Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (%) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
165
Highest
100.0%
Japan
Lowest
0.0%
Türkiye
Median
92.4%
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
3,695
What the numbers show
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes (%) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Japan; the lowest is 0.0% in Türkiye.
The median across all reporting countries is 92.4%, and the mean is 85.5%.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 107.1%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 100.0%).
Survival rate to Grade 5 of primary education, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 1998 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 2 | Spain | 100.0% | 2021 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 3 | Italy | 99.9% | 2022 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 4 | Egypt | 99.8% | 2020 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | Greece | 99.8% | 2022 | up 8.4% | flat |
| 6 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 99.8% | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 7 | China | 99.8% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 8 | Denmark | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 9 | Norway | 99.7% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 10 | Chile | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 99.7% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 99.6% | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 13 | Finland | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Poland | 99.6% | 2018 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 15 | Macau, China | 99.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | Singapore | 99.5% | 2022 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | Indonesia | 99.5% | 2017 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 18 | Czechia | 99.5% | 2021 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 19 | Portugal | 99.5% | 2020 | — | rising |
| 20 | Estonia | 99.5% | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 21 | Montenegro | 99.5% | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 22 | Malta | 99.5% | 2022 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 23 | Slovenia | 99.4% | 2022 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 24 | Iceland | 99.3% | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 25 | Belgium | 99.2% | 2022 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 26 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.2% | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 98.9% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | Thailand | 98.7% | 2017 | — | rising |
| 29 | Israel | 98.7% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Sweden | 98.7% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 31 | Tunisia | 98.6% | 2020 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 32 | Andorra | 98.5% | 2020 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 33 | Oman | 98.5% | 2016 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 34 | Cyprus | 98.1% | 2021 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 98.1% | 2022 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 36 | Argentina | 98.0% | 2022 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 98.0% | 2014 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 38 | France | 98.0% | 1999 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 39 | Sri Lanka | 97.9% | 2022 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 40 | Georgia | 97.8% | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 41 | Paraguay | 97.6% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 42 | Hong Kong, China | 97.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 43 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 97.5% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 44 | Bahrain | 97.4% | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 45 | Eswatini | 97.3% | 2018 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 46 | Belize | 97.2% | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 47 | South Africa | 97.1% | 2022 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 48 | Algeria | 96.8% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 49 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96.7% | 2017 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 50 | San Marino | 96.6% | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 51 | Botswana | 96.3% | 2012 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 52 | Liechtenstein | 96.3% | 2020 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 53 | Luxembourg | 96.2% | 2020 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 96.2% | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 55 | Qatar | 96.1% | 2021 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 56 | Romania | 96.1% | 2022 | — | flat |
| 57 | Jordan | 96.0% | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 58 | Réunion | 96.0% | 1986 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 59 | Latvia | 96.0% | 2023 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 60 | Viet Nam | 96.0% | 2014 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 61 | Seychelles | 95.9% | 2023 | up 9.0% | flat |
| 62 | Dominican Republic | 95.8% | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 63 | Cape Verde | 95.7% | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 95.7% | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 65 | Sao Tome and Principe | 95.5% | 2016 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 66 | Barbados | 95.5% | 2022 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 67 | Ecuador | 95.5% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 68 | Costa Rica | 95.4% | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 69 | Lebanon | 95.4% | 2022 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 70 | Philippines | 95.2% | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 71 | Fiji | 94.8% | 2023 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 72 | Guyana | 94.6% | 2011 | up 22.6% | flat |
| 73 | Peru | 94.5% | 2016 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 74 | Morocco | 94.5% | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 75 | Netherlands | 94.5% | 1984 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 76 | New Caledonia | 94.3% | 1989 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 93.6% | 2014 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 78 | Timor-Leste | 93.3% | 2018 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 79 | Maldives | 93.1% | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 80 | North Macedonia | 93.0% | 2022 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 81 | Dominica | 93.0% | 2021 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 92.9% | 2019 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 83 | Ghana | 92.4% | 2021 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 84 | Syrian Arab Republic | 91.8% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 85 | Namibia | 91.6% | 2017 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 86 | Colombia | 91.3% | 2021 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 87 | Tonga | 91.3% | 2019 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 88 | El Salvador | 90.9% | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 89 | Guatemala | 90.7% | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 90 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 90.5% | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 91 | Cuba | 90.4% | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 92 | Samoa | 90.3% | 2019 | up 13.5% | flat |
| 93 | Mauritius | 90.2% | 2023 | down 8.7% | flat |
| 94 | Kiribati | 89.7% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 95 | Bhutan | 89.5% | 2017 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 96 | Uruguay | 89.0% | 2022 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 97 | Malaysia | 88.5% | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 98 | Cayman Islands | 87.5% | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 99 | Aruba | 87.2% | 2021 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 100 | Grenada | 87.2% | 2017 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 101 | Albania | 86.7% | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 86.4% | 1980 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 86.4% | 2021 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 104 | Kuwait | 85.7% | 2020 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 105 | Saudi Arabia | 85.5% | 2018 | down 8.9% | flat |
| 106 | Honduras | 84.5% | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 107 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 84.5% | 2019 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 108 | United States of America | 84.4% | 2021 | — | flat |
| 109 | Lesotho | 84.3% | 2022 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 110 | Cambodia | 84.1% | 2019 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 111 | Solomon Islands | 82.4% | 2018 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 112 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 82.1% | 2019 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 82.0% | 1984 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 114 | Vanuatu | 81.6% | 2020 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 115 | Bermuda | 81.4% | 2012 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 116 | Gambia | 81.3% | 2020 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 117 | Sudan | 81.0% | 2018 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 118 | United Arab Emirates | 80.9% | 2018 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 119 | Eritrea | 80.0% | 2017 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 120 | Chad | 78.6% | 2017 | up 107.1% | rising |
| 121 | Jamaica | 78.4% | 2022 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 122 | Senegal | 78.2% | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 78.1% | 2021 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 124 | Suriname | 78.0% | 2020 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 125 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 76.9% | 2020 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 126 | Congo | 76.9% | 2007 | up 39.8% | falling |
| 127 | Rwanda | 76.8% | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 128 | Yemen | 75.4% | 2012 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 129 | Myanmar | 74.8% | 2009 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 130 | Comoros | 74.6% | 2013 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 131 | Cameroon | 74.5% | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 132 | Zambia | 74.5% | 2012 | down 19.9% | rising |
| 133 | India | 74.2% | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 134 | Togo | 74.0% | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 135 | Nepal | 73.5% | 2016 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 136 | Djibouti | 72.7% | 2022 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 137 | Nigeria | 72.4% | 2009 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 138 | Panama | 72.3% | 2022 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 139 | Gabon | 72.3% | 2002 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 140 | Malawi | 71.7% | 2018 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 141 | Mauritania | 70.7% | 2016 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 70.4% | 2022 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 143 | Bahamas | 70.2% | 2015 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 144 | Guinea | 66.6% | 2013 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 66.2% | 2009 | — | rising |
| 146 | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.6% | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 147 | Iraq | 65.6% | 1999 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 148 | Pakistan | 65.3% | 2018 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 149 | Papua New Guinea | 65.2% | 1997 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 150 | Benin | 62.7% | 2021 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 151 | Uganda | 61.1% | 2016 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 152 | Burundi | 59.9% | 2019 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 153 | Central African Republic | 56.7% | 2011 | — | rising |
| 154 | Mali | 56.5% | 2012 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 155 | Mozambique | 56.4% | 2019 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 156 | Ethiopia | 55.5% | 2021 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 157 | Niger | 53.5% | 2023 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 158 | Nicaragua | 51.4% | 2007 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 49.1% | 2019 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 160 | Belarus | 45.7% | 1989 | down 52.5% | falling |
| 161 | Burkina Faso | 43.4% | 2022 | down 46.2% | rising |
| 162 | Haiti | 36.2% | 1985 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 163 | Madagascar | 31.6% | 2018 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea-Bissau | 21.9% | 1987 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 165 | Türkiye | 0.0% | 2014 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
February 2026 Data Release