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Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country

Percentage of a cohort of students enrolled in the first grade of primary education in a given school year who are expected to reach grade 4, regardless of repetition. Divide the total number of students belonging to a school-cohort who reached each successive grade of primary education by the number of students in...

Countries reporting
180
Highest
100.0%
Japan
Lowest
16.1%
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
95.8%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,946

What the numbers show

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 180 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Japan; the lowest is 16.1% in Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.8%, and the mean is 89.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 75.7%), and the largest decrease in Syrian Arab Republic (down 83.1%).

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 100.0% 2016 down 0.0% flat
2 Türkiye 100.0% 2017 up 4.5% flat
3 Denmark 99.9% 2017 up 0.3% flat
4 Finland 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
5 Switzerland 99.9% 2017 — flat
6 Spain 99.9% 2017 up 0.0% flat
7 Estonia 99.8% 2017 up 1.1% flat
8 Chile 99.8% 2017 up 0.5% rising
9 Sweden 99.8% 2017 down 0.0% flat
10 China 99.8% 2018 — rising
11 Italy 99.8% 2017 up 0.1% flat
12 Singapore 99.8% 2017 up 0.4% flat
13 Indonesia 99.7% 2017 up 10.4% rising
14 Egypt 99.7% 2018 up 1.4% rising
15 Poland 99.7% 2017 up 1.5% flat
16 Austria 99.6% 2017 up 0.2% rising
17 Czechia 99.5% 2017 up 0.6% flat
18 Iceland 99.5% 2017 down 0.3% flat
19 Norway 99.5% 2017 up 0.3% flat
20 Slovenia 99.4% 2017 down 0.2% flat
21 Republic of Korea 99.4% 2017 up 0.3% flat
22 Georgia 99.4% 2018 up 3.2% flat
23 Luxembourg 99.4% 2016 up 0.8% rising
24 Ecuador 99.4% 2017 up 18.3% rising
25 Macau, China 99.3% 2018 up 0.1% flat
26 Cyprus 99.3% 2017 up 3.9% flat
27 United Arab Emirates 99.3% 2014 up 4.0% rising
28 Israel 99.2% 2017 down 0.1% flat
29 Kazakhstan 99.2% 2018 up 0.2% rising
30 Sri Lanka 99.1% 2016 down 0.4% rising
31 Thailand 99.1% 2017 — rising
32 North Macedonia 99.1% 2017 up 1.6% flat
33 Malta 99.1% 2017 up 2.5% rising
34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.1% 2014 up 8.2% rising
35 Tajikistan 99.0% 2016 down 0.0% flat
36 Hungary 98.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
37 Iran, Islamic Republic of 98.9% 2016 up 1.9% rising
38 Oman 98.8% 2018 up 2.5% rising
39 Panama 98.8% 2016 up 7.1% rising
40 Serbia 98.7% 2018 up 0.6% flat
41 Ukraine 98.7% 2018 up 1.0% rising
42 Slovakia 98.7% 2017 up 1.3% flat
43 Hong Kong, China 98.6% 2018 down 1.2% flat
44 Greece 98.6% 2017 up 0.9% flat
45 France 98.5% 1999 up 0.5% rising
46 Eswatini 98.5% 2017 up 17.0% rising
47 Antigua and Barbuda 98.5% 2017 up 3.1% rising
48 San Marino 98.5% 2018 up 5.2% falling
49 Uzbekistan 98.3% 2018 down 0.1% flat
50 Andorra 98.3% 2018 up 1.9% flat
51 Belarus 98.3% 2017 up 0.3% rising
52 Kyrgyzstan 98.3% 2018 up 2.1% rising
53 Mongolia 98.2% 2017 up 8.0% rising
54 Mauritius 98.2% 2018 up 0.0% flat
55 Bahrain 98.2% 2018 down 0.1% rising
56 Tunisia 98.1% 2016 down 0.3% rising
57 Latvia 98.1% 2017 up 1.2% rising
58 Malaysia 98.0% 2016 down 1.3% flat
59 Liechtenstein 98.0% 2017 up 18.1% rising
60 Lithuania 97.8% 2017 down 0.2% flat
61 Seychelles 97.8% 2018 up 0.7% flat
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 97.7% 2017 up 8.0% rising
63 Brunei Darussalam 97.6% 2018 down 2.0% rising
64 Morocco 97.6% 2018 up 10.0% rising
65 Belgium 97.5% 2017 up 4.8% rising
66 Belize 97.5% 2017 up 4.9% rising
67 Maldives 97.4% 2018 down 0.5% flat
68 Viet Nam 97.4% 2014 up 13.9% rising
69 Jordan 97.3% 2018 up 3.0% rising
70 Argentina 97.3% 2016 up 0.2% rising
71 Mexico 97.3% 2017 up 2.1% rising
72 Russian Federation 97.2% 2015 up 2.5% flat
73 Sao Tome and Principe 97.2% 2016 up 14.1% rising
74 Cuba 97.1% 2018 up 0.9% rising
75 Jamaica 97.1% 2018 up 8.7% flat
76 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.0% 2017 up 8.6% rising
77 Croatia 96.7% 2017 down 1.5% flat
78 Aruba 96.7% 2013 up 1.1% flat
79 Guyana 96.6% 2011 up 12.3% flat
80 Samoa 96.6% 2018 up 5.7% flat
81 Germany 96.5% 2012 down 2.0% flat
82 Philippines 96.5% 2016 up 21.0% rising
83 Bulgaria 96.4% 2017 up 2.8% flat
84 Dominican Republic 96.2% 2018 up 12.6% rising
85 Timor-Leste 96.1% 2018 up 14.6% rising
86 Peru 96.1% 2016 up 1.7% rising
87 Costa Rica 96.1% 2016 up 4.8% rising
88 Armenia 96.0% 2018 up 0.9% falling
89 Romania 96.0% 2016 up 2.4% flat
90 Palestine, State of 95.9% 2018 down 2.0% flat
91 Barbados 95.8% 2010 down 2.1% flat
92 Azerbaijan 95.8% 2018 down 2.7% rising
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.6% 2018 down 3.2% flat
94 New Caledonia 95.5% 1989 up 3.7% rising
95 Kenya 95.5% 2014 up 13.3% rising
96 Cape Verde 95.1% 2015 down 0.4% rising
97 Algeria 94.9% 2018 down 3.8% rising
98 Namibia 94.9% 2017 up 1.9% rising
99 Saint Lucia 94.7% 2018 down 0.2% flat
100 Suriname 94.7% 2018 down 1.6% rising
101 Netherlands 94.7% 1984 down 2.9% flat
102 South Africa 94.5% 2017 up 11.8% rising
103 Botswana 94.5% 2013 up 4.2% flat
104 Kiribati 94.0% 2015 up 10.4% falling
105 Fiji 93.9% 2015 down 2.7% flat
106 Republic of Moldova 93.8% 2018 down 1.4% flat
107 Colombia 93.8% 2017 up 9.5% rising
108 Qatar 93.0% 2018 down 3.4% flat
109 Djibouti 92.8% 2019 up 7.1% rising
110 Uruguay 92.7% 2016 down 2.9% flat
111 Trinidad and Tobago 92.7% 2009 down 3.0% rising
112 Tanzania, United Republic of 92.3% 2018 up 5.9% rising
113 Ghana 92.0% 2017 up 9.0% rising
114 Tonga 91.7% 2005 up 0.2% falling
115 Honduras 91.6% 2016 up 6.1% rising
116 Albania 91.4% 2018 down 2.5% rising
117 Grenada 91.3% 2017 up 3.0% flat
118 Kuwait 91.2% 2018 down 6.9% rising
119 Lebanon 90.8% 2018 down 6.6% flat
120 Paraguay 90.4% 2011 up 5.1% rising
121 Bhutan 90.0% 2017 down 4.5% rising
122 Libya 89.9% 1980 down 4.6% falling
123 India 89.8% 2018 up 6.6% rising
124 Gambia 89.4% 2018 up 15.0% flat
125 El Salvador 89.3% 2017 up 6.8% rising
126 Bermuda 89.2% 2012 down 9.0% flat
127 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 88.6% 2016 down 9.9% rising
128 Sudan 88.4% 2016 up 4.7% flat
129 Cambodia 88.3% 2018 up 26.2% rising
130 Eritrea 87.8% 2017 up 9.3% flat
131 Montenegro 87.3% 2018 down 9.9% flat
132 Lesotho 87.2% 2015 up 7.9% rising
133 Lao People's Democratic Republic 86.9% 2018 up 18.3% rising
134 Cayman Islands 86.2% 2012 down 8.5% rising
135 Chad 86.2% 2017 up 75.7% rising
136 Afghanistan 85.6% 1984 up 18.1% rising
137 Zimbabwe 85.1% 2012 up 20.2% flat
138 Congo 84.7% 2007 up 22.2% falling
139 Guatemala 83.5% 2018 down 5.0% rising
140 Rwanda 83.0% 2018 up 48.2% flat
141 Vanuatu 82.6% 2008 up 6.8% rising
142 Zambia 82.3% 2012 down 14.0% falling
143 Gabon 82.1% 2002 up 27.9% rising
144 Dominica 81.8% 2015 down 9.4% flat
145 Saudi Arabia 81.7% 2016 down 13.4% falling
146 Cameroon 81.5% 2018 up 1.9% rising
147 Mauritania 81.2% 2016 up 7.7% falling
148 Yemen 81.1% 2012 up 0.1% flat
149 Comoros 81.0% 2013 up 15.5% rising
150 Brazil 80.6% 2003 up 8.9% rising
151 Myanmar 80.5% 2009 up 24.8% rising
152 Niger 80.1% 2015 up 4.1% flat
153 Nigeria 79.0% 2009 down 15.5% falling
154 Malawi 77.4% 2018 up 30.1% rising
155 Bahamas 76.1% 2015 down 12.3% flat
156 Solomon Islands 76.1% 2017 down 14.0% flat
157 Senegal 76.1% 2014 up 1.0% falling
158 Iraq 75.8% 1999 down 8.3% flat
159 Côte d'Ivoire 75.4% 2018 up 1.7% falling
160 Nepal 74.0% 2016 up 11.2% rising
161 Burkina Faso 73.6% 2018 down 13.7% rising
162 Papua New Guinea 72.9% 1997 up 0.0% flat
163 Pakistan 72.8% 2018 up 4.0% rising
164 Bangladesh 72.4% 2009 — rising
165 Guinea 72.3% 2013 down 17.5% rising
166 Uganda 68.9% 2016 up 6.2% falling
167 Mozambique 68.0% 2018 up 6.0% rising
168 Central African Republic 66.8% 2011 — rising
169 Togo 65.1% 2013 down 19.6% rising
170 Mali 64.9% 2012 down 20.5% rising
171 Nicaragua 61.8% 2007 up 4.8% rising
172 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 61.6% 2014 down 21.3% rising
173 Burundi 60.0% 2018 down 18.8% falling
174 Benin 53.6% 2018 down 20.8% rising
175 Ethiopia 50.6% 2014 down 31.0% rising
176 Guinea-Bissau 42.4% 1987 up 40.4% rising
177 Madagascar 42.3% 2018 down 29.7% rising
178 Haiti 39.7% 1985 down 3.7% falling
179 Sierra Leone 37.5% 2017 down 44.1% falling
180 Syrian Arab Republic 16.1% 2012 down 83.1% falling

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, both sexes (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 3,946 data points, 1970–2019
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Percentage of a cohort of students enrolled in the first grade of primary education in a given school year who are expected to reach grade 4, regardless of repetition. Divide the total number of students belonging to a school-cohort who reached each successive grade of primary education by the number of students in the school-cohort i.e. those originally enrolled in the first grade of primary education, and multiply the result by 100. The survival rate is calculated on the basis of the reconstructed cohort method, which uses data on enrolment and repeaters for two consecutive years.