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

Percentage of a cohort of male 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%
Cyprus
Lowest
15.7%
Syria
Median
95.2%
Years covered
50
1970–2019
Data points
3,247

What the numbers show

Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male (%) is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Cyprus; the lowest is 15.7% in Syria.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.2%, and the mean is 89.4%.

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

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 65.6%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 83.6%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cyprus 100.0% 2017 up 6.0% flat
2 Turkey 100.0% 2017 up 4.9% flat
3 Japan 100.0% 2016 down 0.0% flat
4 Singapore 100.0% 2017 up 0.6% flat
5 Iceland 99.9% 2017 up 0.2% flat
6 Estonia 99.9% 2017 up 0.6% flat
7 Israel 99.9% 2017 down 0.1% flat
8 Finland 99.8% 2017 up 0.4% flat
9 Switzerland 99.8% 2017 — flat
10 Denmark 99.8% 2017 up 0.6% flat
11 Uruguay 99.8% 2015 up 7.3% flat
12 Chile 99.8% 2017 up 0.2% rising
13 Saint Kitts and Nevis 99.7% 2014 up 19.8% rising
14 Italy 99.7% 2017 up 0.3% flat
15 Spain 99.7% 2017 down 0.1% rising
16 Poland 99.6% 2017 up 1.2% flat
17 Sweden 99.6% 2017 down 0.1% flat
18 Kazakhstan 99.6% 2018 up 0.9% rising
19 Luxembourg 99.5% 2016 up 1.2% rising
20 Norway 99.5% 2017 up 0.8% flat
21 Austria 99.5% 2017 up 0.6% rising
22 South Korea 99.5% 2017 up 0.5% flat
23 Egypt 99.5% 2018 up 1.4% rising
24 Ecuador 99.5% 2017 up 19.9% rising
25 Georgia 99.4% 2018 up 3.2% rising
26 Iran 99.4% 2016 up 2.3% rising
27 Czechia 99.4% 2017 up 0.6% flat
28 Indonesia 99.4% 2017 up 14.9% flat
29 Andorra 99.3% 2016 down 0.7% flat
30 Serbia 99.2% 2018 up 0.3% flat
31 Malta 99.1% 2017 up 3.0% flat
32 North Macedonia 99.1% 2017 up 0.8% flat
33 Slovenia 99.1% 2017 down 0.7% flat
34 Ukraine 99.0% 2018 up 1.6% rising
35 Mauritius 98.9% 2018 up 2.6% flat
36 Macao 98.8% 2018 down 0.0% flat
37 Sri Lanka 98.8% 2016 down 0.5% flat
38 Oman 98.8% 2018 up 3.6% rising
39 Kyrgyzstan 98.7% 2018 up 3.1% flat
40 Hungary 98.7% 2017 up 0.1% flat
41 Greece 98.6% 2017 up 0.6% flat
42 Tajikistan 98.6% 2016 up 0.4% flat
43 Slovakia 98.5% 2017 up 1.7% flat
44 Thailand 98.4% 2017 — rising
45 Hong Kong 98.3% 2018 down 1.4% flat
46 Tunisia 98.2% 2016 down 0.4% rising
47 Maldives 98.2% 2018 up 2.6% rising
48 Belize 98.1% 2017 up 5.1% rising
49 Belarus 97.8% 2017 up 1.7% flat
50 Barbados 97.7% 2010 up 4.9% flat
51 Bahrain 97.7% 2018 down 1.8% rising
52 Latvia 97.7% 2017 up 0.2% flat
53 Mongolia 97.7% 2017 up 7.9% rising
54 Lithuania 97.6% 2017 down 0.5% flat
55 Malaysia 97.5% 2016 down 1.3% flat
56 Argentina 97.4% 2016 up 0.3% rising
57 Bolivia 97.4% 2017 up 7.6% rising
58 Mexico 97.3% 2017 up 2.8% rising
59 Moldova 97.3% 2018 up 2.7% flat
60 Brunei 97.3% 2018 down 2.0% rising
61 Seychelles 97.2% 2017 up 0.7% flat
62 Morocco 97.2% 2018 up 9.9% rising
63 Eswatini 97.2% 2016 up 23.1% rising
64 Uzbekistan 97.1% 2018 down 0.8% flat
65 Jordan 96.9% 2018 up 4.2% rising
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 96.9% 2017 up 23.1% rising
67 Jamaica 96.8% 2018 up 10.0% flat
68 Belgium 96.7% 2017 up 4.6% rising
69 Germany 96.7% 2012 down 1.2% flat
70 Croatia 96.6% 2017 down 0.8% flat
71 Cuba 96.5% 2018 up 0.8% rising
72 Bulgaria 96.4% 2017 up 3.4% flat
73 Peru 96.1% 2016 up 1.9% rising
74 Palestine 96.1% 2018 down 2.7% flat
75 Romania 95.9% 2016 up 2.9% flat
76 Dominican Republic 95.7% 2018 up 29.9% rising
77 Philippines 95.6% 2016 up 25.1% rising
78 Costa Rica 95.4% 2015 up 0.0% rising
79 Vietnam 95.4% 2014 up 11.4% rising
80 Samoa 95.4% 2018 up 8.0% rising
81 Algeria 95.3% 2018 down 2.9% flat
82 Cape Verde 95.2% 2015 up 0.5% rising
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 95.2% 2018 down 3.9% flat
84 Armenia 95.0% 2018 down 0.4% flat
85 Azerbaijan 94.9% 2018 down 5.1% rising
86 Saint Lucia 94.8% 2018 up 1.2% flat
87 New Caledonia 94.8% 1989 up 3.0% rising
88 Guyana 94.5% 2011 up 17.8% flat
89 East Timor 94.0% 2018 up 14.8% rising
90 Namibia 94.0% 2017 up 2.3% rising
91 Aruba 93.8% 2013 down 1.5% flat
92 Fiji 93.6% 2015 down 3.8% flat
93 South Africa 93.4% 2017 up 11.1% rising
94 Qatar 93.4% 2018 down 0.3% flat
95 Netherlands 93.1% 1984 down 3.1% flat
96 United Arab Emirates 92.3% 2012 down 3.8% rising
97 Colombia 92.2% 2017 up 10.7% rising
98 Suriname 92.0% 2018 down 0.8% rising
99 Djibouti 92.0% 2019 up 5.4% rising
100 Ghana 91.8% 2017 up 6.6% rising
101 Tonga 91.8% 2005 down 1.7% flat
102 Albania 91.5% 2018 down 1.8% rising
103 Sao Tome and Principe 91.4% 2010 up 15.2% rising
104 Tanzania 91.2% 2018 up 5.3% flat
105 Botswana 91.1% 2013 up 1.9% rising
106 Dominica 91.0% 2014 down 3.7% flat
107 Honduras 90.9% 2016 up 8.7% rising
108 Panama 90.6% 2013 up 2.8% rising
109 Sudan 90.4% 2016 up 6.3% flat
110 Lebanon 90.0% 2018 down 8.2% flat
111 Libya 89.8% 1980 down 6.3% falling
112 India 89.4% 2018 up 6.0% rising
113 Paraguay 89.3% 2011 up 5.2% rising
114 Kuwait 89.0% 2018 down 9.3% rising
115 Venezuela 88.8% 2016 down 8.3% rising
116 Kiribati 88.5% 2005 down 1.4% falling
117 Eritrea 88.3% 2017 up 5.7% flat
118 El Salvador 88.3% 2017 up 7.5% rising
119 Bhutan 87.6% 2017 down 7.6% rising
120 Gambia 87.6% 2018 up 14.0% flat
121 Cambodia 86.2% 2018 up 26.6% rising
122 Chad 85.4% 2017 up 65.6% rising
123 Laos 85.4% 2018 up 18.7% rising
124 Vanuatu 84.7% 2008 up 8.0% rising
125 Lesotho 84.0% 2015 up 9.1% rising
126 Zimbabwe 83.9% 2012 up 20.4% flat
127 Zambia 83.0% 2012 down 8.7% falling
128 Yemen 82.9% 2012 down 1.2% flat
129 Cote d'Ivoire 82.8% 2018 up 12.7% falling
130 Guatemala 82.4% 2018 down 6.1% rising
131 Kenya 82.4% 2004 — rising
132 Saudi Arabia 81.9% 2016 down 16.1% falling
133 Congo 81.5% 2007 up 49.3% falling
134 Cameroon 80.8% 2018 up 2.4% rising
135 Rwanda 80.7% 2018 up 49.0% flat
136 Niger 80.2% 2015 up 1.6% flat
137 Myanmar 79.4% 2009 up 21.7% rising
138 Mali 78.5% 2011 down 15.7% rising
139 Nigeria 77.3% 2009 down 16.3% falling
140 Iraq 76.7% 1999 down 13.7% flat
141 Malawi 76.5% 2018 up 25.8% rising
142 Mauritania 75.7% 2016 up 2.4% rising
143 Solomon Islands 75.3% 2017 down 15.7% flat
144 Senegal 74.8% 2014 down 2.6% falling
145 Nepal 74.4% 2016 up 13.9% rising
146 Papua New Guinea 73.9% 1997 up 1.1% flat
147 Guinea 73.8% 2013 down 19.6% rising
148 Pakistan 71.8% 2018 up 2.1% rising
149 Bahamas 71.6% 2015 down 14.9% falling
150 Burkina Faso 71.0% 2018 down 17.2% rising
151 Mozambique 68.8% 2018 up 5.6% rising
152 Uganda 68.2% 2016 up 5.8% falling
153 Central African Republic 66.8% 2011 — rising
154 Togo 64.7% 2013 down 21.3% rising
155 Gabon 62.0% 1995 down 2.4% falling
156 Nicaragua 58.7% 2007 up 5.8% rising
157 Burundi 56.9% 2018 down 21.2% falling
158 Benin 54.1% 2018 down 20.8% rising
159 Democratic Republic of Congo 53.3% 2014 down 31.9% flat
160 Ethiopia 49.6% 2014 down 31.4% flat
161 Guinea-Bissau 47.4% 1987 up 20.7% rising
162 Madagascar 40.7% 2018 down 31.2% rising
163 Haiti 38.1% 1985 down 6.1% falling
164 Syria 15.7% 2012 down 83.6% falling

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Indicator
Survival rate to Grade 4 of primary education, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
164 places, 3,247 data points, 1970–2019
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Percentage of a cohort of male 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.