% 2021 up 2.2% flat
7 China 99.8% 2020 — rising
8 Denmark 99.7% 2023 up 0.1% flat
9 Norway 99.7% 2023 down 0.1% flat
10 Chile 99.7% 2023 up 0.0% rising
11 Switzerland 99.7% 2023 up 0.1% rising
12 Mexico 99.6% 2023 up 3.1% rising
13 Finland 99.6% 2023 down 0.1% flat
14 Poland 99.6% 2018 up 1.6% flat
15 Macau, China 99.6% 2023 up 1.0% flat
16 Singapore 99.5% 2022 up 0.2% flat
17 Indonesia 99.5% 2017 up 15.6% rising
18 Czechia 99.5% 2021 up 0.2% flat
19 Portugal 99.5% 2020 — rising
20 Estonia 99.5% 2023 up 1.5% flat
21 Montenegro 99.5% 2021 up 23.6% rising
22 Malta 99.5% 2022 up 1.0% rising
23 Slovenia 99.4% 2022 down 0.3% flat
24 Iceland 99.3% 2021 up 0.8% flat
25 Belgium 99.2% 2022 up 0.1% rising
26 Brunei Darussalam 99.2% 2019 up 1.1% rising
27 Republic of Korea 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% flat
28 Thailand 98.7% 2017 — rising
29 Israel 98.7% 2023 down 0.5% flat
30 Sweden 98.7% 2023 down 1.0% flat
31 Tunisia 98.6% 2020 up 2.5% rising
32 Andorra 98.5% 2020 up 7.5% flat
33 Oman 98.5% 2016 up 0.5% rising
34 Cyprus 98.1% 2021 up 3.2% flat
35 Trinidad and Tobago 98.1% 2022 up 6.5% rising
36 Argentina 98.0% 2022 up 2.1% rising
37 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.0% 2014 up 20.6% rising
38 France 98.0% 1999 up 1.6% rising
39 Sri Lanka 97.9% 2022 down 0.6% rising
40 Georgia 97.8% 2023 down 1.2% rising
41 Paraguay 97.6% 2023 up 12.5% rising
42 Hong Kong, China 97.6% 2023 down 1.9% flat
43 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.5% 2023 up 1.1% rising
44 Bahrain 97.4% 2023 down 0.5% rising
45 Eswatini 97.3% 2018 up 1.2% rising
46 Belize 97.2% 2023 up 0.8% rising
47 South Africa 97.1% 2022 up 12.2% rising
48 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.7% 2017 up 11.8% rising
49 San Marino 96.6% 2023 down 1.7% flat
50 Botswana 96.3% 2012 up 7.8% flat
51 Liechtenstein 96.3% 2020 up 25.7% rising
52 Luxembourg 96.2% 2020 down 0.5% rising
53 Iran, Islamic Republic of 96.2% 2022 up 0.0% rising
54 Qatar 96.1% 2021 down 2.6% flat
55 Romania 96.1% 2022 — flat
56 Jordan 96.0% 2023 down 2.5% rising
57 Latvia 96.0% 2023 up 1.4% flat
58 Viet Nam 96.0% 2014 up 12.7% rising
59 Seychelles 95.9% 2023 up 9.0% flat
60 Dominican Republic 95.8% 2023 up 15.6% rising
61 Cape Verde 95.7% 2021 up 3.9% rising
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.7% 2022 up 15.6% rising
63 Sao Tome and Principe 95.5% 2016 up 20.6% rising
64 Barbados 95.5% 2022 up 1.1% flat
65 Ecuador 95.5% 2023 up 1.4% rising
66 Costa Rica 95.4% 2023 up 3.9% rising
67 Lebanon 95.4% 2022 down 0.7% flat
68 Philippines 95.2% 2023 up 0.4% rising
69 Fiji 94.8% 2023 down 3.6% flat
70 Guyana 94.6% 2011 up 22.6% flat
71 Peru 94.5% 2016 up 1.4% rising
72 Morocco 94.5% 2023 up 1.9% rising
73 Netherlands 94.5% 1984 down 3.0% flat
74 New Caledonia 94.3% 1989 up 10.4% rising
75 Kenya 93.6% 2014 up 16.1% rising
76 Timor-Leste 93.3% 2018 up 17.4% rising
77 Maldives 93.1% 2023 up 0.5% flat
78 North Macedonia 93.0% 2022 down 4.1% flat
79 Dominica 93.0% 2021 up 3.7% flat
80 Zimbabwe 92.9% 2019 up 11.4% rising
81 Algeria 92.7% 2021 down 0.1% rising
82 Ghana 92.4% 2021 up 4.9% rising
83 Syrian Arab Republic 91.8% 2023 — flat
84 Namibia 91.6% 2017 up 0.1% rising
85 Colombia 91.3% 2021 up 7.8% rising
86 Tonga 91.3% 2019 down 0.3% flat
87 El Salvador 90.9% 2023 up 5.8% rising
88 Guatemala 90.7% 2023 up 17.7% rising
89 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 90.5% 2023 down 0.9% rising
90 Cuba 90.4% 2023 down 6.5% rising
91 Samoa 90.3% 2019 up 13.5% flat
92 Mauritius 90.2% 2023 down 8.7% flat
93 Kiribati 89.7% 2023 — flat
94 Bhutan 89.5% 2017 down 3.1% rising
95 Uruguay 89.0% 2022 down 10.3% rising
96 Malaysia 88.5% 2023 down 7.1% flat
97 Cayman Islands 87.5% 2023 up 8.3% rising
98 Aruba 87.2% 2021 down 6.6% falling
99 Grenada 87.2% 2017 up 5.1% flat
100 Albania 86.7% 2023 down 12.2% rising
101 Libya 86.4% 1980 down 4.0% falling
102 Marshall Islands 86.4% 2021 down 0.5% flat
103 Kuwait 85.7% 2020 down 10.7% falling
104 Saudi Arabia 85.5% 2018 down 8.9% flat
105 Honduras 84.5% 2023 up 2.7% rising
106 Tanzania, United Republic of 84.5% 2019 down 5.9% flat
107 United States of America 84.4% 2021 — flat
108 Lesotho 84.3% 2022 up 22.1% rising
109 Cambodia 84.1% 2019 up 22.5% rising
110 Solomon Islands 82.4% 2018 down 0.9% flat
111 Lao People's Democratic Republic 82.1% 2019 up 15.5% rising
112 Afghanistan 82.0% 1984 up 27.4% rising
113 Vanuatu 81.6% 2020 up 7.2% rising
114 Bermuda 81.4% 2012 down 15.6% falling
115 Gambia 81.3% 2020 up 20.6% flat
116 Sudan 81.0% 2018 up 1.7% flat
117 United Arab Emirates 80.9% 2018 down 17.4% rising
118 Eritrea 80.0% 2017 up 9.1% flat
119 Chad 78.6% 2017 up 107.1% rising
120 Jamaica 78.4% 2022 down 10.4% flat
121 Senegal 78.2% 2023 up 0.7% falling
122 Tuvalu 78.1% 2021 down 16.8% rising
123 Suriname 78.0% 2020 down 12.1% rising
124 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 76.9% 2020 up 28.7% rising
125 Congo 76.9% 2007 up 39.8% falling
126 Rwanda 76.8% 2023 up 47.1% rising
127 Yemen 75.4% 2012 down 0.7% flat
128 Myanmar 74.8% 2009 up 35.5% rising
129 Comoros 74.6% 2013 up 21.4% rising
130 Cameroon 74.5% 2023 down 6.0% rising
131 Zambia 74.5% 2012 down 19.9% rising
132 India 74.2% 2023 down 9.3% rising
133 Togo 74.0% 2023 up 21.6% rising
134 Nepal 73.5% 2016 up 19.2% rising
135 Djibouti 72.7% 2022 down 4.2% rising
136 Nigeria 72.4% 2009 down 21.2% falling
137 Panama 72.3% 2022 down 23.1% rising
138 Gabon 72.3% 2002 up 20.2% rising
139 Malawi 71.7% 2018 up 41.4% rising
140 Mauritania 70.7% 2016 up 10.9% falling
141 Saint Lucia 70.4% 2022 down 25.9% falling
142 Bahamas 70.2% 2015 down 17.4% falling
143 Côte d'Ivoire 68.0% 2021 down 19.8% falling
144 Guinea 66.6% 2013 down 18.1% rising
145 Bangladesh 66.2% 2009 — rising
146 Iraq 65.6% 1999 down 9.1% falling
147 Pakistan 65.3% 2018 up 7.5% rising
148 Papua New Guinea 65.2% 1997 down 2.0% flat
149 Benin 62.7% 2021 down 7.2% rising
150 Uganda 61.1% 2016 up 5.5% falling
151 Burundi 59.9% 2019 down 3.9% falling
152 Central African Republic 56.7% 2011 — rising
153 Mali 56.5% 2012 down 24.4% rising
154 Mozambique 56.4% 2019 up 5.1% rising
155 Ethiopia 55.5% 2021 up 25.9% rising
156 Niger 53.5% 2023 down 16.9% flat
157 Nicaragua 51.4% 2007 up 6.0% rising
158 Sierra Leone 49.1% 2019 down 17.7% falling
159 Belarus 45.7% 1989 down 52.5% falling
160 Burkina Faso 43.4% 2022 down 46.2% rising
161 Haiti 36.2% 1985 up 2.9% falling
162 Madagascar 31.6% 2018 down 36.1% rising
163 Guinea-Bissau 21.9% 1987 up 27.6% rising
164 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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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
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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.