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Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% 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
179
Highest
100.0%
Japan
Lowest
8.4%
Guinea-Bissau
Median
92.7%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
6,364

What the numbers show

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort) is currently reported for 179 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Japan; the lowest is 8.4% in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.7%, and the mean is 83.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 142.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 80.9%).

Persistence to last grade of primary, total (% of cohort): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
2 Spain 99.9% 2021 up 2.9% rising
3 Italy 99.9% 2022 up 1.0% flat
4 Bulgaria 99.8% 2023 up 2.0% flat
5 Poland 99.8% 2023 up 2.0% flat
6 Egypt 99.8% 2020 up 3.8% rising
7 Slovakia 99.7% 2023 up 1.9% flat
8 Croatia 99.7% 2022 up 0.5% flat
9 Denmark 99.7% 2023 up 0.2% flat
10 Oman 99.6% 2023 up 1.0% rising
11 Switzerland 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% rising
12 Chile 99.6% 2023 up 0.0% rising
13 Greece 99.5% 2022 up 9.8% flat
14 Austria 99.5% 2023 up 0.0% rising
15 Czechia 99.5% 2021 up 0.2% flat
16 Montenegro 99.5% 2021 up 23.6% rising
17 Serbia 99.4% 2021 up 1.0% flat
18 Singapore 99.4% 2022 up 0.7% rising
19 Estonia 99.4% 2023 up 1.8% flat
20 Slovenia 99.4% 2022 down 0.2% flat
21 Norway 99.3% 2021 up 0.9% flat
22 Azerbaijan 99.3% 2023 up 2.1% flat
23 Macao 99.3% 2023 up 1.1% flat
24 Portugal 99.3% 2020 — rising
25 United Kingdom 99.3% 2020 up 1.7% flat
26 Finland 99.3% 2023 down 0.4% flat
27 Russia 99.1% 2018 up 3.1% flat
28 Turkey 99.0% 2022 up 9.9% flat
29 Tajikistan 99.0% 2016 down 0.0% flat
30 South Korea 98.9% 2023 down 0.5% flat
31 Iceland 98.9% 2019 up 0.8% flat
32 Mexico 98.9% 2023 up 3.3% rising
33 Lithuania 98.6% 2023 up 1.5% flat
34 Mongolia 98.6% 2018 up 8.5% rising
35 Sweden 98.6% 2023 down 1.0% flat
36 Thailand 98.5% 2017 — rising
37 Armenia 98.5% 2022 up 4.5% flat
38 Hungary 98.3% 2023 up 0.1% flat
39 Indonesia 98.2% 2017 up 22.8% rising
40 Israel 98.2% 2023 down 1.1% flat
41 Uzbekistan 98.1% 2020 up 0.0% flat
42 France 98.0% 1999 up 1.6% rising
43 Sri Lanka 97.9% 2022 down 0.6% rising
44 Cyprus 97.9% 2021 up 3.7% flat
45 Belarus 97.9% 2023 down 0.5% rising
46 Kyrgyzstan 97.7% 2020 up 2.5% flat
47 Argentina 97.6% 2022 up 3.2% rising
48 Tunisia 97.3% 2020 up 2.6% rising
49 Kazakhstan 97.1% 2019 down 1.7% rising
50 Brunei 97.0% 2019 up 0.9% rising
51 Georgia 96.9% 2023 down 1.8% flat
52 China 96.8% 2020 — rising
53 Bolivia 96.8% 2023 up 2.2% rising
54 Paraguay 96.7% 2023 up 15.0% rising
55 San Marino 96.6% 2023 down 1.7% flat
56 Germany 96.5% 2012 down 2.0% flat
57 Bahrain 96.4% 2023 down 1.4% rising
58 Malta 96.3% 2021 up 2.0% rising
59 Liechtenstein 96.3% 2020 up 21.2% rising
60 Trinidad and Tobago 96.1% 2022 up 7.6% rising
61 Romania 96.1% 2022 up 2.1% flat
62 Belize 96.1% 2023 up 1.5% rising
63 Vietnam 96.0% 2014 up 12.7% rising
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.7% 2022 up 15.6% rising
65 Hong Kong 95.6% 2023 down 2.9% flat
66 Moldova 95.5% 2023 up 0.4% flat
67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 95.4% 2014 up 41.6% rising
68 South Africa 95.4% 2022 up 19.7% rising
69 Seychelles 95.3% 2023 down 1.5% rising
70 Jordan 95.2% 2023 down 2.8% rising
71 Cape Verde 94.9% 2021 up 6.3% rising
72 Qatar 94.7% 2021 down 3.1% flat
73 Barbados 94.7% 2022 up 1.4% flat
74 Latvia 94.7% 2023 up 1.2% flat
75 Iran 94.7% 2022 down 1.6% rising
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.6% 2017 up 38.0% rising
77 Ecuador 94.4% 2023 up 0.7% rising
78 New Caledonia 94.3% 1989 up 13.7% rising
79 Costa Rica 94.3% 2023 up 4.3% rising
80 Netherlands 94.1% 1984 down 2.0% flat
81 Botswana 94.0% 2012 up 11.9% rising
82 Ukraine 93.6% 2023 down 5.0% flat
83 Philippines 93.4% 2023 up 0.6% rising
84 Fiji 93.1% 2023 down 4.2% flat
85 Peru 93.1% 2016 up 3.8% rising
86 North Macedonia 93.0% 2022 down 4.1% flat
87 Morocco 93.0% 2023 up 4.2% rising
88 Kenya 93.0% 2014 up 19.8% rising
89 Lebanon 92.7% 2022 down 0.6% flat
90 Sao Tome and Principe 92.7% 2016 up 23.5% flat
91 Algeria 92.7% 2021 down 0.1% rising
92 Dominican Republic 92.2% 2023 up 17.3% rising
93 Guyana 92.2% 2011 up 41.6% rising
94 Maldives 91.9% 2023 up 11.9% flat
95 Colombia 91.3% 2021 up 7.8% rising
96 Tonga 91.3% 2019 up 1.0% flat
97 East Timor 89.8% 2018 up 21.0% rising
98 Dominica 89.7% 2021 up 2.1% rising
99 El Salvador 89.3% 2023 up 8.1% rising
100 Cuba 89.0% 2023 down 7.7% rising
101 Uruguay 88.8% 2022 down 10.2% rising
102 Bhutan 88.7% 2016 up 1.5% rising
103 Samoa 88.6% 2019 up 15.7% flat
104 Ghana 88.4% 2021 up 12.1% rising
105 Syria 88.4% 2023 down 5.1% rising
106 Kiribati 87.9% 2023 — rising
107 Zimbabwe 87.6% 2019 up 13.8% rising
108 Venezuela 87.3% 2023 down 3.8% rising
109 Grenada 86.9% 1984 up 30.6% rising
110 Albania 86.7% 2023 down 12.2% flat
111 Guatemala 86.6% 2023 up 20.7% rising
112 Kuwait 85.7% 2020 down 10.7% flat
113 Malaysia 85.2% 2023 down 9.6% flat
114 Aruba 85.0% 2021 down 8.7% falling
115 Bermuda 84.2% 2005 — falling
116 Namibia 84.1% 2017 up 1.9% rising
117 Marshall Islands 83.4% 2021 down 0.0% flat
118 Eswatini 83.2% 2018 down 0.8% rising
119 Laos 82.1% 2019 up 15.5% rising
120 Libya 81.6% 1980 down 8.1% falling
121 Brazil 80.6% 2003 up 8.9% rising
122 Eritrea 80.0% 2017 up 9.1% flat
123 Honduras 79.9% 2023 up 5.9% rising
124 Cambodia 79.7% 2019 up 29.9% rising
125 Tanzania 78.6% 2019 down 3.5% flat
126 Luxembourg 78.4% 2020 down 7.6% falling
127 Gambia 78.2% 2020 up 24.1% flat
128 Belgium 77.8% 1987 up 13.5% rising
129 Vanuatu 77.1% 2020 up 7.9% rising
130 Solomon Islands 74.8% 2018 down 0.5% flat
131 Myanmar 74.8% 2009 up 35.5% rising
132 India 74.2% 2023 down 9.3% rising
133 Sudan 74.2% 2018 down 2.2% flat
134 United Arab Emirates 73.9% 2020 down 24.6% flat
135 Nepal 73.5% 2016 up 19.2% rising
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 73.3% 2020 up 34.6% rising
137 Chad 73.0% 2017 up 142.2% rising
138 Djibouti 72.7% 2022 down 4.2% rising
139 Mauritius 72.2% 2023 down 26.5% flat
140 Comoros 70.9% 2013 up 28.0% rising
141 Congo 70.3% 2007 up 86.2% falling
142 Suriname 70.1% 2020 down 17.6% rising
143 Lesotho 69.9% 2022 up 23.2% rising
144 Yemen 69.5% 2012 down 0.9% flat
145 Rwanda 67.1% 2023 up 94.2% flat
146 Panama 66.7% 2022 down 28.5% rising
147 Jamaica 66.4% 2022 down 22.9% flat
148 Bangladesh 66.2% 2009 — rising
149 Andorra 66.1% 2020 down 6.5% falling
150 Guinea 65.9% 2013 down 13.2% rising
151 Cote d'Ivoire 65.8% 2021 down 19.9% falling
152 Pakistan 65.3% 2018 up 7.5% rising
153 Mauritania 64.9% 2016 up 19.1% falling
154 Bahamas 64.8% 2012 down 20.4% flat
155 Nigeria 64.4% 2009 down 25.4% falling
156 Senegal 63.5% 2023 down 3.1% falling
157 Togo 62.6% 2023 up 18.5% rising
158 Cameroon 61.8% 2023 down 5.9% falling
159 Mali 61.6% 2011 down 18.8% rising
160 Gabon 59.8% 2002 up 13.3% rising
161 Saint Lucia 59.1% 2022 down 34.0% falling
162 Papua New Guinea 56.2% 1997 down 4.4% falling
163 Zambia 55.5% 2012 down 32.8% falling
164 Benin 54.1% 2021 down 8.7% flat
165 Malawi 54.1% 2013 up 59.8% rising
166 Ethiopia 50.5% 2021 up 38.1% falling
167 Burundi 49.7% 2019 down 11.5% falling
168 Iraq 49.5% 1999 down 14.8% falling
169 Nicaragua 48.4% 2007 up 5.4% rising
170 Central African Republic 46.6% 2011 — flat
171 Niger 44.6% 2023 down 30.7% flat
172 Mozambique 43.1% 2019 up 21.5% rising
173 Sierra Leone 39.9% 2019 down 16.4% falling
174 Uganda 35.5% 2016 up 11.5% falling
175 Haiti 32.2% 1985 down 4.5% falling
176 Madagascar 31.6% 2018 down 36.1% rising
177 Burkina Faso 31.0% 2022 down 55.1% flat
178 Palestine 18.6% 2023 down 80.9% falling
179 Guinea-Bissau 8.4% 1987 down 37.9% 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 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
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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.