Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) by country
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.
Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
Chile
Lowest
7.5%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
93.5%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
5,491
What the numbers show
Persistence to last grade of primary, female (% of cohort) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Chile; the lowest is 7.5% in Guinea-Bissau.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.5%, and the mean is 84.5%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 199.4%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 81.3%).
Persistence to last grade of primary, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 100.0% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 1 | Egypt | 100.0% | 2020 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 6 | Japan | 100.0% | 1998 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Montenegro | 100.0% | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 8 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 9 | Thailand | 99.9% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 10 | Spain | 99.9% | 2021 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 11 | Italy | 99.8% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Switzerland | 99.8% | 2021 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Denmark | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 14 | Poland | 99.8% | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 99.8% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 16 | Estonia | 99.7% | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 17 | Austria | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 18 | Croatia | 99.6% | 2022 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 19 | Czechia | 99.6% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 99.3% | 2016 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 21 | Mongolia | 99.3% | 2018 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 22 | Oman | 99.3% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 23 | Russian Federation | 99.3% | 2018 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 25 | Indonesia | 99.2% | 2017 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 26 | Macau, China | 99.2% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.2% | 2020 | — | flat |
| 28 | Greece | 99.2% | 2022 | up 8.7% | flat |
| 29 | Türkiye | 99.1% | 2022 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 30 | Serbia | 99.1% | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 31 | Finland | 99.1% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 99.1% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 33 | Lithuania | 98.9% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 34 | Mexico | 98.9% | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 35 | Singapore | 98.9% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 36 | Korea | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 37 | Norway | 98.8% | 2021 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 38 | Armenia | 98.8% | 2022 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 98.6% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 40 | Sweden | 98.5% | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 41 | Hungary | 98.4% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Mauritius | 98.3% | 2020 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Iceland | 98.2% | 2019 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 44 | Belarus | 98.1% | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 45 | Viet Nam | 98.1% | 2014 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 46 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 98.0% | 2022 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 47 | Tunisia | 98.0% | 2020 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 48 | Kyrgyzstan | 97.8% | 2020 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 49 | Argentina | 97.8% | 2022 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 50 | Brunei Darussalam | 97.6% | 2019 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 51 | Israel | 97.4% | 2023 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 52 | Georgia | 97.1% | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 53 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 97.1% | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 54 | Malta | 97.1% | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 55 | South Africa | 96.8% | 2022 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 56 | Bahrain | 96.7% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.6% | 2022 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 58 | Belize | 96.5% | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 59 | Republic of Moldova | 96.3% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 60 | Germany | 96.3% | 2012 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 61 | Netherlands | 96.1% | 1984 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 62 | Romania | 96.0% | 2022 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 63 | Lebanon | 95.8% | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 64 | Jordan | 95.7% | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 65 | Seychelles | 95.6% | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | Philippines | 95.4% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 67 | Paraguay | 95.4% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 68 | Botswana | 95.4% | 2012 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 69 | Cape Verde | 95.2% | 2021 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Latvia | 95.1% | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 71 | Hong Kong, China | 94.8% | 2023 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 94.8% | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 73 | Guyana | 94.7% | 2011 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 74 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 94.4% | 2022 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 94.2% | 2019 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 94.2% | 1989 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 77 | Ecuador | 94.1% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 78 | Qatar | 94.0% | 2021 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 79 | Fiji | 93.9% | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 80 | Timor-Leste | 93.8% | 2018 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 81 | Morocco | 93.7% | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 82 | Ukraine | 93.5% | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 83 | Algeria | 93.5% | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Maldives | 93.4% | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 93.3% | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 86 | Peru | 93.1% | 2016 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 87 | Bhutan | 93.1% | 2016 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 88 | Colombia | 92.9% | 2021 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 89 | Uruguay | 92.9% | 2021 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 92.2% | 2022 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 91 | Kuwait | 91.6% | 2020 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 92 | Syrian Arab Republic | 91.1% | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 93 | Zimbabwe | 90.8% | 2019 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 94 | Dominica | 90.8% | 2021 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 95 | El Salvador | 90.1% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 96 | Cuba | 89.2% | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 97 | Kiribati | 89.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 98 | Guatemala | 88.3% | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 99 | Albania | 87.7% | 2023 | down 11.6% | flat |
| 100 | Vanuatu | 87.3% | 2019 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 101 | Namibia | 87.0% | 2017 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 102 | Eswatini | 86.4% | 2018 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 103 | Ghana | 85.4% | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 104 | Aruba | 85.2% | 2020 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 105 | Malaysia | 84.9% | 2023 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 106 | Samoa | 84.7% | 2019 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 107 | Cambodia | 84.6% | 2019 | up 36.4% | rising |
| 108 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 84.5% | 2019 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 109 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 83.7% | 2016 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 110 | Gambia | 82.7% | 2020 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 111 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 82.6% | 2019 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 112 | Sudan | 82.1% | 2018 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 81.6% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 114 | Belgium | 79.9% | 1987 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 79.8% | 2020 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 116 | Eritrea | 79.8% | 2017 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 117 | Lesotho | 78.8% | 2022 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 118 | Libya | 78.6% | 1980 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 119 | United Arab Emirates | 77.9% | 2020 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 120 | Myanmar | 77.5% | 2009 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 76.6% | 2018 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 122 | India | 76.0% | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 123 | Suriname | 75.0% | 2020 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 74.9% | 2017 | up 199.4% | rising |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 74.8% | 2008 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 126 | Djibouti | 74.0% | 2022 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 127 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 74.0% | 2020 | up 52.5% | rising |
| 128 | Rwanda | 73.7% | 2023 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 129 | Nepal | 73.4% | 2016 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 130 | Jamaica | 72.0% | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 131 | Kenya | 71.4% | 2003 | — | rising |
| 132 | Pakistan | 70.6% | 2018 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 133 | Congo | 70.5% | 2007 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 134 | Côte d'Ivoire | 68.1% | 2021 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 135 | Senegal | 67.9% | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 136 | Panama | 66.9% | 2022 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 137 | Yemen | 66.7% | 2012 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 138 | Nigeria | 66.6% | 2009 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 139 | Mauritania | 66.4% | 2016 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 140 | Guinea | 65.0% | 2013 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 141 | Bahamas | 64.6% | 2012 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 142 | Togo | 63.5% | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 143 | Cameroon | 62.8% | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 144 | Mali | 59.4% | 2011 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 145 | Saint Lucia | 58.1% | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 146 | Ethiopia | 54.9% | 2021 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 147 | Malawi | 54.6% | 2013 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 54.5% | 1997 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 149 | Benin | 54.4% | 2021 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 150 | Gabon | 53.8% | 1995 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 151 | Zambia | 53.8% | 2012 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 152 | Burundi | 53.7% | 2019 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 153 | Nicaragua | 52.5% | 2007 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 154 | Iraq | 47.2% | 1999 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 47.0% | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 45.4% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 157 | Mozambique | 42.7% | 2019 | up 26.4% | rising |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 40.4% | 2019 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | 36.0% | 2022 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 160 | Uganda | 35.7% | 2016 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 161 | Haiti | 33.9% | 1985 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 162 | Madagascar | 33.3% | 2018 | down 34.0% | rising |
| 163 | Palestine, State of | 18.5% | 2023 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.5% | 1987 | down 29.2% | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 99.0%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 98.6%
- Europe & Central Asia 98.5%
- European Union 98.2%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 98.1%
- Euro area 98.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 96.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 96.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 96.0%
- Late-demographic dividend 96.0%
- Upper middle income 94.2%
- OECD members 93.7%
- High income 92.5%
- Post-demographic dividend 91.8%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 87.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 87.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 87.8%
- IBRD only 86.3%
- Pacific island small states 84.7%
- Caribbean Small States 84.2%
- Arab World 83.3%
- Middle income 83.1%
- North America 82.7%
- World 80.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 80.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 79.9%
- IDA & IBRD total 79.2%
- Low & middle income 79.1%
- Small states 77.5%
- Lower middle income 76.6%
- Other small states 76.0%
- South Asia 75.7%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 75.7%
- IDA blend 72.4%
- IDA total 66.5%
- IDA only 64.0%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 63.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 63.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 63.1%
About this data
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.