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

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
170
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
18.5%
Palestine, State of
Median
96.3%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,698

What the numbers show

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 170 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 18.5% in Palestine, State of.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.3%, and the mean is 90.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 470.5%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 81.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100.0% 2020 up 6.8% flat
1 Chile 100.0% 2023 up 0.0% rising
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2021 up 3.2% flat
1 Egypt 100.0% 2020 up 1.5% rising
1 Spain 100.0% 2021 up 2.0% flat
1 Finland 100.0% 2023 up 0.1% flat
1 Portugal 100.0% 2020 rising
1 Slovenia 100.0% 2022 up 0.4% flat
9 Japan 100.0% 1998 up 0.1% flat
10 Indonesia 100.0% 2017 up 5.8% rising
11 Slovakia 100.0% 2023 up 1.6% flat
12 Thailand 99.9% 2017 rising
13 Belgium 99.9% 2022 down 0.1% rising
14 Denmark 99.9% 2023 up 0.3% flat
15 Switzerland 99.8% 2023 up 0.2% flat
16 Mexico 99.8% 2023 up 1.8% rising
17 Italy 99.8% 2022 up 0.2% flat
18 China 99.8% 2020 flat
19 Poland 99.8% 2023 up 1.1% flat
20 Bulgaria 99.8% 2023 up 1.6% rising
21 Estonia 99.7% 2023 up 1.4% flat
22 Macau, China 99.7% 2023 up 0.5% flat
23 Greece 99.7% 2022 up 6.2% flat
24 Viet Nam 99.6% 2014 up 16.7% rising
25 Austria 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% flat
26 Norway 99.6% 2023 down 0.2% flat
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 99.6% 2021 down 0.4% flat
28 Czechia 99.6% 2021 up 0.2% flat
29 Croatia 99.6% 2022 up 0.5% flat
30 Brunei Darussalam 99.6% 2019 up 0.2% flat
31 Paraguay 99.5% 2023 up 8.8% rising
32 Mongolia 99.5% 2018 up 9.0% rising
33 Montenegro 99.4% 2022 up 1.6% flat
34 Tajikistan 99.3% 2016 up 0.1% flat
35 Tunisia 99.3% 2020 up 1.0% rising
36 Iceland 99.3% 2021 down 0.7% flat
37 Oman 99.3% 2023 up 0.9% rising
38 Azerbaijan 99.2% 2023 down 0.7% rising
39 Singapore 99.2% 2022 down 0.3% flat
40 Qatar 99.1% 2022 up 0.5% flat
41 Türkiye 99.1% 2022 up 9.4% flat
42 Serbia 99.1% 2021 up 0.7% flat
43 Uzbekistan 99.1% 2020 up 0.7% flat
44 Argentina 99.1% 2022 up 2.3% rising
45 Mauritius 99.0% 2020 up 0.1% flat
46 Republic of Korea 99.0% 2023 down 0.6% flat
47 Lithuania 98.9% 2023 up 1.4% flat
48 Sri Lanka 98.8% 2022 down 0.8% flat
49 Bahrain 98.8% 2023 up 1.7% flat
50 Guyana 98.8% 2011 up 6.8% flat
51 Sweden 98.8% 2023 down 1.0% flat
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 98.8% 2022 up 0.6% flat
53 Armenia 98.8% 2022 up 4.8% rising
54 South Africa 98.7% 2022 up 5.2% rising
55 Georgia 98.5% 2023 down 0.5% rising
56 Belize 98.5% 2023 up 3.3% rising
57 Trinidad and Tobago 98.5% 2022 up 3.5% flat
58 Hungary 98.4% 2023 down 0.0% flat
59 Timor-Leste 98.4% 2018 up 14.4% rising
60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.4% 2014 up 14.5% flat
61 Luxembourg 98.4% 2020 down 0.6% rising
62 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 98.3% 2023 down 0.0% rising
63 Israel 98.2% 2023 down 0.6% flat
64 Eswatini 98.2% 2018 up 0.3% rising
65 Belarus 98.1% 2023 down 0.0% flat
66 Botswana 98.1% 2013 up 6.6% rising
67 Lebanon 98.1% 2022 down 1.0% flat
68 Jordan 98.0% 2023 down 1.9% rising
69 Seychelles 98.0% 2023 up 2.0% flat
70 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 97.9% 2023 up 4.5% rising
71 Kyrgyzstan 97.8% 2020 up 2.0% flat
72 Latvia 97.5% 2023 up 1.8% flat
73 Cape Verde 97.5% 2021 up 3.2% rising
74 Philippines 97.5% 2023 up 0.1% rising
75 Dominican Republic 97.4% 2023 up 10.9% rising
76 Barbados 97.4% 2021 up 4.0% flat
77 Algeria 97.3% 2023 up 0.3% rising
78 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.1% 2017 up 10.7% rising
79 Malta 97.1% 2021 down 0.8% flat
80 Hong Kong, China 97.0% 2023 down 2.8% flat
81 Iran, Islamic Republic of 96.7% 2022 down 0.5% rising
82 Romania 96.5% 2022 up 2.4% flat
83 Fiji 96.4% 2023 down 2.1% flat
84 Costa Rica 96.4% 2023 up 1.1% rising
85 Netherlands 96.4% 1984 down 2.7% flat
86 Republic of Moldova 96.3% 2023 up 1.8% flat
87 Ecuador 96.3% 2023 down 3.4% rising
88 Germany 96.3% 2012 down 2.8% flat
89 New Caledonia 96.2% 1989 up 4.4% rising
90 Peru 96.1% 2016 up 1.4% rising
91 Maldives 95.9% 2023 up 0.1% flat
92 Namibia 95.7% 2017 up 1.6% rising
93 Zimbabwe 95.7% 2019 up 10.8% rising
94 Uruguay 95.6% 2021 down 4.3% flat
95 Morocco 95.5% 2023 up 0.4% rising
96 Dominica 95.4% 2021 down 2.0% rising
97 Guatemala 95.0% 2023 up 13.6% rising
98 North Macedonia 94.8% 2022 down 3.7% flat
99 Vanuatu 94.4% 2019 up 17.5% rising
100 Syrian Arab Republic 94.3% 2023 up 470.5% flat
101 Kazakhstan 94.2% 2019 down 5.0% rising
102 El Salvador 94.0% 2023 up 3.6% rising
103 Colombia 93.8% 2021 up 4.1% rising
104 Kiribati 93.7% 2023 flat
105 Ukraine 93.5% 2023 down 5.6% rising
106 Kuwait 92.8% 2020 down 5.1% rising
107 Cuba 92.7% 2023 down 4.7% rising
108 Bhutan 92.5% 2017 down 6.1% rising
109 Tanzania, United Republic of 92.5% 2019 down 2.8% flat
110 Ghana 92.5% 2021 down 0.7% rising
111 Sudan 92.1% 2018 up 9.9% flat
112 Tonga 91.5% 2019 down 0.1% flat
113 Malaysia 91.4% 2023 down 5.7% flat
114 Cambodia 91.2% 2019 up 22.3% rising
115 Aruba 90.7% 2021 down 9.0% falling
116 Albania 90.7% 2023 down 8.5% flat
117 Samoa 90.5% 2019 up 6.7% flat
118 Lesotho 90.4% 2022 up 14.7% rising
119 Libya 90.0% 1980 down 2.3% falling
120 Honduras 89.8% 2023 up 1.5% rising
121 Gambia 89.6% 2020 up 16.2% rising
122 Solomon Islands 89.0% 2018 up 1.9% rising
123 Sao Tome and Principe 89.0% 2010 up 7.5% rising
124 Congo 88.8% 2007 down 1.8% rising
125 Lao People's Democratic Republic 88.4% 2019 up 15.9% rising
126 Eritrea 87.2% 2017 up 13.7% flat
127 Chad 87.1% 2017 up 91.4% rising
128 Mauritania 86.7% 2016 up 12.9% rising
129 Kenya 86.2% 2004 rising
130 Suriname 85.2% 2020 down 8.4% rising
131 Jamaica 84.5% 2022 down 4.6% falling
132 Rwanda 84.0% 2023 up 28.7% rising
133 Senegal 83.3% 2023 up 2.0% falling
134 Saudi Arabia 83.2% 2021 down 16.8% flat
135 Côte d'Ivoire 82.4% 2023 down 4.3% flat
136 Zambia 81.7% 2012 down 4.8% falling
137 Myanmar 81.7% 2009 up 28.0% rising
138 Cameroon 81.2% 2023 down 2.2% rising
139 Nigeria 80.9% 2009 down 14.7% falling
140 Bahamas 80.9% 2015 down 9.8% falling
141 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 80.3% 2020 up 21.9% rising
142 Djibouti 80.1% 2022 down 4.9% flat
143 Yemen 79.0% 2012 up 2.5% flat
144 Panama 78.4% 2022 down 15.6% rising
145 Malawi 78.3% 2018 up 34.4% rising
146 United Arab Emirates 77.9% 2020 down 21.2% falling
147 Pakistan 77.2% 2018 up 10.8% rising
148 India 76.6% 2023 down 9.1% rising
149 Togo 76.5% 2023 up 16.9% rising
150 Iraq 74.8% 1999 down 1.9% flat
151 Mali 73.9% 2011 down 15.3% rising
152 Nepal 73.5% 2016 up 8.4% rising
153 Benin 73.2% 2021 down 3.8% rising
154 Saint Lucia 72.9% 2022 down 23.8% falling
155 Papua New Guinea 71.6% 1997 down 1.3% falling
156 Guinea 70.5% 2013 down 14.6% rising
157 Uganda 69.6% 2016 up 6.6% falling
158 Burundi 68.4% 2019 down 0.4% falling
159 Ethiopia 67.2% 2021 up 27.5% rising
160 Central African Republic 66.8% 2011 rising
161 Gabon 66.4% 1995 down 4.5% rising
162 Mozambique 65.7% 2019 up 6.0% rising
163 Nicaragua 65.1% 2007 up 3.9% rising
164 Niger 63.9% 2023 down 7.2% flat
165 Sierra Leone 56.4% 2019 down 17.0% falling
166 Burkina Faso 55.2% 2022 down 35.4% rising
167 Madagascar 43.9% 2018 down 28.3% rising
168 Haiti 41.7% 1985 down 1.0% falling
169 Guinea-Bissau 34.2% 1987 up 111.5% rising
170 Palestine, State of 18.5% 2023 down 81.3% falling

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
170 places, 3,698 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release