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

Percentage of a cohort of female 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...

Countries reporting
164
Highest
100.0%
Spain
Lowest
16.5%
Syria
Median
96.2%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,248

What the numbers show

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Spain; the lowest is 16.5% in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.2%, and the mean is 90.1%.

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

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea-Bissau (up 111.5%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 82.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Spain 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
1 Sweden 100.0% 2017 up 0.1% flat
1 Uruguay 100.0% 2015 up 5.0% flat
4 Japan 100.0% 2016 up 0.0% flat
5 Indonesia 100.0% 2017 up 5.8% rising
6 Denmark 100.0% 2017 up 0.0% flat
7 Turkey 100.0% 2017 up 4.1% flat
8 Thailand 99.9% 2017 — rising
9 Egypt 99.9% 2018 up 1.4% rising
10 Switzerland 99.9% 2017 — flat
11 Chile 99.9% 2017 up 0.8% rising
12 Finland 99.9% 2017 down 0.1% flat
13 Italy 99.9% 2017 up 0.0% flat
14 Slovenia 99.9% 2017 up 0.4% flat
15 Macao 99.8% 2018 up 0.3% flat
16 Estonia 99.8% 2017 up 1.5% flat
17 Aruba 99.7% 2013 up 3.8% flat
18 Austria 99.7% 2017 down 0.3% flat
19 Poland 99.7% 2017 up 1.2% flat
20 Vietnam 99.6% 2014 up 16.7% rising
21 Uzbekistan 99.6% 2018 up 0.7% flat
22 Czechia 99.6% 2017 up 0.6% flat
23 Singapore 99.6% 2017 up 0.1% flat
24 Norway 99.5% 2017 down 0.2% flat
25 Sri Lanka 99.5% 2016 down 0.2% flat
26 Georgia 99.4% 2018 up 3.2% rising
27 South Korea 99.4% 2017 up 0.1% flat
28 Tajikistan 99.3% 2016 up 0.1% flat
29 Ecuador 99.3% 2017 up 16.6% rising
30 Luxembourg 99.3% 2016 up 0.3% flat
31 Hungary 99.1% 2017 up 0.3% flat
32 North Macedonia 99.1% 2017 up 2.5% flat
33 Malta 99.1% 2017 up 2.1% flat
34 Iceland 99.1% 2017 down 0.9% flat
35 Hong Kong 98.9% 2018 down 1.1% flat
36 Slovakia 98.9% 2017 up 0.8% flat
37 Oman 98.8% 2018 up 1.5% rising
38 Andorra 98.8% 2016 up 1.9% flat
39 Guyana 98.8% 2011 up 6.8% flat
40 Kazakhstan 98.8% 2018 down 0.5% rising
41 Belarus 98.7% 2017 down 1.3% flat
42 Mongolia 98.7% 2017 up 8.1% rising
43 Bahrain 98.6% 2018 up 1.6% flat
44 Malaysia 98.6% 2016 down 1.3% flat
45 Latvia 98.6% 2017 up 2.3% flat
46 Cyprus 98.5% 2017 up 1.8% flat
47 Israel 98.5% 2017 up 0.0% flat
48 Greece 98.5% 2017 up 1.1% flat
49 East Timor 98.4% 2018 up 14.4% rising
50 Saint Kitts and Nevis 98.4% 2014 up 14.5% flat
51 Ukraine 98.3% 2018 up 0.4% rising
52 Costa Rica 98.3% 2015 up 1.5% rising
53 Belgium 98.3% 2017 up 5.0% rising
54 Iran 98.3% 2016 up 1.4% rising
55 Serbia 98.2% 2018 up 1.0% flat
56 Botswana 98.1% 2013 up 6.6% rising
57 Morocco 98.1% 2018 up 10.1% rising
58 Brunei 98.1% 2018 down 1.9% flat
59 Lithuania 98.1% 2017 up 0.1% flat
60 Tunisia 98.0% 2016 down 0.1% rising
61 Bolivia 98.0% 2017 up 8.5% rising
62 Samoa 97.9% 2018 up 3.2% rising
63 Jordan 97.8% 2018 up 1.9% rising
64 Kyrgyzstan 97.8% 2018 up 1.1% flat
65 Cuba 97.8% 2018 up 0.9% rising
66 Suriname 97.7% 2018 down 2.3% rising
67 Mauritius 97.5% 2018 down 2.5% flat
68 Philippines 97.4% 2016 up 16.7% rising
69 Jamaica 97.3% 2018 up 7.3% flat
70 Mexico 97.2% 2017 up 1.3% rising
71 Argentina 97.1% 2016 up 0.2% rising
72 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 97.1% 2017 up 10.7% rising
73 Armenia 97.1% 2018 up 2.4% flat
74 Croatia 96.8% 2017 down 2.1% flat
75 Dominican Republic 96.8% 2018 up 23.9% rising
76 Belize 96.8% 2017 up 4.6% rising
77 Azerbaijan 96.8% 2018 up 0.1% rising
78 Maldives 96.7% 2018 up 3.3% flat
79 Seychelles 96.6% 2017 down 1.0% flat
80 Netherlands 96.4% 1984 down 2.7% flat
81 Germany 96.3% 2012 down 2.8% flat
82 Bulgaria 96.3% 2017 up 2.2% flat
83 New Caledonia 96.2% 1989 up 4.4% rising
84 Peru 96.1% 2016 up 1.4% rising
85 Romania 96.0% 2016 up 1.9% flat
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 96.0% 2018 down 2.5% flat
87 Eswatini 95.7% 2016 up 6.8% rising
88 Palestine 95.7% 2018 down 2.7% flat
89 Namibia 95.7% 2017 up 1.6% rising
90 Colombia 95.6% 2017 up 8.4% rising
91 South Africa 95.5% 2017 up 12.5% rising
92 Cape Verde 95.1% 2015 down 1.2% rising
93 Saint Lucia 94.6% 2018 down 1.8% flat
94 Algeria 94.6% 2018 down 4.7% rising
95 Fiji 94.3% 2015 down 1.5% flat
96 United Arab Emirates 93.7% 2012 down 2.0% flat
97 Djibouti 93.7% 2019 up 9.0% rising
98 Barbados 93.7% 2010 up 1.5% flat
99 Kuwait 93.6% 2018 down 4.3% rising
100 Tanzania 93.5% 2018 up 6.5% rising
101 Panama 92.8% 2013 up 5.0% rising
102 Qatar 92.5% 2018 down 6.5% flat
103 Bhutan 92.5% 2017 down 6.1% rising
104 Honduras 92.4% 2016 up 3.5% rising
105 Ghana 92.2% 2017 up 11.5% rising
106 Lebanon 91.6% 2018 down 4.9% flat
107 Tonga 91.6% 2005 up 2.0% flat
108 Paraguay 91.5% 2011 up 5.0% rising
109 Albania 91.4% 2018 down 3.2% rising
110 Gambia 91.2% 2018 up 16.2% rising
111 Lesotho 90.6% 2015 up 6.9% rising
112 Cambodia 90.5% 2018 up 25.7% rising
113 El Salvador 90.4% 2017 up 6.0% rising
114 India 90.3% 2018 up 7.2% rising
115 Moldova 90.2% 2018 down 5.6% falling
116 Libya 90.0% 1980 down 2.3% falling
117 Sao Tome and Principe 89.0% 2010 up 7.5% rising
118 Congo 88.8% 2007 down 1.8% rising
119 Laos 88.5% 2018 up 17.9% rising
120 Venezuela 88.4% 2016 down 11.6% rising
121 Eritrea 87.2% 2017 up 13.7% flat
122 Chad 87.1% 2017 up 91.4% rising
123 Mauritania 86.7% 2016 up 12.9% rising
124 Zimbabwe 86.4% 2012 up 19.9% flat
125 Sudan 86.3% 2016 up 2.9% flat
126 Kenya 86.2% 2004 — rising
127 Rwanda 85.4% 2018 up 47.8% flat
128 Guatemala 84.6% 2018 down 3.7% rising
129 Cameroon 82.3% 2018 up 1.3% rising
130 Kiribati 81.8% 2005 down 8.6% falling
131 Zambia 81.7% 2012 down 4.8% falling
132 Myanmar 81.7% 2009 up 28.0% rising
133 Saudi Arabia 81.6% 2016 down 10.3% falling
134 Nigeria 80.9% 2009 down 14.7% falling
135 Bahamas 80.9% 2015 down 9.8% falling
136 Vanuatu 80.4% 2008 up 5.6% rising
137 Niger 80.1% 2015 up 7.9% flat
138 Yemen 79.0% 2012 up 2.5% flat
139 Dominica 78.5% 2014 down 14.9% flat
140 Malawi 78.3% 2018 up 34.4% rising
141 Senegal 77.3% 2014 up 4.7% falling
142 Solomon Islands 76.9% 2017 down 12.0% rising
143 Burkina Faso 76.4% 2018 down 9.8% rising
144 Iraq 74.8% 1999 down 1.9% flat
145 Pakistan 74.1% 2018 up 6.3% rising
146 Mali 73.9% 2011 down 15.3% rising
147 Nepal 73.5% 2016 up 8.4% rising
148 Democratic Republic of Congo 71.7% 2014 down 8.4% rising
149 Papua New Guinea 71.6% 1997 down 1.3% falling
150 Guinea 70.5% 2013 down 14.6% rising
151 Uganda 69.6% 2016 up 6.6% falling
152 Cote d'Ivoire 68.9% 2018 down 8.2% flat
153 Mozambique 67.2% 2018 up 6.4% rising
154 Central African Republic 66.8% 2011 — rising
155 Gabon 66.4% 1995 down 4.5% rising
156 Togo 65.5% 2013 down 17.5% rising
157 Nicaragua 65.1% 2007 up 3.9% rising
158 Burundi 63.3% 2018 down 16.6% falling
159 Benin 53.1% 2018 down 20.8% rising
160 Ethiopia 51.8% 2014 down 30.6% rising
161 Madagascar 43.9% 2018 down 28.3% rising
162 Haiti 41.7% 1985 down 1.0% falling
163 Guinea-Bissau 34.2% 1987 up 111.5% rising
164 Syria 16.5% 2012 down 82.6% flat

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 3,248 data points, 1970–2019
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Percentage of a cohort of female 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.